Authorize Vendor Credit
POST/api/vendor-credits/:vendor_credit/authorize
Authorize a draft vendor credit, transitioning it to open. Authorization posts the credit's accounting transaction, records the FIFO cost layers consumed by the credited quantities, and creates planned inventory allocations for lines marked for restock.
accounting:writeGrant this scope to your token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens.
Every line that moved no goods — a rebate, a service charge, or any other non-product line that does not settle a vendor return — must carry a nominal code before the credit can be authorized, because nothing else on the line implies which account it belongs in. Product lines and vendor return settlements take their account from the goods they moved.
Returns 422 when the credit is not in a state that can be authorized, or when a non-product line is still missing its nominal code.
Request
Responses
- 200
- 401
- 403
- 404
- 422
- 429
OK
Response Headers
Unauthenticated — the bearer token is missing, revoked, expired, or malformed. Never retry automatically; fix the credential. See the Errors guide.
Forbidden — the token lacks a required scope, the endpoint is not available to API tokens, or the user behind the token lacks the permission. A human must adjust the token scopes or user permissions; do not retry.
Not found — no record with the given identifier (or the route does not exist). Verify the ID before retrying.
Unprocessable Entity
Response Headers
Rate limited — platform limit is 1,000 requests/min; individual tokens may carry lower limits. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. See the Rate Limits guide.