# POST /api/v1/accounting-periods/{period_id}/sign-offs

> Record a reviewer sign-off

- **Tag:** accounting-periods
- **Operation ID:** `create_period_sign_off_api_v1_accounting_periods__period_id__sign_offs_post`

## Description

Record (or update) a reviewer's sign-off on the period. Idempotent on (user_id, role) — re-signing refreshes the snapshot score + notes. Side-effect: triggers a close-score recompute so the gauge updates immediately.

## Authentication

Bearer token in `Authorization` header.
Required header: `x-business-id: <business uuid>`.

## Parameters

- `period_id` (path, string, required)

## Request body

Schema: `SignOffRequest`

- `role` (string · required) — Role of the reviewer signing off (preparer, reviewer, controller, partner).
- `notes` (string) — Optional reviewer notes captured at sign-off.

## Responses

### 201 — Successful Response

### 400 — Bad Request - Invalid input

### 401 — Unauthorized - Authentication required

### 403 — Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

### 404 — Not Found - Resource does not exist

### 422 — Validation Error

Schema: `HTTPValidationError`

- `detail` (array · ValidationError) → `ValidationError`
  - `loc` (array · string | integer · required)
  - `msg` (string · required)
  - `type` (string · required)
  - `input` (object)
  - `ctx` (object)

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/accounting-periods/{period_id}/sign-offs' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "role": "string"
}'
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/accounting-periods/{period_id}/sign-offs', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer dz_your_token',
    'x-business-id': 'YOUR_BUSINESS_ID',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "role": "string"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
```

### Python

```python
import httpx

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer dz_your_token",
    "x-business-id": "YOUR_BUSINESS_ID",
}

payload = {
  "role": "string"
}

response = httpx.post("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/accounting-periods/{period_id}/sign-offs", headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()
```

## See also

- HTML version: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/accounting-periods/create-period-sign-off
- OpenAPI slice: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/accounting-periods/create-period-sign-off/openapi.json
- Other endpoints in **accounting-periods**: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/accounting-periods