Edit contract

PATCH/api/v1/contracts/{contract_id}

Edit a contract's descriptive/schedule fields (number, first invoice date, estimated end date). Running tallies (billed/recognized/value) are maintained by the billing engine and cannot be edited.

Operation ID: update_contract·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.

Parameters

Path

contract_idstringrequired

Request body

Schema: ContractUpdate

numberstring: Contract reference number.
statusstring: Manual lifecycle change: 'completed' to close the contract, 'on_hold'/'paused' to pause billing, or 'active'/'resume' to resume a paused contract. Routed through the contract's lifecycle guards (can_be_paused / can_be_resumed).
first_invoice_datestring · date: Anchor date for the contract's term clock.
end_datestring · date: Estimated end of term.
line_itemsarray · ContractLineItemUpdate: Per-line edits to the contract's order lines. Lines omitted from the list are left untouched (this is not a wholesale replacement).

Responses

200Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_ContractResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataContractResponse

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

PATCH/api/v1/contracts/{contract_id}

bash

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/contracts/{contract_id}' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "number": "string",
  "status": "string",
  "first_invoice_date": "2026-01-01",
  "end_date": "2026-01-01",
  "line_items": []
}'