Delete a purchase order by order number
Looks up a purchase order by order number and deletes it: the order itself is soft-deleted (no longer returned), but its line items and costs are permanently removed.
Linked stock transactions are NOT auto-reversed — delete them separately via /v1/transactions/{tx_id} if you need to restore inventory. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased.
https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your API token.
Path parameters
Section titled “Path parameters”Order number. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.
Request body
Section titled “Request body”Latest observed revision. Omit to use the current revision.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”200The purchase order has been deleted.
400Invalid request body, or the team is not in LOCATION mode.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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401Missing, invalid, or revoked API token. /errors/tokens/required when no Bearer token is sent; /errors/tokens/invalid when the token is unknown or revoked (a revoked token may keep working for up to 60 seconds because validation results are cached).
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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404No purchase order with the given order number was found in this team.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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409The supplied revision is stale.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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429Rate limit exceeded. Limits are per team and shared by all of the team's API tokens: 5 requests per second and 300 requests per minute. The RateLimit and X-RateLimit-* headers reflect the per-minute window; check them and Retry-After before retrying. This status is also returned when the client IP exceeds 30 failed authentication attempts within 60 seconds, even if the token is valid.
Unique exception id (ex_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a). Quote this in support tickets so we can find the request in our logs.
Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.
Possible values/errors/not-found/errors/invalid-request/errors/invalid-team-mode/errors/tokens/invalid/errors/tokens/required/errors/too-many-requests/errors/core/usage-limit-exceeded/errors/core/forbidden/errors/core/unhandled/errors/unhandled
Human-readable summary of the error, in English.
Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. A client-supplied X-Correlation-Id request header (at most 128 chars of A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ : / = -) is echoed back here and in the response header; a missing or invalid value is silently replaced with a generated rq_… id.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix. Absent on unknown-path 404 and unexpected 500 responses.
Sub-reason code surfaced from upstream BoxHero core (on core-mapped 4xx) or from the gateway itself (e.g. not-available-for-api-token on 403). Use this for fine-grained branching after dispatching on type.
Field-level error details. Present on request-validation /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Absent on malformed-JSON 400, 413 body-too-large, and most errors mapped from BoxHero core (which include it only when core supplies an array; this can include 403). Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.
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Request
curl --request DELETE \ --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN" \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "memo": "Cancelled by supplier", "revision": 3 }'const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}", { method: "DELETE", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "memo": "Cancelled by supplier", "revision": 3 }),});const data = await response.json();import osimport requests
response = requests.delete( "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"], }, json={ "memo": "Cancelled by supplier", "revision": 3, },)data = response.json()DELETE /v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number} HTTP/1.1Host: rest.boxhero-app.comAuthorization: Bearer <token>Content-Type: application/json
{ "memo": "Cancelled by supplier", "revision": 3}Response
{}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/invalid-request", "title": "Invalid request body, or the team is not in LOCATION mode.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/tokens/required", "title": "Missing API token. Provide a Bearer token in the Authorization header.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001", "example": "Bearer wqnot0dlysdg5vymubzi4kiv"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/not-found", "title": "No purchase order with the given order number was found in this team.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/invalid-request", "title": "The supplied revision is stale.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e0e0a4a3c9b3f4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "rq_01abf3c2b8e44a59be2a9c0f1e7d6a40", "type": "/errors/too-many-requests", "title": "Too many requests.", "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001", "retryAfter": 60}