Update classification (partial)

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "is_active": true,
  "selections": [
    {
      "name": "<string>",
      "is_active": true,
      "parent_id": 123,
      "id": 123
    }
  ],
  "required_for_records": [],
  "parent_id": 123
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "is_active": True,
    "selections": [
        {
            "name": "<string>",
            "is_active": True,
            "parent_id": 123,
            "id": 123
        }
    ],
    "required_for_records": [],
    "parent_id": 123
}
headers = {
    "X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    is_active: true,
    selections: [{name: '<string>', is_active: true, parent_id: 123, id: 123}],
    required_for_records: [],
    parent_id: 123
  })
};

fetch('https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/', 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://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'is_active' => true,
    'selections' => [
        [
                'name' => '<string>',
                'is_active' => true,
                'parent_id' => 123,
                'id' => 123
        ]
    ],
    'required_for_records' => [
        
    ],
    'parent_id' => 123
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"selections\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"is_active\": true,\n      \"parent_id\": 123,\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  ],\n  \"required_for_records\": [],\n  \"parent_id\": 123\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/")
  .header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"selections\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"is_active\": true,\n      \"parent_id\": 123,\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  ],\n  \"required_for_records\": [],\n  \"parent_id\": 123\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"selections\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"is_active\": true,\n      \"parent_id\": 123,\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  ],\n  \"required_for_records\": [],\n  \"parent_id\": 123\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "id": 123,
  "selections": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "name": "<string>",
      "is_active": true,
      "parent_id": 123,
      "parent_name": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "required_for_records": [
    "purchase_order"
  ],
  "parent_id": 123,
  "parent_name": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "created_by": {
    "actor_type": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "updated_by": {
    "actor_type": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "code": "<string>",
  "is_active": true
}

{
  "errors": {},
  "success": false
}

{
  "errors": {},
  "success": false
}

Classifications

Update classification (partial)

Update specific fields on a classification. Send only the fields you want to change — anything you don’t send stays as it is. Use null on parent_id to remove a parent.

Example — rename and deactivate a classification:

{"name": "Department (legacy)", "is_active": false}

Selections (classification lines)

Omitting selections preserves the existing lines. Sending the field applies it as-is: lines whose id you include are kept (and updated with whatever values you send), and lines whose id you omit are deleted. Sending [] removes every line. Adding a new line means sending it without an id:

{"selections": [
  {"id": 42, "name": "Engineering", "is_active": true, "parent_id": null},
  {"name": "Operations", "is_active": true, "parent_id": null}
]}

Required-for-records

Omitting required_for_records preserves existing associations. Sending the field replaces the full set; sending [] removes them all:

{"required_for_records": ["invoice", "bill"]}

Lines that are in use elsewhere can’t be deleted; you’ll get a 422 back listing which ones.

PATCH

public

v3-alpha

classifications

{classification_id}

Update classification (partial)

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "is_active": true,
  "selections": [
    {
      "name": "<string>",
      "is_active": true,
      "parent_id": 123,
      "id": 123
    }
  ],
  "required_for_records": [],
  "parent_id": 123
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "is_active": True,
    "selections": [
        {
            "name": "<string>",
            "is_active": True,
            "parent_id": 123,
            "id": 123
        }
    ],
    "required_for_records": [],
    "parent_id": 123
}
headers = {
    "X-API-KEY": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    is_active: true,
    selections: [{name: '<string>', is_active: true, parent_id: 123, id: 123}],
    required_for_records: [],
    parent_id: 123
  })
};

fetch('https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/', 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://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'is_active' => true,
    'selections' => [
        [
                'name' => '<string>',
                'is_active' => true,
                'parent_id' => 123,
                'id' => 123
        ]
    ],
    'required_for_records' => [
        
    ],
    'parent_id' => 123
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"selections\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"is_active\": true,\n      \"parent_id\": 123,\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  ],\n  \"required_for_records\": [],\n  \"parent_id\": 123\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/")
  .header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"selections\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"is_active\": true,\n      \"parent_id\": 123,\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  ],\n  \"required_for_records\": [],\n  \"parent_id\": 123\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.dualentry.com/public/v3-alpha/classifications/{classification_id}/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"selections\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"is_active\": true,\n      \"parent_id\": 123,\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  ],\n  \"required_for_records\": [],\n  \"parent_id\": 123\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "id": 123,
  "selections": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "name": "<string>",
      "is_active": true,
      "parent_id": 123,
      "parent_name": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "required_for_records": [
    "purchase_order"
  ],
  "parent_id": 123,
  "parent_name": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "created_by": {
    "actor_type": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "updated_by": {
    "actor_type": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "code": "<string>",
  "is_active": true
}

{
  "errors": {},
  "success": false
}

{
  "errors": {},
  "success": false
}

Authorizations

X-API-KEY

string

header

required

Headers

Idempotency-Key

string

Optional. A unique value (a UUID works well) identifying this operation. If the request is repeated with the same key, the original response is replayed instead of the operation running again, so a retry cannot create a duplicate record. Results are replayable for 48 hours. Reusing a key with a different request body returns 422.

Maximum string length: 255

Path Parameters

classification_id

integer

required

Body

application/json

Partial update payload for PATCH /public/classifications/{id}/.

Every field is optional: send only the fields you want to change. Unset fields are left untouched on the existing record.

Note on list fields:

selections absent → existing classification lines are preserved. Sending [] deletes all existing lines.
required_for_records absent → existing record-type associations are preserved. Sending [] removes them all.

name

string | null

Required string length: 2 - 128

is_active

boolean | null

selections

PublicSelectionItemIn · object[] | null

Show child attributes

required_for_records

enum<string>[] | null

Available options:

purchase_order,

sales_order,

cash_sale,

invoice,

bill,

direct_expense,

vendor_credit,

journal_entry,

intercompany_journal_entry,

customer_credit,

customer_deposit,

statistical_journal

parent_id

integer | null

Response

created_at

string<date-time>

required

Date and time the record was created

updated_at

string<date-time>

required

Date and time the record was last updated

integer

required

selections

PublicSelectionItemOut · object[]

required

Show child attributes

required_for_records

enum<string>[]

required

Available options:

purchase_order,

sales_order,

cash_sale,

invoice,

bill,

direct_expense,

vendor_credit,

journal_entry,

intercompany_journal_entry,

customer_credit,

customer_deposit,

statistical_journal

parent_id

integer | null

required

parent_name

string | null

required

name

string

required

Maximum string length: 128

created_by

AuditActorSchemaOut · object | null

Schema for audit actor information.

Show child attributes

updated_by

AuditActorSchemaOut · object | null

Schema for audit actor information.

Show child attributes

code

string | null

is_active

boolean

default:true

Last modified on September 24, 2026

Overview

V3 (alpha)

Update classification (partial)

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Body

Response