Update Payee

Updates an existing payee. Only send fields you want to change.

Optional update fields:

• name - Update payee name
• payeeType - Update payee type
• email - Update email address (send null to clear)
• alternateEmails - Update alternate emails
• phoneNumber - Update phone number
• description - Update description
• address - Update unstructured address
• addressStructured - Update structured address
• lawFirmType - Update law firm type
• bankInfo - Update bank information
• taxIdNumber - Update tax ID number
• externalPayee - Update external payee reference
• createdAt - Update creation timestamp (for imports)

Required permission: company.payee:create

PATCH /api/external/companies/{companyId}/payees/{payeeId}

cURL

updateName

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://app.aiinsurance.io/api/external/companies/{companyId}/payees/{payeeId} \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Smith & Partners Law Firm"
}
'

200

success

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
  "companyId": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Smith & Partners Law Firm",
  "payeeType": "lawFirm",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "alternateEmails": [
    "[e-mail]",
    "[e-mail]"
  ],
  "phoneNumber": "[phone]",
  "description": "Defense law firm specializing in insurance litigation",
  "address": "123 Legal Plaza, Suite 500, New York, NY 10001",
  "addressStructured": {
    "streetNumber": "123",
    "streetName": "Legal Plaza",
    "city": "New York",
    "state": {
      "short": "NY",
      "long": "New York"
    },
    "postalCode": "10001",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "lawFirmType": "defense",
  "bankInfo": {
    "bankAccountNumber": "****4321",
    "bankRoutingNumber": "****6789"
  },
  "taxIdNumber": "12-3456789",
  "externalPayee": null,
  "createdAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
  "createdBy": "880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "updatedAt": "2025-01-20T09:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedBy": "880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key authentication. Include your API key in the Authorization header.

Path Parameters

companyId · string<uuid> · required

Company identifier

payeeId · string<uuid> · required

Payee identifier

Body

application/json

Request body for updating a payee. Only include fields you want to change.

name · string

Update payee name

payeeType · enum<string>

Type of payee

Available options: lawFirm, expert, vendor, other, financingCompany

email · string<email> | null

Update email (send null to clear)

alternateEmails · string<email>[]

Update alternate emails

phoneNumber · string

Update phone number

description · string

Update description

address · string

Update unstructured address

addressStructured · object

Structured address with parsed components (payee-specific format)

Show child attributes

lawFirmType · enum<string>

Type of law firm (only applicable when payeeType is lawFirm)

Available options: defense, plaintiff

bankInfo · object

Bank account information for payments

Show child attributes

taxIdNumber · string

Update tax ID number

externalPayee · object

Reference to an external payee in another system

Show child attributes

createdAt · string<date-time>

Update creation timestamp (ISO 8601)

Response

200

application/json

Payee updated successfully

A payee entity (law firm, expert, vendor, etc.)

id · string<uuid>

Payee identifier

companyId · string<uuid> | null

Company identifier

name · string

Payee name

payeeType · enum<string>

Type of payee

Available options: lawFirm, expert, vendor, other, financingCompany

email · string<email> | null

Primary email address

alternateEmails · string<email>[] | null

Additional email addresses

phoneNumber · string | null

Phone number

description · string | null

Description of the payee

address · string | null

Unstructured address string

addressStructured · object

Structured address with parsed components

Show child attributes

lawFirmType · enum<string>

Type of law firm (only for payeeType lawFirm)

Available options: defense, plaintiff

bankInfo · object

Bank account information

Show child attributes

taxIdNumber · string | null

Tax identification number

externalPayee · object

Reference to payee in external system

Show child attributes

createdAt · string<date-time> | null

When the payee was created (ISO 8601)

createdBy · string<uuid> | null

User ID who created the payee

updatedAt · string<date-time> | null

When the payee was last updated (ISO 8601)

updatedBy · string<uuid> | null

User ID who last updated the payee