# Update a virtual account

### URI

&#x20;<mark style="color:orange;background-color:orange;">**PATCH**</mark>&#x20;

```
https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/virtual-accounts/:account_ref?business_id={BUSINESS_ID}
```

### Parameters

#### Header

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="171"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Authorization</strong><br><code>string</code> </td><td>set value to <code>Bearer SECRET_KEY</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Path Param

| <p><strong>account\_ref</strong>         <br><code>string</code>   <mark style="color:red;"><code>required</code></mark></p> | Virtual account reference |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |

#### Body Param

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="253"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>business_id</strong>         <br><code>string</code>   <mark style="color:red;"><code>required</code></mark></td><td>Business ID</td></tr><tr><td><strong>account_name</strong>         <br><code>string</code>   <mark style="color:red;"><code>required</code></mark></td><td>Virtual account name</td></tr><tr><td><strong>provider</strong>         <br><code>string</code>   </td><td>Prefered bank provider</td></tr><tr><td><strong>firstname</strong>         <br><code>string</code>  </td><td>Account firstname</td></tr><tr><td><strong>lastname</strong>         <br><code>string</code>  </td><td>Account lastname</td></tr><tr><td><strong>email</strong>         <br><code>string</code>  </td><td>Account email</td></tr><tr><td><strong>phone_number</strong>         <br><code>string</code> </td><td>Account phone number</td></tr><tr><td><strong>amount</strong>         <br><code>string</code>  </td><td>Amount to be received</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sample request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
curl --location --request PATCH 'https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/virtual-accounts/:account_ref?business_id={YOUR_VALUE}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer SECRET_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
   "account_name": "John doe",
   "provider": "providus"
}'
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
var axios = require('axios');
var data = JSON.stringify({
 "account_name": "John doe",
 "provider": "providus"
});

var config = {
 method: 'patch',
 url: 'https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/virtual-accounts/:account_ref?business_id={YOUR_VALUE}',
 headers: {
 'Authorization': 'Bearer SECRET_KEY',
   'Content-Type': 'application/json'
 },
 data : data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
 console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
 console.log(error);
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
<?php
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
 CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/virtual-accounts/:account_ref?business_id={YOUR_VALUE}',
 CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
 CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
 CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
 CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
 CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
 CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'PATCH',
 CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>'{
   "account_name": "John doe",
   "provider": "providus"
}',
 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
   'Authorization: Bearer SECRET_KEY',
   'Content-Type: application/json'
 ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Duplo response

```json
{
   "data": {
       "provider": {
           "bank_code": "053",
           "bank_name": "Providus",
           "id": "providus",
           "default": true
       },
       "email": "alindavdsin@gmail.com",
       "phone_number": "08085279945",
       "account_ref": "act_jdnusyEcN",
       "created_at": "2021-09-28T20:10:07.000Z",
       "status": "active",
       "account_name": "John doe",
       "account_number": "9977658630",
       "bvn": "39372746283"
   },
   "errors": {},
   "message": "Request successful"
}
```


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