Update a purchase order by order number

Looks up a purchase order by order number and applies the same partial update as the by-id endpoint.

Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased.

PUThttps://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}

Authorizations

Authorizationstringrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your API token.

Path parameters

order_numberstringrequired

Order number. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

Request body

order_numberstring

Order number. Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores. Auto-generated when omitted on create.

partner_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647, nullable

Supplier for purchase orders or customer for sales orders. Pass null to clear.

order_timestring | number | string

ISO 8601 timestamp or millisecond epoch.

estimated_timestring | number | stringnullable

ISO 8601 timestamp or millisecond epoch.

memostringmax length 2000

custom_fieldsarray of object

Ordered custom field name-value pairs.

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namestringrequired

valuestringrequired

currency_codestringmin length 3, max length 3

ISO 4217 currency code.

itemsarray of object

Replacement order lines. Omit to preserve the current lines. Within a line, include id to update an existing line in place, or omit it to add a new line.

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idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647

Existing line id to update in place. Omit to add a new line.

item_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647

Existing item id. Mutually exclusive with item_sku, bundle_id, bundle_sku.

item_skustringmin length 1, max length 255

Item SKU (case-insensitive). Mutually exclusive with item_id, bundle_id, bundle_sku.

bundle_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647

Existing bundle id. Mutually exclusive with item_id, item_sku, bundle_sku.

bundle_skustringmin length 1, max length 255

Bundle SKU (case-sensitive). Mutually exclusive with item_id, item_sku, bundle_id.

quantitynumberrequired

Quantity. May include up to four decimal places in core data.

pricestringrequired

taxLineTaxInputnullable

Tax configuration for an order or return line.

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namestringmin length 1, max length 255required

ratestringrequired

Decimal value encoded as a string to avoid floating point drift.

inclusivebooleanrequired

discountLineDiscountInputnullable

Discount configuration for an order or return line.

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namestringmin length 1, max length 255required

typestringrequired

Discount type. "percent" is a 0-100 percentage; "amount" is an absolute amount.

Possible valuespercentamount

valuestringrequired

Decimal value encoded as a string to avoid floating point drift.

costsarray of OrderCostInput

Replacement additional costs, in display order. Omit to preserve the current costs; pass an empty array to remove all of them.

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namestringmin length 1, max length 255required

Cost name.

amountstringrequired

Cost amount. Negative for a deduction such as a prepayment. Additional costs carry no tax or discount, so the amount is the final value.

revisionintegerminimum 0, maximum 9007199254740991

Latest observed revision. Omit to use the current revision.

Responses

200The updated purchase order’s id.

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647required

Updated order id.

400Request validation failed or core rejected the update.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

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

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

Request correlation id (rq_ followed by 32 lowercase hex chars, no dashes — e.g. rq_01abf3...). Identical to the X-Correlation-Id response header. Pass an X-Correlation-Id request header to thread your trace through to ours.

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

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.

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

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patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

401Missing or invalid API token.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

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patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

404No purchase order with the given order number was found in this team.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

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patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

409The supplied revision is stale.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

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patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

429Rate limit exceeded. Check RateLimit, Retry-After, and X-RateLimit-* response headers before retrying.

idstringrequired

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.

typestringrequired

Stable, machine-readable error code (RFC 7807-style URI fragment). Branch your error handling on this, not on title.

titlestringrequired

Human-readable summary of the error, in English.

correlationIDstringrequired

instancestringrequired

Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.

codestring

errorsarray of object

Field-level error details. Present on /errors/invalid-request (400) responses. Each entry locates a single failure via JSONPath-like path segments and a human-readable message.

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patharray of string | numberrequired

messagestringrequired

Request

curl --request PUT \
  --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": "Updated restock note",
    "costs": [
      {
        "name": "Shipping fee",
        "amount": "45.00"
      }
    ],
    "items": [
      {
        "id": 700101,
        "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
        "quantity": 120,
        "price": "19.99"
      }
    ],
    "revision": 3
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "memo": "Updated restock note",
    "costs": [
      {
        "name": "Shipping fee",
        "amount": "45.00"
      }
    ],
    "items": [
      {
        "id": 700101,
        "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
        "quantity": 120,
        "price": "19.99"
      }
    ],
    "revision": 3
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

import os
import requests

response = requests.put(
    "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number}",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"],
    },
    json={
        "memo": "Updated restock note",
        "costs": [
            {
                "name": "Shipping fee",
                "amount": "45.00",
            },
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": 700101,
                "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
                "quantity": 120,
                "price": "19.99",
            },
        ],
        "revision": 3,
    },
)
data = response.json()

PUT /v1/purchase-orders/by-number/{order_number} HTTP/1.1
Host: rest.boxhero-app.com
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "memo": "Updated restock note",
  "costs": [
    {
      "name": "Shipping fee",
      "amount": "45.00"
    }
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "id": 700101,
      "item_sku": "SKU-12345678",
      "quantity": 120,
      "price": "19.99"
    }
  ],
  "revision": 3
}

Response

{
  "id": 90101
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "Request validation failed or core rejected the update.",
  "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/tokens/required",
  "title": "Missing API token. Provide a Bearer token in the Authorization header.",
  "example": "Bearer wqnot0dlysdg5vymubzi4kiv"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "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_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "The supplied revision is stale.",
  "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001"
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/too-many-requests",
  "title": "Too many requests.",
  "instance": "/purchase-orders/by-number/PO-1001",
  "retryAfter": 60
}