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PUT
/
payees
/
{identifier}
Create or update a payee by identifier
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.withacclaim.com/v1/payees/{identifier} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "given_name": "John",
  "family_name": "Doe",
  "middle_name": "<string>",
  "company": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "phone": "<string>",
  "entity_type": "Individual",
  "active": true,
  "identifier": "<string>",
  "preferred_language": "<string>",
  "metadata": {
    "custom_field": "value",
    "source": "api"
  }
}
'
{
  "id": "pyee_KfIuLz83Ya",
  "given_name": "John",
  "family_name": "Doe",
  "middle_name": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "identifier": "PYEE-2025-001",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "phone": "<string>",
  "company": "<string>",
  "entity_type": "Individual",
  "address": {
    "country": "US",
    "address1": "123 Main St",
    "address2": "Suite 100",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": "NY",
    "postal_code": "10001"
  },
  "active": true,
  "status": "Active",
  "preferred_language": "<string>",
  "metadata": {
    "custom_field": "value",
    "source": "api"
  },
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
identifier
string
required

Custom identifier for the payee (e.g., external vendor ID)

Body

application/json
​
given_name
string
required

First name

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"John"

​
family_name
string
required

Last name

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"Doe"

​
middle_name
string | null
Required string length: 1 - 255
​
company
string | null
Required string length: 1 - 255
​
name
string | null
Required string length: 1 - 255
​
email
string<email> | null
​
phone
string | null

E.164 formatted phone number

​
entity_type
enum<string>
default:Individual

Type of legal entity

Available options:
Individual,
Company
​
address
object
​
active
boolean
default:true
​
identifier
string | null

Custom identifier for the payee

Required string length: 1 - 50
​
preferred_language
string | null
Maximum string length: 20
​
metadata
object

Optional metadata as key-value pairs

Example:
{ "custom_field": "value", "source": "api" }

Response

Payee updated.

​
id
string
Example:

"pyee_KfIuLz83Ya"

​
given_name
string
Example:

"John"

​
family_name
string
Example:

"Doe"

​
middle_name
string | null
​
name
string
​
identifier
string
Example:

"PYEE-2025-001"

​
email
string<email> | null
​
phone
string | null

E.164 formatted phone number

​
company
string | null
​
entity_type
enum<string>
Available options:
Individual,
Company
Example:

"Individual"

​
address
object
​
active
boolean
Example:

true

​
status
enum<string>

Current status of the payee based on information completeness and active state

Available options:
Active,
MissingInfo,
Inactive
Example:

"Active"

​
preferred_language
string | null

BCP 47 language tag (e.g. en, en-US)

Maximum string length: 20
​
metadata
object

Optional metadata as key-value pairs

Example:
{ "custom_field": "value", "source": "api" }
​
created_at
string<date-time>
​
updated_at
string<date-time>
Last modified on April 14, 2026