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POST
/
fiscal-periods
/
{id}
/
approve-close
Approve a pending fiscal period close (Step 2 of 2-person SoD)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "note": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close"

payload = { "note": "<string>" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({note: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'note' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"note\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"note\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/fiscal-periods/{id}/approve-close")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"note\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "period_name": "<string>",
  "start_date": "2023-12-25",
  "end_date": "2023-12-25",
  "closed_by": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "closed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "close_requested_by": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "close_requested_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "close_approved_by": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "close_approved_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "reopen_reason": "<string>",
  "reopened_by": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "reopened_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}
{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}
{
  "error": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "not_found",
  "hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
  "param": "expand[0]",
  "required": "accounts:read",
  "request_id": "req_abc123"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys. Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write). Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_ Test keys use ark_test_ent_. Both are issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Client-generated unique key for idempotent POST/PATCH/DELETE operations. Alias for the Idempotency parameter. Max 255 chars. On retry with the same key, the original response is returned without re-executing the operation. Keys expire after 24 hours.

Maximum string length: 255

Path Parameters

id
string<uuid>
required

Body

application/json
note
string

Optional approver note.

Response

Period close approved

An accounting period. Closed periods refuse new journal entry postings (Rule A3). Year-end closing entries that roll revenue and expense activity into retained earnings are posted via a separate explicit endpoint (POST /v1/accounting_periods/{id}/close-fiscal-year). The monthly-period close does NOT by itself post a retained-earnings rollover JE. Verified against live dev RDS accounting.accounting_periods.

id
string<uuid>
read-only
entity_id
string<uuid>
read-only
period_name
string

Human-readable name (e.g. 'January 2025')

start_date
string<date>
end_date
string<date>
status
enum<string>
read-only
Available options:
open,
close_requested,
closed
closed_by
string<uuid> | null
read-only
closed_at
string<date-time> | null
read-only
close_requested_by
string<uuid> | null
read-only
close_requested_at
string<date-time> | null
read-only
close_approved_by
string<uuid> | null
read-only
close_approved_at
string<date-time> | null
read-only
reopen_reason
string | null
read-only

NEW-GAP-REOPEN-PERIOD-ENTITY-ISOLATION-SOD-REASON-AUDIT (2026-05-15): operator-supplied justification from the most recent reopen. 10-500 chars when set. Cleared on next close.

reopened_by
string<uuid> | null
read-only

User who most recently reopened this period.

reopened_at
string<date-time> | null
read-only
created_at
string<date-time>
read-only