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vendors

Update a vendor

Update details about an existing vendor.

Requirements for enabling vendor payments

Vendor address details are required for paying a vendor by check or for inviting the vendor to join the BILL network.

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Note: You cannot add or update vendor bank account information with this endpoint. You can add and manage vendor bank account information with a dedicated set of endpoints.

Create a vendor bank account: POST /v3/vendors/{vendorId}/bank-account
Get vendor bank account details: GET /v3/vendors/{vendorId}/bank-account
Delete a vendor bank account: DELETE /v3/vendors/{vendorId}/bank-account

patch/v3/vendors/{vendorId}

Path parameters

vendorIdstring required

BILL-generated ID of the vendor. The value begins with 009.

Example:{{vendor_id}}

Headers

sessionIdstring nullable

API session ID generated with /v3/login

Example:{{session_id}}

devKeystring nullable

Developer key generated with your BILL developer account

Example:{{developer_key}}

Request body

namestring

Vendor name

shortNamestring

Vendor short name

accountNumberstring

User account number set by the vendor. Set this field as the billing statement account number for vendor services such as utility or credit card bills.

When you pay the vendor, this value appears on the check memo or electronic payment record.

accountType'NONE' | 'BUSINESS' | 'PERSON'

Vendor account type

emailstring

Vendor email address

phonestring

Vendor phone number

billCurrency'AED' | 'AFN' | 'ALL' | 'AMD' | 'ANG' | 'AOA' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'AWG' | 'AZN' | 'BAM' | 'BBD' | 'BDT' | 'BGN' | 'BHD' | 'BIF' | 'BMD' | 'BND' | 'BOB' | 'BRL' | 'BSD' | 'BTN' | 'BWP' | 'BYN' | 'BZD' | 'CAD' | 'CDF' | 'CHF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'CRC' | 'CUC' | 'CUP' | 'CVE' | 'CZK' | 'DJF' | 'DKK' | 'DOP' | 'DZD' | 'EGP' | 'ERN' | 'ETB' | 'EUR' | 'FJD' | 'FKP' | 'GBP' | 'GEL' | 'GGP' | 'GHS' | 'GIP' | 'GMD' | 'GNF' | 'GTQ' | 'GYD' | 'HKD' | 'HNL' | 'HRK' | 'HTG' | 'HUF' | 'IDR' | 'ILS' | 'IMP' | 'INR' | 'IQD' | 'IRR' | 'ISK' | 'JEP' | 'JMD' | 'JOD' | 'JPY' | 'KES' | 'KGS' | 'KHR' | 'KMF' | 'KPW' | 'KRW' | 'KWD' | 'KYD' | 'KZT' | 'LAK' | 'LBP' | 'LKR' | 'LRD' | 'LSL' | 'LYD' | 'MAD' | 'MDL' | 'MGA' | 'MKD' | 'MMK' | 'MNT' | 'MOP' | 'MRU' | 'MUR' | 'MVR' | 'MWK' | 'MXN' | 'MYR' | 'MZN' | 'NAD' | 'NGN' | 'NIO' | 'NOK' | 'NPR' | 'NZD' | 'OMR' | 'PAB' | 'PEN' | 'PGK' | 'PHP' | 'PKR' | 'PLN' | 'PYG' | 'QAR' | 'RON' | 'RSD' | 'RUB' | 'RWF' | 'SAR' | 'SBD' | 'SCR' | 'SDG' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'SHP' | 'SLE' | 'SLL' | 'SOS' | 'SPL' | 'SRD' | 'STN' | 'SVC' | 'SYP' | 'SZL' | 'THB' | 'TJS' | 'TMT' | 'TND' | 'TOP' | 'TRY' | 'TTD' | 'TVD' | 'TWD' | 'TZS' | 'UAH' | 'UGX' | 'USD' | 'UYU' | 'UZS' | 'VEF' | 'VND' | 'VUV' | 'WST' | 'XAF' | 'XCD' | 'XDR' | 'XOF' | 'XPF' | 'YER' | 'ZAR' | 'ZMW' | 'ZWD'

Bill currency. Three-letter abbreviation in the ISO 4217 format.

The billCurrency value is the currency in the bills you create for the vendor. The value is also the currency in the invoices you receive from the vendor.

Note: You can update this field only if the vendor has no bills or payments.

See <a href="https://help.bill.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007172671">Country information for international payments</a> in the BILL Help Center for more information.

Example request

{
  "name": "Happy Music Supplies (Updated)",
  "accountType": "PERSON"
}

Response

Update a vendor response

idstring

BILL-generated ID of the vendor. The value begins with 009.

archivedboolean required

Set as true if the vendor is archived

namestring

Vendor name

shortNamestring

Vendor short name

accountNumberstring

User account number set by the vendor.

When you pay the vendor, this value appears on the check memo or electronic payment record.

accountType'NONE' | 'BUSINESS' | 'PERSON' | 'UNDEFINED'

Vendor account type

emailstring

Vendor email address

phonestring

Vendor phone number. This field is overridden when you connect with a vendor in the BILL network.

rppsIdstring

BILL-generated ID of the verified national vendor (if the vendor is a verified national vendor)

bankAccountStatus'NO_ACCOUNT' | 'NO_NET_LINKED_ACCOUNT' | 'NET_LINKED_ACCOUNT' | 'UNDEFINED'

Vendor bank account status.

recurringPaymentsboolean

Set as true if the vendor has recurring payments enabled

Bill currency

createdTimestring date-time

Created date and time

updatedTimestring date-time

Updated date and time

networkStatus'NOT_CONNECTED' | 'PENDING' | 'CONNECTED' | 'CONNECTED_RPPS'

Network connection status. This field appears in the response only when a network connection status is available for the vendor.

paymentNetworkIdstring

Vendor Payment Network ID (PNI). Each vendor with a BILL account is assigned a unique PNI.

Example response

{
  "paymentInformation": {
    "bankAccount": {
      "nameOnAccount": "Bill Vendorson",
      "accountNumber": "111222333",
      "routingNumber": "074000010",
      "type": "CHECKING",
      "ownerType": "BUSINESS",
      "paymentCurrency": "USD"
    }
  }
}