---
title: "Copy the catalog (products/prices/attached/differential) from another business"
description: "Per-object transfer; all-mode key."
canonical_url: "https://twominutebilling.com/help/developers/api-reference/transfers/copy-the-catalog"
---
# Copy the catalog (products/prices/attached/differential) from another business

> Per-object transfer; all-mode key.

<api-operation method="POST" path="/v1/businesses/{biz}/products/copy">
<template v-slot:docs="">

## Path parameters

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Parameter
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Required
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        biz
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <strong>
        yes
      </strong>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Business id (biz_…)
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Headers

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Parameter
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Required
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        Idempotency-Key
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      no
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Safely retry writes — repeats return the original response. If a write FAILED after it had already taken effect, that failure is what repeats: the key is spent, and a new attempt needs a new key.
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Body

The request body is **required**.

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Field
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Required
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        from_business
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <strong>
        yes
      </strong>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The id of the business to copy products from (biz_…).
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Response

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Field
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Type
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Description
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        object
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The object type; always <code>
        transfer_configuration
      </code>
      
      . One of <code>
        transfer_configuration
      </code>
      
      .
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        id
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The transfer id.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        status
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The transfer state. One of <code>
        running
      </code>
      
      , <code>
        succeeded
      </code>
      
      , <code>
        failed
      </code>
      
      .
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        source_business
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The business that the objects come from.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        destination_business
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The business that receives the objects.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        sections
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        array of string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The sections that the transfer covers.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        wipe_destination
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        boolean
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      True if the transfer cleared the destination first.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        report
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        object
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      What the transfer did, for each section.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        error
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      The error, if the transfer failed.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        created_at
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string · ISO-8601
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      When the transfer started.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        updated_at
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      <code>
        string · ISO-8601
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      When the transfer last changed.
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Status codes

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th>
      Status
    </th>
    
    <th>
      Meaning
    </th>
  </tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        201
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Transfer job report
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        400
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Invalid body / transfer error
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        403
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Requires an all-mode API key
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        404
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      No such source business
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        409
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Idempotency-Key conflict — the key is already in flight, or was reused with a different request payload.
    </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td>
      <code>
        422
      </code>
    </td>
    
    <td>
      Transfer failed
    </td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</template>

<template v-slot:request="">

```bash [Request]
curl -X POST "$TMBILLING_URL/v1/businesses/biz_XXXXXXXXXXXX01/products/copy" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TMBILLING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "from_business": "biz_XXXXXXXXXXXX01"
  }'
```

</template>

<template v-slot:response="">
<code-group>

```json [201 Created]
{
  "object": "transfer_configuration",
  "id": "5d2c4f0a-7a46-4b6e-8f0d-3c1a9b7e2d02",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "source_business": "biz_XXXXXXXXXXXX01",
  "destination_business": "biz_XXXXXXXXXXXX02",
  "sections": [
    "catalog"
  ],
  "wipe_destination": false,
  "report": {},
  "error": null,
  "created_at": "2026-03-14T09:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-03-14T09:30:00Z"
}
```

```json [400 Bad Request]
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "message": "Invalid body / transfer error"
  }
}
```

```json [403 Forbidden]
{
  "error": {
    "type": "permission_error",
    "message": "Requires an all-mode API key"
  }
}
```

```json [404 Not Found]
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "message": "No such source business"
  }
}
```

```json [409 Conflict]
{
  "error": {
    "type": "idempotency_error",
    "message": "Idempotency-Key conflict — the key is already in flight, or was reused with a different request payload."
  }
}
```

</code-group>
</template>
</api-operation>


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