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# Close Account

DELETE https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/{account_id}

This endpoint closes an account after verifying access. The account's ledger balance must be zero before closure: requests for accounts with a non-zero balance are rejected. Withdraw remaining funds first, via your integration or a booked withdrawal.

Reference: https://docs.modernfi.com/api-reference/accounts/close

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Servers

- `https://api.modernfi.com` (Production, default)
- `https://api.uat.modernfi.com` (UAT)
- `http://localhost:8000` (Local)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `account_id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `account_id` (string, required)
- `liquidation_amount` (string, required)
- `scheduled_to_close_date` (string, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request - Invalid input or validation error

- `detail` (list of map from string to any, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthenticated - Invalid or missing authentication credentials

- `detail` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Unauthorized - Insufficient permissions to access resource

- `detail` (string, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `detail` (string, required)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)
- `input` (any, optional)
- `ctx` (ValidationErrorCtx, optional)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

### ValidationErrorCtx

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "account_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "liquidation_amount": "0.00",
  "scheduled_to_close_date": "2024-06-15"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.modernfi.com/digital-banking/v1/accounts/account_id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```