Update a GL account

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "account_sub_type": "<string>",
  "parent_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "tax_line_mapping": "<string>",
  "is_active": true,
  "opening_balance": 123,
  "opening_balance_date": "2023-12-25"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "account_sub_type": "<string>",
    "parent_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "tax_line_mapping": "<string>",
    "is_active": True,
    "opening_balance": 123,
    "opening_balance_date": "2023-12-25"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    description: '<string>',
    account_sub_type: '<string>',
    parent_account_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    tax_line_mapping: '<string>',
    is_active: true,
    opening_balance: 123,
    opening_balance_date: '2023-12-25'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{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.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{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>',
    'description' => '<string>',
    'account_sub_type' => '<string>',
    'parent_account_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'tax_line_mapping' => '<string>',
    'is_active' => true,
    'opening_balance' => 123,
    'opening_balance_date' => '2023-12-25'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"account_sub_type\": \"<string>\",\n  \"parent_account_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"tax_line_mapping\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"opening_balance\": 123,\n  \"opening_balance_date\": \"2023-12-25\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"account_sub_type\": \"<string>\",\n  \"parent_account_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"tax_line_mapping\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"opening_balance\": 123,\n  \"opening_balance_date\": \"2023-12-25\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"account_sub_type\": \"<string>\",\n  \"parent_account_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"tax_line_mapping\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"opening_balance\": 123,\n  \"opening_balance_date\": \"2023-12-25\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "account_number": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "account_type": "asset",
  "account_sub_type": "<string>",
  "normal_balance": "debit",
  "is_header": true,
  "parent_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "parent_account_number": "<string>",
  "parent_path": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "depth": 123,
  "is_system_account": true,
  "system_account_key": "<string>",
  "effective_system_account_key": "<string>",
  "is_bank_account": true,
  "is_active": true,
  "tax_line_mapping": "<string>",
  "opening_balance": 123,
  "opening_balance_date": "2023-12-25",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

PATCH

gl-accounts

{id}

Update a GL account

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "account_sub_type": "<string>",
  "parent_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "tax_line_mapping": "<string>",
  "is_active": true,
  "opening_balance": 123,
  "opening_balance_date": "2023-12-25"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "account_sub_type": "<string>",
    "parent_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "tax_line_mapping": "<string>",
    "is_active": True,
    "opening_balance": 123,
    "opening_balance_date": "2023-12-25"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    description: '<string>',
    account_sub_type: '<string>',
    parent_account_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    tax_line_mapping: '<string>',
    is_active: true,
    opening_balance: 123,
    opening_balance_date: '2023-12-25'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{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.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{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>',
    'description' => '<string>',
    'account_sub_type' => '<string>',
    'parent_account_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'tax_line_mapping' => '<string>',
    'is_active' => true,
    'opening_balance' => 123,
    'opening_balance_date' => '2023-12-25'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"account_sub_type\": \"<string>\",\n  \"parent_account_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"tax_line_mapping\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"opening_balance\": 123,\n  \"opening_balance_date\": \"2023-12-25\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"account_sub_type\": \"<string>\",\n  \"parent_account_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"tax_line_mapping\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"opening_balance\": 123,\n  \"opening_balance_date\": \"2023-12-25\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/gl-accounts/{id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"account_sub_type\": \"<string>\",\n  \"parent_account_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"tax_line_mapping\": \"<string>\",\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"opening_balance\": 123,\n  \"opening_balance_date\": \"2023-12-25\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "account_number": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "account_type": "asset",
  "account_sub_type": "<string>",
  "normal_balance": "debit",
  "is_header": true,
  "parent_account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "parent_account_number": "<string>",
  "parent_path": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "depth": 123,
  "is_system_account": true,
  "system_account_key": "<string>",
  "effective_system_account_key": "<string>",
  "is_bank_account": true,
  "is_active": true,
  "tax_line_mapping": "<string>",
  "opening_balance": 123,
  "opening_balance_date": "2023-12-25",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys. Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write). Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_Test keys use ark_test_ent_. Both are issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

Path Parameters

string<uuid>

required

Body

application/json

name

string

description

string

account_sub_type

string

parent_account_id

string<uuid>

tax_line_mapping

string

is_active

boolean

opening_balance

number

opening_balance_date

string<date>

Response

Updated GL account

A General Ledger account in the chart of accounts. Header accounts (is_header=true) aggregate child accounts and cannot receive postings (Rule A2 / Rule 21). Leaf accounts (is_header=false, is_active=true) are the only valid targets for journal entry lines. System accounts (is_system_account=true) are provisioned by entity-seed-helpers.mjs and cannot be created or modified via the API.

string<uuid>

read-only

entity_id

string<uuid>

read-only

account_number

string

read-only

Immutable post-create (e.g. '1300')

name

string

description

string | null

account_type

enum<string>

read-only

Immutable post-create

Available options:

asset,

liability,

equity,

revenue,

expense,

cogs

account_sub_type

string | null

normal_balance

enum<string>

read-only

Immutable post-create

Available options:

debit,

credit

is_header

boolean

True for rollup accounts that aggregate children. Header accounts CANNOT receive journal entry line postings (Rule A2 / assertGLLinesPostable).

parent_account_id

string<uuid> | null

parent_account_number

string | null

read-only

The IMMEDIATE parent account's number (null for a root account). GL-PICKER-SUBLEDGER-DISCOVERABILITY 2026-08-21.

parent_path

string[]

read-only

Root-first array of ancestor account NAMES, e.g. ["Cash & Bank Accounts", "Payment Clearing"]. Empty for a root account. Resolved from the entity's full account graph, NOT from the filtered result set, so a child whose parent is a header (and therefore excluded by postable_only / context=) still reports its complete path. GL-PICKER-SUBLEDGER-DISCOVERABILITY 2026-08-21.

depth

integer

read-only

Ancestor count (0 = root). Same independent resolution as parent_path, so the two can never disagree about one chain.

is_system_account

boolean

read-only

True for accounts seeded by entity-seed-helpers.mjs. System accounts cannot be created, updated, or deleted via the API.

system_account_key

string | null

read-only

Lookup key used by posting helpers (e.g. ar_account, cogs, revenue, inventory_fg). Code uses getGLAccountByKey(entityId, key) instead of hardcoded account numbers.

effective_system_account_key

string | null

read-only

The key that GOVERNS this account: its own system_account_key, else its parent's. An "unfold" splits a folded migrated account into a KEYED PARENT plus ACTIVE, NULL-keyed sibling children, and a sibling inherits its parent's semantics -- so a consumer classifying an account by key must read this column rather than system_account_key. Additive and read-only; system_account_key is unchanged. UN-FOLD-12 2026-09-02, Drift Check 251.

is_bank_account

boolean

True for bank/cash accounts eligible for reconciliation

is_active

boolean

tax_line_mapping

string | null

opening_balance

number | null

opening_balance_date

string<date> | null

created_at

string<date-time>

read-only

updated_at

string<date-time>

read-only

Overview

All Endpoints

Update a GL account

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response