POST `/api/v1/overrides/{id}/decision`

Approve or reject an override (Compliance; four eyes).

Scope orders:approve
Idempotency-Key
Four eyes
operationId ordersDecideOverride

The token needs the scope orders:approve, and the person or service account behind it needs the matching privileges and account permissions, exactly as on the screens. See Scopes.

Idempotency-Key. Send a unique Idempotency-Key (up to 255 characters, e.g. a UUID) with every POST. Retrying with the same key and body replays the first answer for 24 hours, so a timeout never creates a second order; the same key with a different body is refused (idempotency_key_reused).

Four eyes. An approval: never by the person who entered or authored the item. A service account needs its client's "may approve" setting (approvals_not_granted).

Request

POST /api/v1/overrides/{id}/decision

Path parameters

Name	Description	Example
`id`	The id of the override.	`6`

Headers

Header	Required	Value
`Authorization`	yes	`Bearer <token>`: an OAuth access token (`vat_…`) or a personal access token (`vpt_…`). Get a token
`Idempotency-Key`	yes	A unique string up to 255 characters (a UUID). Idempotency
`Content-Type`	yes	`application/json`

Body: `Decision`

Field	Type	Required	Description
`decision`	string	yes	"approve" or "reject".
`note`	string	no	Your note.

Decimals (money, prices, quantities, percentages) are sent as strings, ids as strings, times as ISO 8601 UTC.

Examples

Keep the token in an environment variable (VESTORIS_TOKEN), never in the script.

curl

curl -X POST "https://vestoris.com/api/v1/overrides/6/decision" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VESTORIS_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: 7f9c2b1e-4d0a-4a7e-9a51-3c2f0b8d6e11' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"decision":"approve","note":"Reason is adequate."}'

Python (requests)

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://vestoris.com/api/v1/overrides/6/decision",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VESTORIS_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": "7f9c2b1e-4d0a-4a7e-9a51-3c2f0b8d6e11",
    },
    json={
        "decision": "approve",
        "note": "Reason is adequate."
    },
    timeout=30,
)
r.raise_for_status()  # errors are application/problem+json with a stable "code"
print(r.json())

JavaScript (fetch)

const res = await fetch("https://vestoris.com/api/v1/overrides/6/decision", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VESTORIS_TOKEN}`,
    "Idempotency-Key": "7f9c2b1e-4d0a-4a7e-9a51-3c2f0b8d6e11",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "decision": "approve",
      "note": "Reason is adequate."
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.detail}`); // problem+json
console.log(data);

Response

200 OK, application/json: Override. Rate-limit headers: RateLimit-Limit, RateLimit-Remaining, RateLimit-Reset.

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`id`	id (string)	The record's id (a string of digits).
`order_id`	id (string)	The order's id.
`order_value`	decimal string or null	The order's value.
`reason`	string	The written reason for overriding the soft warning.
`status`	string	pending, approved or rejected.
`requested_by`	id (string) or null	Who requested it.
`requested_at`	date-time or null	When it was requested.
`decided_by`	id (string) or null	Who decided.
`decided_at`	date-time or null	When the decision was made.
`decision_note`	string or null	The note written with the decision.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "id": "1042",
    "order_id": "5301",
    "order_value": "420000.00",
    "reason": "Watch-list name; PM confirmed no MNPI.",
    "status": "pending",
    "requested_by": "7",
    "requested_at": "2026-10-27T14:30:00Z",
    "decided_by": null,
    "decided_at": null,
    "decision_note": ""
}

Example values. Your values depend on your firm's data; prices, orders and fills are simulated.

Status codes and errors

Errors are application/problem+json (RFC 9457) with a stable code to program against; the detail says what to fix. See Errors.

Status	When	Problem codes
200	Success
200 / 201	The same Idempotency-Key again: the first answer is replayed (24 hours)
400	The request is malformed	`invalid_request` `invalid_json`
401	No token, or it is invalid or expired	`invalid_token`
403	The token lacks the scope, or the person or service account behind it lacks the privilege or account permission	`insufficient_scope` `forbidden` `ip_not_allowed` `approvals_not_granted`
404	Not found, or not visible to you (the API never confirms what you may not see)	`not_found`
409	Not possible in the current state	`invalid_transition` `conflict` `idempotency_in_progress`
422	Validation failed (the detail says which field), or blocked	`validation_failed` `idempotency_key_reused`
428	A required header is missing	`idempotency_key_required`
429	Rate limited: wait for Retry-After seconds	`rate_limited`

{
    "type": "https://vestoris.com/developers/errors#validation_failed",
    "title": "Validation failed",
    "status": 422,
    "detail": "Quantity must be greater than zero.",
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "instance": "/api/v1/overrides/6/decision"
}

On the screens

The same thing in the app is explained in:

Overrides of soft warnings

POST /api/v1/overrides/{id}/decision