---
title: "Approvals.batch_create_or_update"
method: POST
path: "/entities/Approvals/batch-modify"
tags: ["Approval"]
---

# Approvals.batch_create_or_update

`POST /entities/Approvals/batch-modify`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://us-east.api.coevera.com/api/v100/rest/spaces/your_space_id`
- URL: `https://us-east.api.coevera.com/api/v100/rest/spaces/your_space_id/entities/Approvals/batch-modify`
- Auth: HTTP basic
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/coevera/apis/coevera-crm-api/docs/entities/Approvals/batch-modify/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates or updates Approval records in one request: an item with an id updates that record, an item without one creates a new record.

## Query parameters

- `validation-level` integer
- `rollback-method` 0 | 1

## Request body

- BatchApprovalInput[]
  - `account_id` string, uuid: Id of the linked account.
  - `actor_id` string, uuid: Id of the triggering user.
  - `application_id` string, uuid: Id of the application (e.g. browser, automation, third-party integration) the approval was triggered in.
  - `approval_process_id` string, uuid: Id of the approval process this approval was raised from.
  - `approval_status` 0 | 1 | 2: Decision state of the approval: Pending while waiting for the approvers, then Approved or Rejected. end_time is set once the decision is made. Integer enum value: 0 - Pending, 1 - Approved, 2 - Rejected
  - `comment` string: Comment the requester attached when raising the approval.
  - `contact_id` string, uuid: Id of the linked contact.
  - `lead_oppty_id` string, uuid: Id of the linked lead or opportunity, or empty when not linked.
  - `quote_id` string, uuid: Id of the linked quote.
  - `status` 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Result of the approval process run: the most severe status among its activity log lines, Error when a step of the run failed. The decision itself is in approval_status. Integer enum value: 1 - Ok, 2 - Warning, 3 - Error, 4 - Scheduled, 5 - Expired
  - `revision` integer: Revision when entity was lastly changed.
  - `approvers` object[]: Users who must respond to the approval, with their individual responses.
    - `id` string, uuid: Id of the related ApprovalApprover record.
  - `id` string, uuid: ID of object to update.

## Response `200`

Result per item, in request order: the id of the created or updated record, or the error.

- object
  - `success` boolean: True when the request succeeded; false on error.
  - `data` union[]
    - union
      - string, uuid: Id of the created or updated record.
      - Error: The body of every REST error. `code` and `name` are stable identifiers; `message` is for people. The full list of codes is at https://developers.coevera.com/reference/errors/.
        - `http_status` integer, required: HTTP status code.
        - `code` integer: Numeric code of the API error.
        - `name` string: Name of the API error.
        - `message` string: Message describing the error.
        - `success` boolean, required: Always false on error.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: a bad or unknown parameter (codes 117, 118), a missing permission (code 50), conflicting data (code 2002) or any other API error. The REST API answers 400 where others answer 403 or 409; check `code`.
- `401`: Not authenticated: missing or wrong credentials, a credential of another space, or an expired token (code 401, ERROR_UNAUTHORIZED).
- `422`: Validation failed (code 40000, with the failing fields) or a required parameter is missing (code 119). By default one failed item fails a whole batch and nothing is written.
- `429`: Too many requests (code 182). Wait for the seconds in Retry-After, then retry.
- `500`: Unexpected server error (code 1000, ERROR_UNKNOWN).

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