Delete a sales return
Soft-deletes a sales return.
Linked stock transactions are NOT auto-reversed — delete them separately via /v1/transactions/{tx_id} if you need to restore inventory.
https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your API token.
Path parameters
Section titled “Path parameters”Request body
Section titled “Request body”Latest observed return revision. Omit to use the current revision.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”200The return has been deleted.
401Missing or invalid API token.
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. Pass an X-Correlation-Id request header to thread your trace through to ours.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.
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 /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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404No return with the given id 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. Pass an X-Correlation-Id request header to thread your trace through to ours.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.
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 /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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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. Pass an X-Correlation-Id request header to thread your trace through to ours.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.
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 /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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429Rate limit exceeded. Check RateLimit, Retry-After, and X-RateLimit-* response headers before retrying.
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. Pass an X-Correlation-Id request header to thread your trace through to ours.
Pointer to the specific failing resource (e.g. /items/12345). Path-only, no /v1 version prefix.
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 /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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Request
curl --request DELETE \ --url 'https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}' \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN" \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "revision": 3 }'const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}", { method: "DELETE", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "revision": 3 }),});const data = await response.json();import osimport requests
response = requests.delete( "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/{return_id}", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"], }, json={ "revision": 3, },)data = response.json()DELETE /v1/returns/{return_id} HTTP/1.1Host: rest.boxhero-app.comAuthorization: Bearer <token>Content-Type: application/json
{ "revision": 3}Response
{}{ "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 return with the given id was found in this team.", "instance": "/returns/12345"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2", "type": "/errors/invalid-request", "title": "The supplied revision is stale.", "instance": "/returns/12345"}{ "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a", "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2", "type": "/errors/too-many-requests", "title": "Too many requests.", "instance": "/returns/12345", "retryAfter": 60}