Products

Update product

Updates a product and returns the full record. Allows partial update: send only the fields to change, omitted fields are left unchanged, and passing tax_codes: [] clears the product specific codes so organization default applies. source_id, source, source_account_id and the timestamps are immutable. source_updated_at cannot move backwards - a stale value is a 422 carrying the current one. Answers 404 for an unknown id or one owned by another account. Last-write-wins; no idempotency guarantee.

PATCH

products

{product_id}

Update a Product

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Organic Coffee Beans",
  "description": "12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans",
  "source_category": "Food & Beverage > Coffee",
  "tax_codes": [
    "TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"
  ],
  "source_updated_at": "2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}"

payload = {
    "name": "Organic Coffee Beans",
    "description": "12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans",
    "source_category": "Food & Beverage > Coffee",
    "tax_codes": ["TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"],
    "source_updated_at": "2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Organic Coffee Beans',
    description: '12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans',
    source_category: 'Food & Beverage > Coffee',
    tax_codes: ['TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD'],
    source_updated_at: '2026-09-14T19:58:12Z'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}', 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.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Organic Coffee Beans',
    'description' => '12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans',
    'source_category' => 'Food & Beverage > Coffee',
    'tax_codes' => [
        'TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD'
    ],
    'source_updated_at' => '2026-09-14T19:58:12Z'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Organic Coffee Beans\",\n  \"description\": \"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans\",\n  \"source_category\": \"Food & Beverage > Coffee\",\n  \"tax_codes\": [\n    \"TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD\"\n  ],\n  \"source_updated_at\": \"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	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.patch("https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Organic Coffee Beans\",\n  \"description\": \"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans\",\n  \"source_category\": \"Food & Beverage > Coffee\",\n  \"tax_codes\": [\n    \"TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD\"\n  ],\n  \"source_updated_at\": \"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Organic Coffee Beans\",\n  \"description\": \"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans\",\n  \"source_category\": \"Food & Beverage > Coffee\",\n  \"tax_codes\": [\n    \"TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD\"\n  ],\n  \"source_updated_at\": \"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "prd_01J9Z8Q4E7K2M3N4P5R6S7T8U9",
  "source_id": "SKU-123",
  "source": "taxwire",
  "source_account_id": "acct_234234",
  "name": "Organic Coffee Beans",
  "resolved_tax_codes": [
    "TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY"
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-09-14T20:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-14T20:00:00Z",
  "description": "12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans",
  "source_category": "Food & Beverage > Coffee",
  "tax_codes": [
    "TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"
  ],
  "source_updated_at": "2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "type": "string_type",
      "loc": [
        "body",
        "line_items",
        0,
        "quantity"
      ],
      "msg": "Input should be a valid string",
      "input": 1
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "Rate limit exceeded"
}

"Internal Server Error"

Partial updates

This endpoint only updates the fields you provide; omitted fields are left unchanged.

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

Path Parameters

product_id

string

required

The product's Taxwire id (a prd_-prefixed ULID).

Body

application/json

The fields to change on a product.

A direct partial update: every field is optional, an omitted field is left unchanged, and the endpoint makes no idempotency or side-effect guarantees beyond writing what is sent. Only mutable fields listed here.

name

string | null

New product name. Non-blank; omit to leave unchanged.

Example:

"Organic Coffee Beans"

description

string | null

New description; null clears it. Omit to leave unchanged.

Example:

"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans"

source_category

string | null

New source category; null clears it. Omit to leave unchanged. Not a tax code and never used in a calculation.

Example:

"Food & Beverage > Coffee"

tax_codes

string[] | null

Replace the assigned tax codes. [] clears the override so the company default applies; omit to leave unchanged.

Example:

["TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"]

source_updated_at

string<date-time> | null

New source-system watermark. Timezone-aware, an older value than current is rejected with 422. Not clearable; omit to leave unchanged.

Example:

"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"

Response

Successful Response

A product in your Taxwire catalog and the tax codes assigned to it.

string

required

Taxwire's stable identifier for the product.

Example:

"prd_01J9Z8Q4E7K2M3N4P5R6S7T8U9"

source_id

string

required

Your identifier for the product in the system it came from (a SKU, a Stripe product id).

