The /account/membership API calls

Use the membership calls to modify account objects.

• /account/membership/create
• /account/membership/modify
• /account/membership/remove

Summary

Use the /account/membership API calls below to add users to an account, modify their roles, and delete (remove) them.

Granting Account Access

Use the /create call when the user does not currently have access to an account (in any role).

Modifying A User’s Role

Use the /modify call to change the role of a user that already has access to an account. In either case, the user must already be set up with WePay via /user/register.

Changing Account Administrator

Using the Account Membership APIs to add or change an account admin requires WePay permission. A user must have confirmed their account before they can be added or modified into an admin role (financial owner). When a call is changing admin, admin_context and reason are required. Partners must construct a user interface that asks merchants the reason for the change, so that WePay’s risk management system can process the change appropriately.

Important: The admin of an account can only be changed on the condition that the account has not previously settled any funds to a bank account or via paper check.

Version: v2 2019-04-03

POST Endpoint

https://wepayapi.com/v2/account/membership

/account/membership/create

Use this call to add a user to an account.

If you want the new user to have the role set to admin, you must specify an admin_context with a reason. The WePay Risk team reviews these requests and must approve them before the new user is granted admin privileges.

Note: In the Admin Context Structure, if you specify the reason, you must provide an explanation.

Arguments

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
account_id	Yes	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the account for which you want to add a user.
member_access_token	Yes	String (10 chars)	Access token for the user to be added.
role	No	String (10 chars)	The role assigned to the new user. Possible values: moderator, admin, and member. A new user defaults to moderator, which permits the user to make any changes to the account besides viewing or changing KYC and banking info. An admin is the financial owner and may access and edit all information. A member has view-only privileges. Default: moderator
admin_context	No	Admin Context Structure	Required if role is admin.

Example

{
    "account_id": 82031118,
    "member_access_token": "STAGE_84e470b9618baa95c4e9954fc09b854b45dec8074d7493a781928c6892c98z"
}

Response

Response	Type	Description
account_id	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the account.
user_id	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the user that was added.
role	String (10 chars)	The role assigned to the new user.

Example

{
    "account_id": 82031118,
    "user_id": 2704640,
    "role": "moderator"
}

/account/membership/modify

Use this to modify the role of a user that already has access to an account. To remove access completely, use the /account/membership/remove call. The access token must be the token associated with the current admin, not the user to be modified.

Arguments

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
account_id	Yes	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the account for which you want to modify a user.
user_id	Yes	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the user to be modified.
role	Yes	String (10 chars)	New role. Possible values: moderator and member.
admin_context	No	Admin Context Structure	Required if role is admin.

Example

{
    "account_id": 82031118,
    "user_id": 2704640,
    "role": "moderator"
}

Response

Response	Type	Description
account_id	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the account.
user_id	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the user that was modified.
role	String (10 chars)	The role assigned to the modified user.

Example

{
    "account_id": 82031118,
    "user_id": 2704640,
    "role": "moderator"
}

/account/membership/remove

Allows a partner to remove a user from a specific account. The user being removed must not be the only current admin (see /account/membership/create or /account/membership/modify to add a new member as an admin or modify a current member to assume the role of admin).

Caution

The access token sent in the header must be that of the financial admin. The user_id is for the user to be removed.

Arguments

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
account_id	Yes	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the account from which the user should be removed.
user_id	Yes	Integer (64 bits)	The unique ID of the user to be removed from this account.

Example

{
    "account_id": 123456,
    "user_id": "234298324"
}

Response

Response	Type	Description
account_id	Integer (64 bits)	Unique ID of the account.
user_id	Integer (64 bits)	Unique ID of the user that was removed.
role	String (10 chars)	The role assigned to the user. When successful, this will return none.

Example

{
    "account_id": 123456,
    "user_id": "234298324",
    "role": "none"
}