# Find an agency product code (POST /v1/classify/regulator)

> POST /v1/classify/regulator: Find an agency product code. border.bot API reference (Classification).

Source: https://border.bot/docs/api/classify-regulator

> Documentation index: https://border.bot/llms.txt. Every page is Markdown at its URL + `.md`.

`POST https://api.border.bot/v1/classify/regulator`

Requires an API key (`Authorization: Bearer bb_live_…`).

The product code the destination’s import agency asks for, in that agency’s coding scheme: for the US, FDA’s import product code (e.g. `16AYN07`) for foods, drugs, devices, cosmetics and other goods FDA regulates. The answer names the `agency` and `scheme`, lists the code’s `parts` in order, and says whether the agency’s own check accepted it. Costs 1 credit; goods the agency doesn’t regulate are refused (`details.reason: "not_regulated"`, with `details.agency`) and refunded.

API key scope: `classify`.

## Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `idempotency-key` | string | no | Make retries safe: a repeat with the same key returns the original result without charging again (keys are scoped to your workspace). |

## Request body (JSON)

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `description` | string | yes | What the product is, what it is made of, and how it is processed or packed (frozen, smoked, canned…). |
| `destinationCountry` | string | yes | Where the goods are imported. Its import agency and coding scheme follow from it (for `US`, FDA’s import product codes). |
| `hsCode` | string | no | The goods’ tariff code, when known: a hint for the product pick. |

## Responses

- `200`: The agency product code and the credits charged. (`RegulatorClassifyResponse`)
- `400`: Invalid input (`invalid_input`). (`Error`)
- `401`: Missing, invalid, revoked or expired API key (`unauthorized`). (`Error`)
- `402`: Not enough credits (`insufficient_credits`). Nothing was charged. (`Error`)
- `403`: Workspace suspended, action disabled, or the key lacks the scope (`org_suspended`, `action_disabled`, `forbidden`). (`Error`)
- `409`: A request with this Idempotency-Key is still in progress (`conflict`). (`Error`)
- `422`: No agency product codes for this destination yet (`unsupported_country`). (`Error`)
- `429`: Rate limited (`rate_limited`). Retry after `Retry-After` seconds; `RateLimit` says which limit was hit (`r=0`, `t` seconds until its window ends) and `RateLimit-Policy` its quota. (`Error`)
- `500`: Unexpected error (`internal`). (`Error`)
- `502`: The engine failed (`upstream_error`). The credits are refunded automatically. (`Error`)
- `504`: The engine timed out (`upstream_timeout`). The credits are refunded automatically. (`Error`)

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.border.bot/v1/classify/regulator' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer bb_live_...' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"description":"<string>","destinationCountry":"<string>"}'
```