Examples:

"SKU-123"

"prd_2344536"

source

enum<string>

required

The system the product came from. taxwire for products you send directly to this API.

Available options:

business_central,

campfire,

maxio,

monetizenow,

netsuite,

quickbooks,

rillet,

salesbricks,

shopify,

stripe,

taxwire,

xero

Examples:

"taxwire"

"stripe"

source_account_id

string

required

The account the product belongs to within source, for sources that have more than one. __default__ when the source has a single account.

Example:

"acct_234234"

name

string

required

The product's name.

Example:

"Organic Coffee Beans"

resolved_tax_codes

string[]

required

The tax codes actually used for the product during a calculation: tax_codes when set, otherwise your organization default. Never empty.

Example:

["TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY"]

created_at

string<date-time>

required

When Taxwire first stored the product.

Example:

"2026-09-14T20:00:00Z"

updated_at

string<date-time>

required

When the product was last changed in Taxwire. Equals created_at until the first change.

Example:

"2026-09-14T20:00:00Z"

description

string | null

The product's description, if any.

Example:

"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans"

source_category

string | null

The product's category in the source system, kept for identification. Not a tax code and never used in a calculation.

Example:

"Food & Beverage > Coffee"

tax_codes

string[]

The tax codes you assigned to the product. Empty means no product-level assignment, so the organization default applies.

Example:

["TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"]

source_updated_at

string<date-time> | null

When the product last changed in the source system, as reported by the sender. Null when unknown.

Example:

"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"

Update a Product

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Organic Coffee Beans",
  "description": "12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans",
  "source_category": "Food & Beverage > Coffee",
  "tax_codes": [
    "TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"
  ],
  "source_updated_at": "2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}"

payload = {
    "name": "Organic Coffee Beans",
    "description": "12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans",
    "source_category": "Food & Beverage > Coffee",
    "tax_codes": ["TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"],
    "source_updated_at": "2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Organic Coffee Beans',
    description: '12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans',
    source_category: 'Food & Beverage > Coffee',
    tax_codes: ['TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD'],
    source_updated_at: '2026-09-14T19:58:12Z'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}', 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.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Organic Coffee Beans',
    'description' => '12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans',
    'source_category' => 'Food & Beverage > Coffee',
    'tax_codes' => [
        'TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD'
    ],
    'source_updated_at' => '2026-09-14T19:58:12Z'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Organic Coffee Beans\",\n  \"description\": \"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans\",\n  \"source_category\": \"Food & Beverage > Coffee\",\n  \"tax_codes\": [\n    \"TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD\"\n  ],\n  \"source_updated_at\": \"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	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.patch("https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Organic Coffee Beans\",\n  \"description\": \"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans\",\n  \"source_category\": \"Food & Beverage > Coffee\",\n  \"tax_codes\": [\n    \"TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD\"\n  ],\n  \"source_updated_at\": \"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.taxwire.com/products/{product_id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Organic Coffee Beans\",\n  \"description\": \"12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans\",\n  \"source_category\": \"Food & Beverage > Coffee\",\n  \"tax_codes\": [\n    \"TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD\"\n  ],\n  \"source_updated_at\": \"2026-09-14T19:58:12Z\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "prd_01J9Z8Q4E7K2M3N4P5R6S7T8U9",
  "source_id": "SKU-123",
  "source": "taxwire",
  "source_account_id": "acct_234234",
  "name": "Organic Coffee Beans",
  "resolved_tax_codes": [
    "TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY"
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-09-14T20:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-14T20:00:00Z",
  "description": "12 oz bag of roasted coffee beans",
  "source_category": "Food & Beverage > Coffee",
  "tax_codes": [
    "TANGIBLE_PERSONAL_PROPERTY.FOOD"
  ],
  "source_updated_at": "2026-09-14T19:58:12Z"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "type": "string_type",
      "loc": [
        "body",
        "line_items",
        0,
        "quantity"
      ],
      "msg": "Input should be a valid string",
      "input": 1
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "Rate limit exceeded"
}

"Internal Server Error"

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