# Create account liquidation request

Initiates a full liquidation of an investment account, placing sell orders for all held positions and converting the proceeds to cash.
Exactly one of `user_id` or `business_id` must be provided in the request body.
See the Liquidations guide ([TOL](https://docs.upvest.co/products/tol/guides/liquidations) / [BYOL](https://docs.upvest.co/products/byol/guides/liquidations)) for implementation details.

Endpoint: POST /accounts/{account_id}/liquidations
Version: 1.154.0
Security: oauth-client-credentials

## Security:

  - `oauth-client-credentials` (unknown)
    oauth2 scopes: account_liquidations:admin

## Path parameters:

  - `account_id` (string, required)
    The unique identifier of the account. Universally Unique Identifier (UUID).

## Header parameters:

  - `idempotency-key` (string, required)
    A UUID to be used as an idempotency key.  This prevents a duplicate request from being replayed.
https://docs.upvest.co/documentation/concepts/api_concepts/idempotency

  - `upvest-client-id` (string, required)
    Your client ID, issued by Upvest. Identifies the client making the request. Universally Unique Identifier (UUID).

  - `Authorization` (string, required)
    Bearer (access) token from the OAuth flow with correct scopes.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6750

  - `signature` (string, required)
    https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-01.html#name-the-signature-http-header

  - `signature-input` (string, required)
    https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-01.html#name-the-signature-input-http-he

  - `upvest-api-version` (string)
    Upvest API version (Note: Do not include quotation marks)

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `user_id` (string)
    Unique identifier of the user, as a UUID.

  - `business_id` (string)
    Unique identifier for the business.

## Response 202:

  - `202` (unknown)
    Account liquidation object

## Response 202 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string, required)
    Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of an account liquidation.

  - `created_at` (string, required)
    Date and time when the resource was created. [RFC 3339-5](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339#section-5.6), [ISO8601 UTC](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html)

  - `updated_at` (string, required)
    Date and time when the resource was last updated. [RFC 3339-5](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339#section-5.6), [ISO8601 UTC](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html)

  - `user_id` (any)
    ID of the user who owns the account. Exactly one of user_id or business_id will be set; the other will be null.

  - `business_id` (any)
    ID of the business that owns the account. Exactly one of user_id or business_id will be set; the other will be null.

  - `account_id` (string, required)
    Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the account.

  - `cash_amount` (string, required)
    A positive decimal amount, as a string.

  - `currency` (string, required)
    Alphabetic three-letter [ISO 4217](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html) currency code.
* `EUR` — Euro.
* `GBP` — Pound sterling.
    Enum: "EUR", "GBP"

  - `status` (string, required)
    Execution status of the account liquidation.
* `NEW` — The liquidation has been created and awaits processing.
* `PROCESSING` — The liquidation orders are being executed.
* `FILLED` — All liquidation orders have been fully executed.
* `CANCELLED` — The liquidation was cancelled before completion.
* `SETTLED` — The liquidation proceeds have settled as cash.
    Enum: "NEW", "PROCESSING", "FILLED", "CANCELLED", "SETTLED"

  - `orders` (array, required)
    The individual position sell orders that make up this account liquidation.

  - `orders.id` (string, required)
    Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of an account liquidation order.

  - `orders.side` (string, required)
    Side of the order. Liquidation orders are always `SELL`.

  - `orders.status` (string, required)
    Execution status of the account liquidation order.
* `NEW` — The order has been created and awaits processing.
* `PROCESSING` — The order is being executed.
* `FILLED` — The order has been fully executed.
* `CANCELLED` — The order was cancelled before completion.
    Enum: "NEW", "PROCESSING", "FILLED", "CANCELLED"

  - `fee_collection_id` (any, required)
    Identifier of the fee collection associated with this liquidation. Null when no fee applies. See the Fees API to retrieve fee details.

## Response 202 headers (application/json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 400:

  - `400` (unknown)
    Bad Request. The incoming request had a malformed parameter/object.

## Response 400 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 400 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 401:

  - `401` (unknown)
    Unauthorized. The caller has not been authenticated.

## Response 401 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 401 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 403:

  - `403` (unknown)
    Forbidden. The caller has been authenticated but is not allowed to take the requested action.

## Response 403 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 403 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 404:

  - `404` (unknown)
    Not Found. The requested resource could not be found.

## Response 404 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 404 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 406:

  - `406` (unknown)
    Not Acceptable. The resource does not have a current representation that would be acceptable to the user agent. "Accept" header defined unsupported value.

## Response 406 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 406 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 429:

  - `429` (unknown)
    Too Many Requests. The caller has exceeded their quota for the time period and has been throttled.

## Response 429 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 429 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 500:

  - `500` (unknown)
    Internal Server Error. The service encountered an unexpected error.

## Response 500 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 500 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 503:

  - `503` (unknown)
    Service Unavailable. The service handling for this request cannot be reached at this time.

## Response 503 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 503 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

## Response 504:

  - `504` (unknown)
    Gateway Timeout. The service gateway has reached its internal timeout.

## Response 504 fields (application/problem+json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    URL to a document describing the error condition.

  - `status` (integer, required)
    Transmission of the HTTP status code so that all information can be found in one place, but also to correct changes in the status code due to the use of proxy servers.

  - `title` (string)
    A short, human-readable title for the general error type; the title should not change for given types.

  - `detail` (string)
    A human-readable description of the specific error.

  - `instance` (string)
    This optional key may be present, with a unique URI for the specific error; this will often point to an error log for that specific response.

  - `request_id` (string)
    Correlation ID for the original request.

## Response 504 headers (application/problem+json):

  - `upvest-request-id` (string, required)
    Example: 169ae4c7-ebd7-4041-94da-25369653eba7

