Update auto-numbering settings

PUT/api/v1/businesses/auto-numbering

Configure automatic bill and invoice number generation.

Operation ID: update_auto_numbering_settings·View as markdown·OpenAPI slice

Authentication

Bearer token authentication. Pass your DayZero API token in the Authorization header and the target business UUID in x-business-id.

Request body

Schema: AutoNumberingSettingsUpdateRequest

auto_number_billsboolean: Enable/disable automatic bill numbering
auto_number_invoicesboolean: Enable/disable automatic invoice numbering
bill_number_prefixstring: Prefix for auto-generated bill numbers (e.g., 'BILL-', '2024-'). Max 20 chars.
invoice_number_prefixstring: Prefix for auto-generated invoice numbers (e.g., 'INV-', '2024-'). Max 20 chars.
next_bill_numberinteger: Set next bill number (minimum 1). Useful when migrating from another system.
next_invoice_numberinteger: Set next invoice number (minimum 1). Useful when migrating from another system.
journal_entry_number_prefixstring: Prefix for auto-generated journal entry numbers (e.g., 'JE-'). Max 20 chars.
next_journal_entry_numberinteger: Set next journal entry number (minimum 1). Useful when migrating.

Responses

200Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_AutoNumberingSettingsResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataAutoNumberingSettingsResponse

400Bad Request - Invalid input

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

401Unauthorized - Missing or expired token, an MCP OAuth token used against the REST API, or no access to this business

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

403Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

404Not Found - Resource does not exist

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

422Validation Error

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

Code samples

PUT/api/v1/businesses/auto-numbering

bash

curl -X PUT 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses/auto-numbering' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "auto_number_bills": false,
  "auto_number_invoices": false,
  "bill_number_prefix": "string",
  "invoice_number_prefix": "string",
  "next_bill_number": 0,
  "next_invoice_number": 0
}'