Update Proposal Item Short Description

curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.api.portal.io/public/proposals/{ProposalId}/items/{ProposalItemId}/shortdescription \
  --header 'Accept: <accept>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-MSS-API-APPID: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-MSS-API-USERKEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-MSS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "shortDescription": "Sonos Amp",
  "setDefault": false,
  "updateAllInstances": false
}
'

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.api.portal.io/public/proposals/{ProposalId}/items/{ProposalItemId}/shortdescription"

payload = {
    "shortDescription": "Sonos Amp",
    "setDefault": False,
    "updateAllInstances": False
}
headers = {
    "Accept": "<accept>",
    "X-MSS-API-APPID": "<api-key>",
    "X-MSS-API-USERKEY": "<api-key>",
    "X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE": "<api-key>",
    "X-MSS-SIGNATURE": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Accept: '<accept>',
    'X-MSS-API-APPID': '<api-key>',
    'X-MSS-API-USERKEY': '<api-key>',
    'X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE': '<api-key>',
    'X-MSS-SIGNATURE': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({shortDescription: 'Sonos Amp', setDefault: false, updateAllInstances: false})
};

fetch('https://sandbox.api.portal.io/public/proposals/{ProposalId}/items/{ProposalItemId}/shortdescription', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

[
  {
    "id": 81376,
    "parentId": 42344,
    "itemType": "Part",
    "referencedItemId": 63140,
    "createdDate": "2030-08-21T00:22:19Z",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2031-02-06T00:22:19Z",
    "brand": "Sonos",
    "model": "Amp",
    "name": "Installation Labor",
    "shortDescription": "Sonos Amp",
    "clientNote": "Mounted in the rack behind the display.",
    "imageUrl": "https://images.portal.io/catalog/sonos-amp.jpg",
    "msrp": 901.23,
    "sellPrice": 583.78,
    "cost": 759.6,
    "costUpdateDate": "2030-11-10T00:22:19Z",
    "supplier": "Sonos Inc.",
    "quantity": 9.6,
    "total": {
      "amount": 982.49,
      "currency": {
        "code": "USD",
        "symbol": "$"
      },
      "isCombinedPrice": false
    },
    "isTaxExempt": false,
    "isRecurringService": false,
    "linkedOrders": [
      {
        "orderId": 21802,
        "orderNumber": 182,
        "orderNumberSuffix": "A",
        "supplier": "Sonos Inc.",
        "supplierRef": "SN-10420",
        "orderName": "Living Room Sonos Amp",
        "orderStatus": "Submitted"
      }
    ]
  }
]

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "BadRequest",
    "message": "Malformed request body."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Not Authorized. Ensure a valid session cookie or HMAC authentication headers are provided."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "PaymentRequired",
    "message": "The dealer's subscription is inactive or expired. An active subscription is required to use this endpoint."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "Forbidden",
    "message": "You do not have permission for this action."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "NotFound",
    "message": "Proposal or item not found."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "Conflict",
    "message": "Proposal state prevents editing"
  }
}

POST

public

proposals

{ProposalId}

items

{ProposalItemId}

shortdescription

Update Proposal Item Short Description

curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.api.portal.io/public/proposals/{ProposalId}/items/{ProposalItemId}/shortdescription \
  --header 'Accept: <accept>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-MSS-API-APPID: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-MSS-API-USERKEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE: <api-key>' \
  --header 'X-MSS-SIGNATURE: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "shortDescription": "Sonos Amp",
  "setDefault": false,
  "updateAllInstances": false
}
'

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.api.portal.io/public/proposals/{ProposalId}/items/{ProposalItemId}/shortdescription"

payload = {
    "shortDescription": "Sonos Amp",
    "setDefault": False,
    "updateAllInstances": False
}
headers = {
    "Accept": "<accept>",
    "X-MSS-API-APPID": "<api-key>",
    "X-MSS-API-USERKEY": "<api-key>",
    "X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE": "<api-key>",
    "X-MSS-SIGNATURE": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Accept: '<accept>',
    'X-MSS-API-APPID': '<api-key>',
    'X-MSS-API-USERKEY': '<api-key>',
    'X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE': '<api-key>',
    'X-MSS-SIGNATURE': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({shortDescription: 'Sonos Amp', setDefault: false, updateAllInstances: false})
};

fetch('https://sandbox.api.portal.io/public/proposals/{ProposalId}/items/{ProposalItemId}/shortdescription', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

