PUT/accounts/{accountId}

Update an account

Update the specified account

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`accountId`required	path	string uuid	Account UUID

Request bodyrequired

Field	Type	Description
`parent_id`	string uuid · nullable	Parent account UUID for hierarchical structure
`code`	string min length: 4 · max length: 4	4-digit account code
`name`	string max length: 255
`type`	string enum: asset \| liability \| equity \| revenue \| expense
`normal_balance`	string enum: debit \| credit
`description`	string max length: 1000 · nullable
`is_active`	boolean
`metadata`	object nullable
`enforce_balance_limits`	boolean	Enable trigger-enforced min/max balance limits
`min_balance`	string nullable	Lower balance limit as a major-unit decimal string. Negative values are permitted for liability accounts.
`max_balance`	string nullable	Upper balance limit as a major-unit decimal string. Must be >= min_balance.

Responses

200Account updated successfully

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "01997c1e-4d2a-7c3e-9a1b-2f0e8c6d4b5a",
    "ledger_id": "01997c1e-4d2a-7c3e-9a1b-2f0e8c6d4b5a",
    "code": "1000",
    "name": "Cash",
    "type": "asset",
    "category": "system",
    "normal_balance": "debit",
    "balance": "1000.00",
    "is_active": true,
    "is_system": false,
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}

400Validation error

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

401Unauthenticated

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

403Forbidden

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

404Account not found

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

Examples

curl -X PUT https://ledga.io/api/v1/accounts/{accountId} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_xxxxxxxx_your_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "code": "string",
  "name": "Cash - Updated",
  "type": "asset",
  "normal_balance": "debit",
  "is_active": true,
  "enforce_balance_limits": true,
  "min_balance": "0.00",
  "max_balance": "10000.00"
}'

use Ledga\Api\LedgaClient;

$ledga = new LedgaClient('sk_xxxxxxxx_your_secret');

$account = $ledga->accounts->update('01997c1e-4d2a-7c3e-9a1b-2f0e8c6d4b5a', ['name' => 'Cash on hand']);

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