# Update an Apple Messages for Business record

`PATCH /v1/amb/business-accounts/{business_account_id}`

Changes your workspace's Apple Messages for Business record. Fields you
omit are left as they are.

Sending `apple_business_id` identifies the draft but does not submit it.
Create a submission with all three evidence attachments when the record
is ready for review.

## Code samples

**TypeScript**

```ts
const result = await bird.amb.businessAccounts.update(
  "abz_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  { name: "Acme Support" },
);
console.log(result);
```

Examples: [TypeScript](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.ts.md) · [Python](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.py.md) · [Go](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.go.md) · [PHP](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.php.md) · [CLI](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.cli.md) · [MCP](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.mcp.md) · [cURL](/docs/api/reference/update-amb-business-account.curl.md)

## Example response `200`

```json
{
  "id": "abz_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "apple_business_id": "b52d6267-2b62-4f8a-8842-0533d0f1dc07",
  "name": "Acme Retail",
  "status": "active",
  "invitations_enabled": false,
  "created_at": "2026-08-20T09:14:52Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-25T16:42:01Z",
  "next": [
    {
      "kind": "operation"
    }
  ],
  "account_review_status": "approved"
}
```

## Path parameters

- `business_account_id` (string): ID of the Apple Messages for Business record, as returned by the business list.

## Request body

- `name` (string): The brand name shown for this business record inside Bird.
- `apple_business_id` (string): The Business ID Apple issued for this brand. Accepted only while the account has not yet been submitted and is connected. Updating it does not submit the business.

## Response body

- `id` (string, required): Unique identifier for the business record.
- `apple_business_id` (nullable string, required): Apple business UUID, or null until supplied. Adding this identifier does not submit the account for review.
- `name` (string, required): Customer-supplied account name used in Bird. Apple controls the name shown to customers in Messages.
- `status` (string, required)

  Operational state of the business account.

  Possible values: `pending`, `active`, `suspended`, `disconnected`
- `status_reason` (string): Reason for the current operational suspension, when recorded. Review feedback is retained on the submission.
- `invitations_enabled` (boolean, required): Whether Apple has granted invitation access. Sending also requires an active account and eligible recipient.
- `created_at` (string, required): When the business record was created.
- `updated_at` (string, required): When the business record was last changed.
- `next` (array of object): Next setup actions on create, update and single-account reads. Active accounts return an empty array. Lists omit this field.
- `next.kind` (string, required)

  What you do about this step.

  - `operation`: call the operation named in `operation`, then
    read again.
  - `external`: act somewhere this API does not reach, then read
    again.
  - `wait`: nothing is asked of you, so read again later.
  - `terminal`: nothing you do resolves this, so stop retrying.

  Tolerate a value you do not recognize: show the `description` and
  offer no action.

  Possible values (may grow over time): `operation`, `external`, `wait`, `terminal`
- `next.description` (string, required): A short, human-readable label for the step, suitable for display.
- `next.operation` (string): The operationId to call. Present only when `kind` is `operation`. The operation's own schema says how to call it; this says only which one, and what to address it with.
- `next.params` (object): The parameters that address the operation, by name: `{"sender_id": "…"}` for an operation on `/v1/sms/senders/{sender_id}/requirements`. A parameter the operation takes in its query string is given the same way, so an operation addressed as `?subject_id=` carries `{"subject_id": "…"}`. Every parameter the call needs is here, whether its value came from the thing you were acting on or is fixed for this step, so you can make the call from this object alone. Present only when `kind` is `operation` and the operation names a subject. A request body, when the operation takes one, is described by the operation's own schema and never appears here.
- `next.url` (string): A URL to open. Present only when `kind` is `external`, and only when the step has one. An external step whose `description` says to go and do something with no URL to open is normal.
- `account_review_status` (string)

  Latest recorded review outcome. Absent before the first submission.

  Possible values (may grow over time): `pending`, `approved`, `rejected`
- `finish_setup_url` (string): Bird dashboard URL for completing setup. Present only when customer action is available.

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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