Credit Notes
Approve a Credit Note
Approve a pending credit note so it becomes spendable (or refundable).
POST
/
v1
/
credit-notes
/
{id}
/
approve
Approve a pending credit note
curl --request POST \
--url https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"tenant_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"invoice_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"reference": "<string>",
"amount": 123,
"subtotal": 123,
"tax_amount": 123,
"igst_amount": 123,
"cgst_amount": 123,
"sgst_amount": 123,
"tax_type": "<string>",
"hsn_code": "<string>",
"balance": 123,
"currency": "<string>",
"status": "issued",
"reason": "<string>",
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"customer": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"tenant_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"name": "<string>",
"phone": "<string>",
"tax_id": "<string>",
"billing_address": {
"line1": "<string>",
"line2": "<string>",
"postal_code": "<string>",
"city": "<string>",
"state": "<string>",
"zip": "<string>",
"country": "<string>"
},
"ledger_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"gstin": "<string>",
"tax_type": "<string>",
"place_of_supply": "<string>",
"tax_exempt": true,
"tax_exemption_number": "<string>",
"tax_exemption_code": "<string>",
"tax_exemption_expires_at": "2023-12-25",
"referral_code": "<string>",
"risk_score": 50,
"risk_factors": {},
"card_brand": "<string>",
"card_last4": "<string>",
"card_exp_month": 123,
"card_exp_year": 123,
"card_token_id": "<string>",
"card_fingerprint": "<string>",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "<string>"
}
}Example request
curl -X POST https://api.recurso.dev/v1/credit-notes/6d3f9a82-4c1e-4b7d-a9f5-8e2c0b6d4a17/approve \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
pending note into its live state — an adjustment
(account-credit) note becomes spendable against invoices, and its issuance
posts to the ledger. Approving is idempotent for an already-approved note.
Errors
| Status | Code | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
400 | validation_failed | id in the path is not a UUID, or the credit note doesn’t exist in this workspace | Check the ID via List Credit Notes |
400 | validation_failed | The approver created the note (creator cannot approve their own credit note — maker-checker) | Have a different admin/owner approve it |
403 | validation_failed | The session user is not an admin or owner | Approvals are money-out sign-off — ask an admin/owner |
500 | internal_error | The status update or (for refund notes) the gateway refund execution failed | Retry; check the note’s refund_status, and contact support if it persists |
pending is not an error — the note
is returned unchanged (idempotent). Errors use the standard envelope — see
Errors.⌘I
Approve a pending credit note
curl --request POST \
--url https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://billing.example.com/v1/credit-notes/{id}/approve")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"tenant_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"invoice_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"reference": "<string>",
"amount": 123,
"subtotal": 123,
"tax_amount": 123,
"igst_amount": 123,
"cgst_amount": 123,
"sgst_amount": 123,
"tax_type": "<string>",
"hsn_code": "<string>",
"balance": 123,
"currency": "<string>",
"status": "issued",
"reason": "<string>",
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"customer": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"tenant_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"email": "jsmith@example.com",
"name": "<string>",
"phone": "<string>",
"tax_id": "<string>",
"billing_address": {
"line1": "<string>",
"line2": "<string>",
"postal_code": "<string>",
"city": "<string>",
"state": "<string>",
"zip": "<string>",
"country": "<string>"
},
"ledger_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"gstin": "<string>",
"tax_type": "<string>",
"place_of_supply": "<string>",
"tax_exempt": true,
"tax_exemption_number": "<string>",
"tax_exemption_code": "<string>",
"tax_exemption_expires_at": "2023-12-25",
"referral_code": "<string>",
"risk_score": 50,
"risk_factors": {},
"card_brand": "<string>",
"card_last4": "<string>",
"card_exp_month": 123,
"card_exp_year": 123,
"card_token_id": "<string>",
"card_fingerprint": "<string>",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "<string>"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "validation_failed",
"message": "<string>"
}
}