---
title: Update Investor Status
slug: investor-onboarding-io/update-investor-status
description: Learn how to update investor statuses using an API with this comprehensive document. Discover how to send a POST request, including headers and request body, to update the status to pending, accepted, or rejected. Find out the structure of the expected re
docTags: 
createdAt: 2023-06-07T07:51:31.000Z
---

This API is used to update the status of the investor, created by the customer to one of the three different values i.e., pending/accepted/rejected.

# Sending Request

For sending requests the hostname and protocol will be the same as given in the [Authentication](docId\:Eh9zZ1KpurWnfb-NNnIud) section.

Send a post request to: **/api/backopadmins/updateMerchantStatus** with the data below.

# Headers

| **Property**  | **Value**                                     |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Content-type  | application/json                              |
| Authorization | Authorization header as per the login request |

# Request Body

```json
{
  "merchantId" : "..merchantId..",
   "inputData":{
      "status": "pending/accepted/rejected/draft"
   }
}
```

**The below table describes all the properties available in the request body:**

| **Property** | **Accepted Values/Format** | **Description**                                                                   |
| ------------ | -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| merchantId   | String                     | ID of investor whose status you want to update                                    |
| status       | String                     | Status of investor that you want to update (i.e. pending/accepted/rejected/draft) |

# Expected Response JSON

```json
{
    "object": "Updated successfully"
}
```

:::hint{type="info"}
### Getting help

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, require clarification, or have ideas for how to make the documents or any of our services better.


You can reach out to us at [help@signzy.com](#).
:::