Managing Businesses

How to retrieve, delete, and update existing businesses.

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Use the operations shown below to manage businesses:

Retrieving businesses

To retrieve all businesses, use the GET /businesses operation with no other parameters, as shown in the example below. 

curl --request GET \
     --url https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses \
     --header 'Identity: YOUR-IDENTITY' \
     --header 'Authorization: YOUR-AUTHORIZATION' \

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Identity"] = YOUR-IDENTITY
request["Authorization"] = YOUR-AUTHORIZATION

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

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Identity: 'YOUR-IDENTITY',
    Authorization: 'YOUR-AUTHORIZATION'
  }
};

fetch('https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses"

headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Identity": YOUR-IDENTITY,
  "Authorization": YOUR-AUTHORIZATION
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

var client = new RestClient("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHORIZATION");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses")
  .get()
  .addHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHORIZATION")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

An example of a successful request to retrieve all businesses is shown below.

{
  "business_id": "96df8579-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e3a5bdb38",
  "ein": "12-1234567",
  "phone": "+14085557788",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "website": "https://www.specter.com",
  "legal_business_name": "World Domination Inc.",
  "dba_business_name": "World Domination Inc.",
  "business_type": "limited_liability_company",
  "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "addresses": [
    {
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "address_id": "12348579-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e3a5b1234",
      "address_type": "MAILING",
      "street": "345 California Ave.",
      "street2": "Suite 600",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip_code": "12345-1234",
      "country": "US",
      "is_primary": true,
      "deliverability": "deliverable"
    },
    {
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "address_id": "67898579-5d05-6789-a5e3-e61e3a5b6789",
      "address_type": "PHYSICAL",
      "street": "123 California Ave.",
      "street2": "Suite 100",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip_code": "12345-1234",
      "country": "US",
      "is_primary": false,
      "deliverability": "undeliverable"
    }
  ],
  "beneficial_owners": [
    {
      "beneficial_owner_id": "45628579-5d05-4562-a5e3-e61e3a5b4562",
      "first_name": "James",
      "last_name": "Bond",
      "dob": "1970-12-12",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "address_id": "12347777-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e3a5b7777",
          "address_type": "MAILING",
          "street": "345 California Ave.",
          "street2": "Suite 600",
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "state": "CA",
          "zip_code": "12345-1234",
          "country": "US",
          "is_primary": true,
          "deliverability": "deliverable"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "beneficial_owner_id": "12345678-5d05-4562-a5e3-e61e12345678",
      "first_name": "Le",
      "last_name": "Chiffre",
      "dob": "1980-04-04",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "address_id": "88887777-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e88887777",
          "address_type": "MAILING",
          "street": "345 California Ave.",
          "street2": "Suite 600",
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "state": "CA",
          "zip_code": "12345-1234",
          "country": "US",
          "is_primary": true,
          "deliverability": "deliverable"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

To retrieve a single business, use the GET /businesses/{business_id} operation with no further parameters, as shown in the example below.

curl --request GET \
  --url https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9 \
  --header 'Identity: YOUR-IDENTITY' \
  --header 'Authorization: YOUR-AUTHORIZATION' \

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Identity"] = YOUR-IDENTITY
request["Authorization"] = YOUR-AUTHORIZATION

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

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Identity: 'YOUR-IDENTITY',
    Authorization: 'YOUR-AUTHORIZATION'
  }
};

fetch('https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9"

headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Identity": YOUR-IDENTITY,
  "Authorization": YOUR-AUTHORIZATION
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

var client = new RestClient("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHORIZATION");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9")
  .get()
  ..addHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHORIZATION")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

An example of a response to a successful request to retrieve a business is shown below.