[
  {
    "id": 81376,
    "parentId": 42344,
    "itemType": "Part",
    "referencedItemId": 63140,
    "createdDate": "2030-08-21T00:22:19Z",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2031-02-06T00:22:19Z",
    "brand": "Sonos",
    "model": "Amp",
    "name": "Installation Labor",
    "shortDescription": "Sonos Amp",
    "clientNote": "Mounted in the rack behind the display.",
    "imageUrl": "https://images.portal.io/catalog/sonos-amp.jpg",
    "msrp": 901.23,
    "sellPrice": 583.78,
    "cost": 759.6,
    "costUpdateDate": "2030-11-10T00:22:19Z",
    "supplier": "Sonos Inc.",
    "quantity": 9.6,
    "total": {
      "amount": 982.49,
      "currency": {
        "code": "USD",
        "symbol": "$"
      },
      "isCombinedPrice": false
    },
    "isTaxExempt": false,
    "isRecurringService": false,
    "linkedOrders": [
      {
        "orderId": 21802,
        "orderNumber": 182,
        "orderNumberSuffix": "A",
        "supplier": "Sonos Inc.",
        "supplierRef": "SN-10420",
        "orderName": "Living Room Sonos Amp",
        "orderStatus": "Submitted"
      }
    ]
  }
]

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "BadRequest",
    "message": "Malformed request body."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Not Authorized. Ensure a valid session cookie or HMAC authentication headers are provided."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "PaymentRequired",
    "message": "The dealer's subscription is inactive or expired. An active subscription is required to use this endpoint."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "Forbidden",
    "message": "You do not have permission for this action."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "NotFound",
    "message": "Proposal or item not found."
  }
}

{
  "responseStatus": {
    "errorCode": "Conflict",
    "message": "Proposal state prevents editing"
  }
}

Sets the short description of a proposal item — the descriptive line the client reads, returned as shortDescription. It replaces whatever the item carried before, and omitting ShortDescription or sending null clears it. SetDefault also saves the description for later proposals: a Part saves it as the company’s own description, a Labor or CustomItem saves it on the library item. Clearing the description also clears a Part’s saved one, while Labor and CustomItem items keep what they had.

Do not use SetDefault on a Fee item. It currently overwrites the fee’s name in the library rather than its description.

UpdateAllInstances applies the change to the proposal’s other items from the same source item that share its item type, in any area option.

Authorizations

X-MSS-API-APPID

string

header

required

Portal application identifier used as part of HMAC-authenticated API requests.

X-MSS-API-USERKEY

string

header

required

Portal user API key used together with the HMAC signature headers.

X-MSS-CUSTOM-DATE

string

header

required

Timestamp header included in the signed request to prevent replay attacks.

X-MSS-SIGNATURE

string

header

required

HMAC-SHA256 signature for the request, calculated over the canonical string defined in the authentication docs.

Headers

enum<string>

required

Accept Header

Available options:

application/json

Path Parameters

ProposalId

integer<int32>

required

Unique ID of the proposal (not the proposal number).

ProposalItemId

integer<int32>

required

Id of the proposal item to update.

Body

application/json

Proposals Service

shortDescription

string

New short description for the item. Omit it or send null to clear the description held on the item.

setDefault

boolean

When true, also save the description on the catalog item behind this one, so items added from it later start with it. A Part saves it as the company's own description; a Labor or CustomItem saves it on the library item. Clearing the description also clears a Part's saved one, while a Labor or CustomItem keeps what it had. Do not use this flag on a Fee item: it currently overwrites the fee's name in the library instead of its description. Defaults to false.

updateAllInstances

boolean

When true, apply the change to every other instance of the same catalog item in this proposal that shares its item type, across all area options. Defaults to false.

Response

Success

integer<int32>

required

Unique numeric identifier of the proposal item

referencedItemId

integer<int32>

required

Identifier of the catalog, labor, custom, or fee item this proposal item was created from

createdDate

string<date-time>

required

UTC timestamp when the proposal item was created

quantity

number<double>

required

Quantity of the proposal item

parentId

integer<int32>

Identifier of the parent item when this item is nested under another item

itemType

enum<string>

Available options:

Part,

Labor,

CustomItem,

Fee

lastModifiedDate

string<date-time>

UTC timestamp when the proposal item was last modified

brand

string

Brand name of the item

model

string

Model value of the item

name

string

Name of a Labor item

shortDescription

string

Short description shown for the proposal item

clientNote

string

Client-facing note for the proposal item

imageUrl

string

Image URL of the item

msrp

number<double>

MSRP amount of the item

sellPrice

number<double>

Sell price for the proposal item

cost

number<double>

Supplier cost for the proposal item

costUpdateDate

string<date-time>

UTC timestamp when the supplier cost was last updated

supplier

string

Display name of the supplier assigned to the item.

total

PublicItemTotalModel · object

Total amount for a proposal item

Show child attributes

isTaxExempt

boolean

Whether the proposal item is tax exempt

isRecurringService

boolean

Whether the proposal item is a recurring service

linkedOrders

PublicLinkedOrderModel · object[]

Linked orders created from this proposal item

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Headers

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Body

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