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Xero Updateaccount Example

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Xero Updateaccount Example is an example object payload from Xero, with 6 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

operationIdmethodpathsummaryrequestExamplesresponseExamples

Example Payload

{
  "operationId": "updateAccount",
  "method": "POST",
  "path": "/Accounts/{AccountID}",
  "summary": "Xero Updates a chart of accounts",
  "requestExamples": [
    {
      "contentType": "application/json",
      "example": {
        "Accounts": [
          {
            "Code": "123456",
            "Name": "BarFoo",
            "AccountID": "99ce6032-0678-4aa0-8148-240c75fee33a",
            "Type": "EXPENSE",
            "Description": "GoodBye World",
            "TaxType": "INPUT",
            "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
            "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
            "Class": "EXPENSE",
            "ReportingCode": "EXP",
            "ReportingCodeName": "Expense",
            "UpdatedDateUTC": "2019-02-21T16:29:47.96-08:00"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "responseExamples": [
    {
      "status": "200",
      "contentType": "application/json",
      "example": {
        "Id": "9012e75c-ec08-40a9-ae15-153fc1f35c4d",
        "Status": "OK",
        "ProviderName": "Xero API Partner",
        "DateTimeUTC": "/Date(1550795389340)/",
        "Accounts": [
          {
            "AccountID": "99ce6032-0678-4aa0-8148-240c75fee33a",
            "Code": "654321",
            "Name": "BarFoo",
            "Status": "ACTIVE",
            "Type": "EXPENSE",
            "TaxType": "INPUT",
            "Description": "Good Bye World",
            "Class": "EXPENSE",
            "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
            "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
            "ReportingCode": "EXP",
            "ReportingCodeName": "Expense",
            "UpdatedDateUTC": "/Date(1550795389333+0000)/"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "status": "400",
      "contentType": "application/json",
      "example": {
        "ErrorNumber": 10,
        "Type": "ValidationException",
        "Message": "A validation exception occurred",
        "Elements": [
          {
            "AccountID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "Code": "123456",
            "Name": "Foobar",
            "Type": "EXPENSE",
            "Description": "Hello World",
            "ValidationErrors": [
              {
                "Message": "Please enter a unique Name."
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

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