Chapa Developer Documentation

PUT /v2/subaccounts/{subaccountReference}
Host: api.chapa.global
Authorization: Bearer <PRIVATE_KEY>
Content-Type: application/json

All fields are optional; send only the changes. Accepted fields are account with account_number, account_name, bank_slug, and bank_name, plus split_type and split_value.

percentage uses whole percentages from 1 to 100; flat uses cents. Updates do not require Idempotency-Key.

Example Request

For cURL, set PRIVATE_KEY in your shell. Replace the placeholders in the JavaScript example before running it.

JSON

{
  "account": {
    "account_number": "251911000000",
    "account_name": "Abebe Kebede",
    "bank_slug": "telebirr",
    "bank_name": "telebirr"
  },
  "split_type": "percentage",
  "split_value": 15
}

cURL

curl -X PUT 'https://api.chapa.global/v2/subaccounts/SUB_566492527h' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "account": {
    "account_number": "251911000000",
    "account_name": "Abebe Kebede",
    "bank_slug": "telebirr",
    "bank_name": "telebirr"
  },
  "split_type": "percentage",
  "split_value": 15
}'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.chapa.global/v2/subaccounts/SUB_566492527h", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer <PRIVATE_KEY>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
},
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "account": {
    "account_number": "251911000000",
    "account_name": "Abebe Kebede",
    "bank_slug": "telebirr",
    "bank_name": "telebirr"
  },
  "split_type": "percentage",
  "split_value": 15
})
});
const data = await response.json();

console.log(data);

Example Response

200 Success

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Subaccount updated successfully",
  "data": {
    "subaccount_reference": "SUB_566492527h",
    "created_at": "2026-10-05T09:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05T09:30:00Z"
  }
}

400 Error

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Flat split value must be greater than 0",
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_VALUE",
    "details": null
  }
}

401 Error

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Invalid API key or User does not exist",
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "details": null
  }
}

403 Error

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "API key environment does not match business environment.",
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_VALUE",
    "details": null
  }
}

404 Error

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Subaccount not found",
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "details": null
  }
}

500 Error

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Failed to update subaccount",
  "error": {
    "code": "PROCESSING_FAILED",
    "details": null
  }
}

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