Update Xero settings
const url = 'https://api.elephants.inc/api/v1/organizations/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/integrations/xero';const options = { method: 'PATCH', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"asset_accounts":[{"code":"example","id":"example","name":"example"}],"bank_account_id":"example","category_mappings":[{"account_id":"example","category":"example"}],"default_expense_account_code":"example","expense_accounts":[{"code":"example","id":"example","name":"example"}],"other_mappings":[{"account_id":"example","type":"example"}],"revenue_accounts":[{"code":"example","id":"example","name":"example"}],"sync_mode":"realtime"}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request PATCH \ --url https://api.elephants.inc/api/v1/organizations/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/integrations/xero \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "asset_accounts": [ { "code": "example", "id": "example", "name": "example" } ], "bank_account_id": "example", "category_mappings": [ { "account_id": "example", "category": "example" } ], "default_expense_account_code": "example", "expense_accounts": [ { "code": "example", "id": "example", "name": "example" } ], "other_mappings": [ { "account_id": "example", "type": "example" } ], "revenue_accounts": [ { "code": "example", "id": "example", "name": "example" } ], "sync_mode": "realtime" }'Changes an already-configured organization’s Xero settings. The same write
as the setup endpoint minus bank-account creation — bank_account_id must
name an account that already exists.
Omitted fields are left unchanged. Mappings, when sent, replace what was
there rather than merging; an empty list leaves them alone. The same
validations as the setup endpoint apply: unknown account_id, an
other_mappings type outside the catalog, a repeated category or type,
or a bank_account_id that is not one of the tenant’s bank accounts are
each a 422.
Requires an active Xero connection — a live credential, not just retained configuration; a disconnected organization is a 422.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”Organization to update
Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”Settings to change
object
object
object
object
object
object
Responses
Section titled “Responses”The updated configuration
object
The Xero account the organization’s spend is written to.
realtime posts settled transactions every few minutes; batch posts once a day.
Example generated
{ "bank_account_id": "example", "default_expense_account_code": "example", "id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "status": "example", "sync_mode": "example", "xero_tenant_id": "example", "xero_tenant_name": "example"}Invalid request parameters or body
Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
object
object
Structured error details (e.g. validation errors), when present
Display-grade message, safe to render verbatim. Never a machine code — do not branch on it.
Correlation ID for this request (also in the x-request-id response header). Include it when contacting support.
object
Method used to deliver this challenge
Challenge expiry
Sudo session ID returned to completeStepUp
3-digit number-matching code. This response is the ORIGINATING surface: display the code; a user approving from the Ele mobile app is asked to enter it. Null only for challenges minted before match codes existed.
Available verification methods
The step-up authentication this challenge was minted from — a DIFFERENT id from id (the sudo session). completeStepUp takes id as sudo_session_id; requestStepUpFallback takes this one.
object
object
Machine-readable error code from a stable vocabulary (open enum — handle unknown values)
Example generated
{ "error": { "details": "example", "message": "example", "request_id": "example", "step_up": { "delivery": "example", "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "id": "example", "match_code": "example", "methods": [ "example" ], "step_up_authentication_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "webauthn": { "allow_credentials": [ { "id": "example", "transports": [ "example" ], "type": "example" } ], "challenge": "example", "challenge_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "rp_id": "example", "timeout": 1, "user_verification": "example" } }, "type": "example" }}Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
object
object
Structured error details (e.g. validation errors), when present
Display-grade message, safe to render verbatim. Never a machine code — do not branch on it.
Correlation ID for this request (also in the x-request-id response header). Include it when contacting support.
object
Method used to deliver this challenge
Challenge expiry
Sudo session ID returned to completeStepUp
3-digit number-matching code. This response is the ORIGINATING surface: display the code; a user approving from the Ele mobile app is asked to enter it. Null only for challenges minted before match codes existed.
Available verification methods
The step-up authentication this challenge was minted from — a DIFFERENT id from id (the sudo session). completeStepUp takes id as sudo_session_id; requestStepUpFallback takes this one.
object
object
Machine-readable error code from a stable vocabulary (open enum — handle unknown values)
Example generated
{ "error": { "details": "example", "message": "example", "request_id": "example", "step_up": { "delivery": "example", "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "id": "example", "match_code": "example", "methods": [ "example" ], "step_up_authentication_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "webauthn": { "allow_credentials": [ { "id": "example", "transports": [ "example" ], "type": "example" } ], "challenge": "example", "challenge_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "rp_id": "example", "timeout": 1, "user_verification": "example" } }, "type": "example" }}Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
object
object
Structured error details (e.g. validation errors), when present
Display-grade message, safe to render verbatim. Never a machine code — do not branch on it.
