# Create return policy

> Eto API reference for `POST /api/v1/shops/{shop_id}/return-policies`. Base URL `https://eto.tools/api/v1/`. Authenticate with the `X-Eto-API-Key` header.

Part of the [Eto API reference](https://eto.tools/dev/docs/). The full reference in one file is at [llms-full.txt](https://eto.tools/dev/docs/llms-full.txt); the machine-readable schema is at [openapi.json](https://eto.tools/dev/docs/openapi.json).

## POST /api/v1/shops/{shop_id}/return-policies

Create return policy

- Operation ID: `return_policy_create`
- Slug: `return-policy-create`
- Category: Shop Policies
- Authentication: API key plus a connected store. Eto uses that store’s Etsy token, so the shop_id must belong to a store connected to your Eto account or the call answers 403 STORE_NOT_CONNECTED.
- HTML: https://eto.tools/dev/docs/#ep-return-policy-create
- Markdown: https://eto.tools/dev/docs/shop-policies/return-policy-create.md

Create a new return policy for your shop. Etsy docs: "Create Return Policy".

Proxied to the Etsy API at `/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return`. Fields Etsy returns are passed through untouched.

### Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `shop_id` | path | `integer` | yes | Your Etsy shop ID |

### Request

```bash
curl -X POST -H "X-Eto-API-Key: eto_your_key" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"accepts_returns": true, "return_deadline": 30}' "https://eto.tools/api/v1/shops/12345678/return-policies"
```

```python
import requests

url = "https://eto.tools/api/v1/shops/12345678/return-policies"
headers = {"X-Eto-API-Key": "eto_your_key"}
payload = {
    "accepts_returns": True,
    "return_deadline": 30
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = "https://eto.tools/api/v1/shops/12345678/return-policies";
const payload = {
  "accepts_returns": true,
  "return_deadline": 30
};

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  body: JSON.stringify(payload),
  headers: {
    "X-Eto-API-Key": "eto_your_key",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Eto API ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
```

### Response

`application/json`, passed through from Etsy’s `/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return` verbatim. The field-by-field data model is in the [v2 preview reference](https://eto.tools/eto-dev-api-v2/), which documents these same routes alongside the whole Etsy schema.

### Errors

Failures answer with the shared error body described in the Errors section: `{"error": {"code", "status", "message", "hint", "docs"}}`. Branch on `code`, not on the message.

This endpoint can additionally return `STORE_NOT_CONNECTED` (403) when the shop is not linked to your account, and `STORE_TOKEN_EXPIRED` (503) when its Etsy authorisation has lapsed and needs reconnecting.