Update a sales return by return number

Looks up a sales return by return number and applies the same partial update as PUT /returns/{return_id}.

Whitespace is ignored and letters are uppercased.

PUThttps://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}

Authorizations

Authorizationstringrequired

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

Path parameters

return_numberstringrequired

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

Request body

return_numberstring

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

return_timestring | number | string

ISO 8601 timestamp or millisecond epoch.

memostringmax length 2000

statusstring

Return status.

Possible valuesconfirmedin-progressdone

order_revisionintegerminimum 0, maximum 9007199254740991

Latest observed source order revision when replacing items.

itemsarray of object

Replacement return lines. Omit to preserve the current lines.

Show properties

order_item_idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647required

Source sales order line id. Identifies the line being returned — return lines are matched to source lines by this id (there is no separate return line id to send).

quantitynumberrequired

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

revisionintegerminimum 0, maximum 9007199254740991

Latest observed return revision. Omit to use the current revision.

Responses

200The updated return’s id.

idintegerminimum 0, maximum 2147483647required

Updated return 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 return with the given 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/returns/by-number/{return_number}' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $BOXHERO_API_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "memo": "Partial refund issued",
    "items": [
      {
        "order_item_id": 700201,
        "quantity": 5
      }
    ],
    "revision": 3
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BOXHERO_API_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "memo": "Partial refund issued",
    "items": [
      {
        "order_item_id": 700201,
        "quantity": 5
      }
    ],
    "revision": 3
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

import os
import requests

response = requests.put(
    "https://rest.boxhero-app.com/v1/returns/by-number/{return_number}",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BOXHERO_API_TOKEN"],
    },
    json={
        "memo": "Partial refund issued",
        "items": [
            {
                "order_item_id": 700201,
                "quantity": 5,
            },
        ],
        "revision": 3,
    },
)
data = response.json()

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

{
  "memo": "Partial refund issued",
  "items": [
    {
      "order_item_id": 700201,
      "quantity": 5
    }
  ],
  "revision": 3
}

Response

{
  "id": 90301
}

{
  "id": "ex_8f5c0c8e-0e0a-4a3c-9b3f-4f2c4f6c8d2a",
  "correlationID": "01J9X8K9XZ4ZWV9T8MQ8B7H7C2",
  "type": "/errors/invalid-request",
  "title": "Request validation failed or core rejected the update.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-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 return with the given number was found in this team.",
  "instance": "/returns/by-number/R-1001"
}

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

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