Update a tax rule

How to update an existing tax rule via API

To update an existing tax rule, send a PATCH request to the /api/tax_rules/:id endpoint, where id is the ID of the resource that you want to update.

Here below the list of all the possible arguments that you can pass with the request body.

Request

PATCH https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/:id

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
id	string	Required
attributes.name	string	Optional
attributes.tax_rate	float	Optional
attributes.country_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.not_country_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.state_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.not_state_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.zip_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.not_zip_code_regex	string	Optional
attributes.freight_taxable	boolean	Optional
attributes.payment_method_taxable	boolean	Optional
attributes.gift_card_taxable	boolean	Optional
attributes.adjustment_taxable	boolean	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
relationships.manual_tax_calculator	object	Optional

Example

Request

The following request updates the tax rule identified by the ID "xYZkjABcde":

curl -g -X PATCH \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/xYZkjABcde' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "tax_rules",
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "attributes": {
      "country_code_regex": "AT|BE|BG|CZ|DK|EE|DE|HU|LV|LT"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "manual_tax_calculator": {
        "data": {
          "type": "manual_tax_calculators",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 200 OK status code, returning the updated resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "tax_rules",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Fixed 22%",
      "tax_rate": 0.22,
      "country_code_regex": "AT|BE|BG|CZ|DK|EE|DE|HU|LV|LT",
      "not_country_code_regex": "AT|BE|BG|CZ|DK|EE|DE",
      "state_code_regex": "A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL",
      "not_state_code_regex": "A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]",
      "zip_code_regex": "(?i)(JE1|JE2|JE3|JE4|JE5)",
      "not_zip_code_regex": "(?i)(JE1|JE2|JE3)",
      "freight_taxable": false,
      "payment_method_taxable": false,
      "gift_card_taxable": false,
      "adjustment_taxable": false,
      "breakdown": {
        "41": {
          "tax_rate": 0.22
        }
      },
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "manual_tax_calculator": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/xYZkjABcde/relationships/manual_tax_calculator",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/xYZkjABcde/manual_tax_calculator"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_rules/xYZkjABcde/versions"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}