Auth API · stations

Enrol a device as a station

POST /api/auth/stations/{organizationId}

Enrol a device as a station: signed in to one station view (pick-pack, receiving, stocktake or the register) at one locationId, under the stationId the enroller minted.

The answer carries the device's credential — shown once, hashed at rest — which the device keeps and presents to unlock. Nobody enrols a station for a view their own roles do not open: 403 ViewNotOpened, owners and admins excepted. 400 InvalidStation for a view that is not a station's or a malformed name, 403 NotAMember for anyone outside the organization. Appends auth.station-enrolled. Idempotent on stationId: a retry by the same person with the same body within a day answers the original station and credential and appends nothing; any other use of the id is 409 StationIdTaken.

Access

Requires a signed-in session: An owner or admin of the organization, or a member whose roles open the station's view, checked against its membership by the route (the BetterAuth session)

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent on stationId: a retry by the same person with the same body within a day answers the original station and credential and appends nothing; any other use of the id is 409 StationIdTaken.

A retry with the same key answers 200, with what the first call recorded.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

auth.station-enrolled

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. Enrolling a device hands it a credential that keeps it signed in to the organization: a person's decision at the device in Settings › Stations, and a credential is never handed to an agent.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

From Set up a station and unlock it with a PIN, step 2: Enrol the packing bench.

curl

curl -X POST 'https://auth.getmanifold.io/api/auth/stations/org_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "stationId": "stn_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d",
  "view": "pick-pack",
  "locationId": "loc_01a15852-46d1-7a3b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
  "name": "Bench 2"
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://auth.getmanifold.io/api/auth/stations/org_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "stationId": "stn_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d",
    "view": "pick-pack",
    "locationId": "loc_01a15852-46d1-7a3b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
    "name": "Bench 2"
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "stationId": "stn_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d",
  "view": "pick-pack",
  "locationId": "loc_01a15852-46d1-7a3b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
  "name": "Bench 2"
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "station": {
    "stationId": "stn_01a1586e-f9f6-7a8b-9c7d-6e5f4a3b2c1d",
    "view": "pick-pack",
    "locationId": "loc_01a15852-46d1-7a3b-9c0d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
    "name": "Bench 2",
    "enrolledAt": "2026-08-17T09:00:00.000Z",
    "enrolledBy": "usr_01a15869-1d2e-7f3a-8b4c-5d6e7f8a9b0c"
  },
  "credential": "stc_Qm9vdGgtMi1pbi10aGUtd2FyZWhvdXNl"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: auth-service.openapi.json. Base URL https://auth.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`400`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`InvalidStation` reason	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	Fix the request. Sending it again unchanged gets the same answer.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`NotAMember`	The person is not a member of this organization.	Check the organization, or invite them first.
`ViewNotOpened` view	The request was refused, and nothing changed.	The caller may not do this. Use a token whose roles allow it.
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`StationIdTaken` stationId, reason	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	Nothing changed. Read the record, then decide.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again, with the same key.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Set up a station and unlock it with a PIN, step 2: Enrol the packing bench
Set up a station and unlock it with a PIN, step 3: Enrol it again