Correlation ID for this request (also in the x-request-id response header). Include it when contacting support.
object
Method used to deliver this challenge
Challenge expiry
Sudo session ID returned to completeStepUp
3-digit number-matching code. This response is the ORIGINATING surface: display the code; a user approving from the Ele mobile app is asked to enter it. Null only for challenges minted before match codes existed.
Available verification methods
The step-up authentication this challenge was minted from — a DIFFERENT id from id (the sudo session). completeStepUp takes id as sudo_session_id; requestStepUpFallback takes this one.
object
object
Machine-readable error code from a stable vocabulary (open enum — handle unknown values)
Example generated
{ "error": { "details": "example", "message": "example", "request_id": "example", "step_up": { "delivery": "example", "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "id": "example", "match_code": "example", "methods": [ "example" ], "step_up_authentication_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "webauthn": { "allow_credentials": [ { "id": "example", "transports": [ "example" ], "type": "example" } ], "challenge": "example", "challenge_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "rp_id": "example", "timeout": 1, "user_verification": "example" } }, "type": "example" }}Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
object
object
Structured error details (e.g. validation errors), when present
Display-grade message, safe to render verbatim. Never a machine code — do not branch on it.
Correlation ID for this request (also in the x-request-id response header). Include it when contacting support.
object
Method used to deliver this challenge
Challenge expiry
Sudo session ID returned to completeStepUp
3-digit number-matching code. This response is the ORIGINATING surface: display the code; a user approving from the Ele mobile app is asked to enter it. Null only for challenges minted before match codes existed.
Available verification methods
The step-up authentication this challenge was minted from — a DIFFERENT id from id (the sudo session). completeStepUp takes id as sudo_session_id; requestStepUpFallback takes this one.
object
object
Machine-readable error code from a stable vocabulary (open enum — handle unknown values)
Example generated
{ "error": { "details": "example", "message": "example", "request_id": "example", "step_up": { "delivery": "example", "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "id": "example", "match_code": "example", "methods": [ "example" ], "step_up_authentication_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "webauthn": { "allow_credentials": [ { "id": "example", "transports": [ "example" ], "type": "example" } ], "challenge": "example", "challenge_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "rp_id": "example", "timeout": 1, "user_verification": "example" } }, "type": "example" }}Too many requests
object
object
Structured error details (e.g. validation errors), when present
Display-grade message, safe to render verbatim. Never a machine code — do not branch on it.
Correlation ID for this request (also in the x-request-id response header). Include it when contacting support.
object
Method used to deliver this challenge
Challenge expiry
Sudo session ID returned to completeStepUp
3-digit number-matching code. This response is the ORIGINATING surface: display the code; a user approving from the Ele mobile app is asked to enter it. Null only for challenges minted before match codes existed.
Available verification methods
The step-up authentication this challenge was minted from — a DIFFERENT id from id (the sudo session). completeStepUp takes id as sudo_session_id; requestStepUpFallback takes this one.
object
object
Machine-readable error code from a stable vocabulary (open enum — handle unknown values)
object
Example
{ "error": { "type": "rate_limited" }}Headers
Section titled “Headers”How long to wait before retrying, expressed as delay seconds or an HTTP date
Unexpected server error
Error response. error.type is the machine-readable code — branch on it, never on error.message or the HTTP status. error.message is display-grade prose safe to render to a user; when a failure has no specific copy it falls back to a generic sentence, so it never carries a machine code. Unrecognised failures collapse to the generic unprocessable_entity code, so treat type as an open enum: match the codes you handle and fall through to a default branch for the rest.
object
object
Structured error details (e.g. validation errors), when present
Display-grade message, safe to render verbatim. Never a machine code — do not branch on it.
Correlation ID for this request (also in the x-request-id response header). Include it when contacting support.
object
Method used to deliver this challenge
Challenge expiry
Sudo session ID returned to completeStepUp
3-digit number-matching code. This response is the ORIGINATING surface: display the code; a user approving from the Ele mobile app is asked to enter it. Null only for challenges minted before match codes existed.
Available verification methods
The step-up authentication this challenge was minted from — a DIFFERENT id from id (the sudo session). completeStepUp takes id as sudo_session_id; requestStepUpFallback takes this one.
object
object
Machine-readable error code from a stable vocabulary (open enum — handle unknown values)
Example generated
{ "error": { "details": "example", "message": "example", "request_id": "example", "step_up": { "delivery": "example", "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "id": "example", "match_code": "example", "methods": [ "example" ], "step_up_authentication_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "webauthn": { "allow_credentials": [ { "id": "example", "transports": [ "example" ], "type": "example" } ], "challenge": "example", "challenge_id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "rp_id": "example", "timeout": 1, "user_verification": "example" } }, "type": "example" }}