{
  "business_id": "96df8579-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e3a5bdb38",
  "ein": "12-1234567",
  "phone": "+14085557788",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "website": "https://www.specter.com",
  "legal_business_name": "World Domination Inc.",
  "dba_business_name": "World Domination Inc.",
  "business_type": "limited_liability_company",
  "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "addresses": [
    {
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "address_id": "12348579-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e3a5b1234",
      "address_type": "MAILING",
      "street": "345 California Ave.",
      "street2": "Suite 600",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip_code": "12345-1234",
      "country": "US",
      "is_primary": true,
      "deliverability": "deliverable"
    },
    {
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "address_id": "67898579-5d05-6789-a5e3-e61e3a5b6789",
      "address_type": "PHYSICAL",
      "street": "123 California Ave.",
      "street2": "Suite 100",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip_code": "12345-1234",
      "country": "US",
      "is_primary": false,
      "deliverability": "undeliverable"
    }
  ],
  "beneficial_owners": [
    {
      "beneficial_owner_id": "45628579-5d05-4562-a5e3-e61e3a5b4562",
      "first_name": "James",
      "last_name": "Bond",
      "dob": "1970-12-12",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "address_id": "12347777-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e3a5b7777",
          "address_type": "MAILING",
          "street": "345 California Ave.",
          "street2": "Suite 600",
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "state": "CA",
          "zip_code": "12345-1234",
          "country": "US",
          "is_primary": true,
          "deliverability": "deliverable"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "beneficial_owner_id": "12345678-5d05-4562-a5e3-e61e12345678",
      "first_name": "Le",
      "last_name": "Chiffre",
      "dob": "1980-04-04",
      "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "date_updated": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "date_created": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "address_id": "88887777-5d05-4e3e-a5e3-e61e88887777",
          "address_type": "MAILING",
          "street": "345 California Ave.",
          "street2": "Suite 600",
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "state": "CA",
          "zip_code": "12345-1234",
          "country": "US",
          "is_primary": true,
          "deliverability": "deliverable"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

For a complete specification and interactive examples, see Retrieve a business and Retrieve all businesses in the Bond API Reference.

Deleting a business

To delete a business, use the DELETE /businesses/{business_id} operation with no further parameters, as shown in the example below.

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/68954424-a754-4919-9aab-3dfc613b0a1f \
  --header 'Identity: YOUR-IDENTITY' \
  --header 'Authorization: YOUR-AUTHORIZATION' \

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/68954424-a754-4919-9aab-3dfc613b0a1f")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Identity"] = YOUR-IDENTITY
request["Authorization"] = YOUR-AUTHORIZATION

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

const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Identity: 'YOUR-IDENTITY',
    Authorization: 'YOUR-AUTHORIZATION'
  }
};

fetch('https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/68954424-a754-4919-9aab-3dfc613b0a1f', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/68954424-a754-4919-9aab-3dfc613b0a1f"

headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Identity": YOUR-IDENTITY,
  "Authorization": YOUR-AUTHORIZATION
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

var client = new RestClient("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/68954424-a754-4919-9aab-3dfc613b0a1f");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHORIZATION");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/68954424-a754-4919-9aab-3dfc613b0a1f")
  .delete(null)
  .addHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHORIZATION")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

An example of a response to a successful request to delete a business is shown below.

{}

For a complete specification and interactive examples, see Deleting a business in the Bond API Reference.

Updating a business

To update a business, use the PATCH /businesses/{business_id} operation and provide the relevant, optional parameters that you want to update, as shown in the table below.

ParameterTypeDescription
einstringUnique type of tax identification number used to identify the business with the IRS, for example 12-1234599.
legal_business_namestringFreeform, alphanumeric, legal name of the business.
dba_business_namestringFreeform, alphanumeric, doing-business-as name (trade name).
business_typestringSelect one of: cooperative, limited_liability_company, sole_proprietorship, partnership, limited_partnership, corporation, nonprofit_organization.
date_establisheddateDate of incorporation in YYYY-MM-DD format, for example 2021-06-28.
phonestringFreeform number, for example 01-324-5556684.
emailstringBusiness contact email, for example [email protected].
websitestringThe official website, for example www.acme.com.

