# Choose how stock is costed (locked after the first costed sale)

`PUT /accounting/costing` · Rivier · accounting

Choose how stock is costed (locked after the first costed sale).

- Scope: accounting:admin
- Sdk: accounting.costing.set
- Cli: accounting costing set

## Request body

`application/json`

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "latest",
        "fifo",
        "average"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "method"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Responses

- `200`: Success
- `400`: The request was malformed
- `401`: No valid credential
- `403`: The credential lacks the scope, origin or address
- `429`: Over the key's rate limit; see Retry-After

## Example

```sh
curl -X PUT 'https://api.rivier.ai/accounting/costing' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "method": "latest"
}'
```