Update an order approval
AI agents: read /llms.txt; add .md to any page URL. This page as Markdown: /reference/sales-order-approvals/v2-order-approval-update.md. Index of every page and the rules for every call: /llms.txt. Guides and concepts in one file: /llms-full.txt. OpenAPI: /openapi.json.
PUT/
Changes the notes of an approval that is not completed yet. {hash_id2} is the approval's id. The answer is the approval. {hash_id} is the order's id (for example V4keXwwxMQyXw7); the ord_ unique key is not accepted here.
Business rules
- Only on published orders, and only while the approval is not completed: "No Permission - you cannot edit a completed approval".
Side effects
- Sends nothing to the customer. Customer Portal pages the order's customer has open refresh (a live update, not an email).
Path parameters
Your team slug, shown as Team ID next to your API key in Profile.
- Example
your-team
- Example
The sales order's or quote's
id(a hash id). Theord_unique key and the order number do not work here.- Example
V4keXwwxMQyXw7
- Example
The approval's
id(a hash id).- Example
xTKi8BqFVVmlL6
- Example
Request body
application/json, required.
notes_from_customerstringThe customer's note.
notes_to_customerstringThe note shown to the customer.
Response
200Successful response.
An approval.
Child fields (18)
pending(created, not emailed),sent-to-customer,viewed-by-customer,need-changesorcompleted(approved). When it was completed without astatus, the Record answer showsnulland later reads show"".orderfor a whole-order approval,jobfor an artwork approval.- One of:
"order","job"
- One of:
approved_bystringcontactwhen a contact of the order's customer answered in the customer portal (seeapproved_by_contact_id),userwhen a team member recorded the answer (as Record the customer's answer does),customerotherwise, including before any answer.- One of:
"contact","user","customer"
- One of:
approved_by_contact_idstring | nullThe contact who answered in the customer portal, or null (always null when a team member recorded the answer).
approved_by_userstring | nullThe team member who recorded the answer, or null.
completedbooleantrue once the customer (or you, for them) answered: approved or changes needed.
completed_atstring (date-time) | nullWhen the customer answered. ISO 8601 with offset, or null.
created_atstring (date-time) | nullCreated. ISO 8601 with offset, or null.
customer_last_viewed_contact_idstring | nullThe contact who last opened it in the customer portal, or null when that isn't known.
customer_last_viewed_datestring (date-time) | nullWhen the customer last opened it. ISO 8601 with offset, or null.
itemsarray of objectsJob approvals: the mockups under review.
job_idstring | nullnotes_from_customerstring | nullnotes_to_customerstring | nullorder_idstringorder_scoped_idstringsignaturestring | nullThe signer's typed name.
Errors
401The API key is missing or wrong (
unauthenticated).403You are not allowed to do this.
api_access_not_in_plan: your team's plan doesn't include API access (Pro and above, with an active subscription or trial), so every request answers this until the team upgrades. When your role lacks the permission the operation needs, the body is only{"message": "Insufficient Permission"}. Other refusals use the error envelope, withunauthorizedoruser_is_not_authorized.404Not found.
page_not_found: the team slug is unknown, you are not a member of the team, or an id in the path is not one of this team's.code: null, with a message that starts "No query results for": there is no record with that id.422The request was refused and changed nothing.
validation_failedlists what to fix inerror.fields; other codes name a business rule, explained inerror.message. A few checks answer with only{"message": "..."}. An operation that calls another service (a payment provider, a carrier, an accounting app) can answerconnect_timeout("Please retry again") when that service does not answer in time: the change may or may not have happened there, so read the record back before you retry.- When
- The approval is completed, or the order is a draft or a Shopify order.
- Fix
- Create a new approval instead.
Related
- GETGet an order approval
/v2/ api/ store/ {team_slug}/ v2/ sales_order/ {hash_id}/ approval/ {hash_id2}