An example of a request to update a business_type to cooperative is shown below.

curl --request PATCH \
     --url https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9 \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: YOUR-AUTHENTICATION' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header 'Identity: YOUR-IDENTITY' \
     --data @- <<EOF
{
     "ein": "12-1234567",
     "legal_business_name": "John Doe Business Corporation",
     "dba_business_name": "John's",
     "business_type": "limited_liability_company",
     "date_established": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
     "phone": "+14157485052",
     "email": "[email protected]",
     "website": "www.business.com"
}
EOF

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Accept"] = 'application/json'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request["Identity"] = 'YOUR-IDENTITY'
request["Authorization"] = 'YOUR-AUTHENTICATION'
request.body = "{\"ein\":\"12-1234567\",\"legal_business_name\":\"John Doe Business Corporation\",\"dba_business_name\":\"John's\",\"business_type\":\"limited_liability_company\",\"date_established\":\"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\"phone\":\"12345678989\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\",\"website\":\"www.business.com\"}"

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

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    Identity: 'YOUR-IDENTITY',
    Authorization: 'YOUR-AUTHENTICATION'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    ein: '12-1234567',
    legal_business_name: 'John Doe Business Corporation',
    dba_business_name: 'John\'s',
    business_type: 'limited_liability_company',
    date_established: '2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
    phone: '12345678989',
    email: '[email protected]',
    website: 'www.business.com'
  })
};

fetch('https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9"

payload = {
    "ein": "12-1234567",
    "legal_business_name": "John Doe Business Corporation",
    "dba_business_name": "John's",
    "business_type": "limited_liability_company",
    "date_established": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "phone": "12345678989",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "website": "www.business.com"
}
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Identity": "YOUR-IDENTITY",
    "Authorization": "YOUR-AUTHENTICATION"
}

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

print(response.text)

var client = new RestClient("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHENTICATION");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"ein\":\"12-1234567\",\"legal_business_name\":\"John Doe Business Corporation\",\"dba_business_name\":\"John's\",\"business_type\":\"limited_liability_company\",\"date_established\":\"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\"phone\":\"12345678989\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\",\"website\":\"www.business.com\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\"ein\":\"12-1234567\",\"legal_business_name\":\"John Doe Business Corporation\",\"dba_business_name\":\"John's\",\"business_type\":\"limited_liability_company\",\"date_established\":\"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z\",\"phone\":\"12345678989\",\"email\":\"[email protected]\",\"website\":\"www.business.com\"}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://sandbox.bond.tech/api/v0.1/businesses/5e9d3360-c788-435e-9488-949c446639d9")
  .patch(body)
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Identity", "YOUR-IDENTITY")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "YOUR-AUTHENTICATION")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

An example of a response to a successful request to update the business type to cooperative is shown below.

{
  "ein": "12-1234567",
  "phone": "+14085557788",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "website": "https://www.specter.com",
  "legal_business_name": "World Domination Inc.",
  "dba_business_name": "World Domination Inc.",
  "business_type": "limited_liability_company",
  "addresses": [
    {
      "address_type": "MAILING",
      "street": "345 California Ave.",
      "street2": "Suite 600",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip_code": "12345-1234",
      "country": "US",
      "is_primary": true
    },
    {
      "address_type": "PHYSICAL",
      "street": "123 California Ave.",
      "street2": "Suite 100",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip_code": "12345-1234",
      "country": "US",
      "is_primary": false
    }
  ],
  "beneficial_owners": [
    {
      "first_name": "James",
      "last_name": "Bond",
      "dob": "1970-12-12",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "address_type": "MAILING",
          "street": "345 California Ave.",
          "street2": "Suite 600",
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "state": "CA",
          "zip_code": "12345-1234",
          "country": "US",
          "is_primary": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Le",
      "last_name": "Chiffre",
      "dob": "1980-04-04",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "address_type": "MAILING",
          "street": "345 California Ave.",
          "street2": "Suite 600",
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "state": "CA",
          "zip_code": "12345-1234",
          "country": "US",
          "is_primary": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

For a complete specification and interactive examples, see Update a business in the Bond API Reference.

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