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# Request Trading Permission

POST https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission
Content-Type: application/json

### Send a request to grant trading permission for your account to another party.
Once this request is reviewed by our accounting and compliance, the other party will be allowed to access your account as if it was one of that party's own accounts.
**_*NOTE*_**: B2B Partners, don't use this endpoint. Instead, prefer [/user/createTradingPermission](#tag/Users/operation/createTradingPermission), or if creating and assinging many accounts, prefer [/user/createEvaluationAccounts](#operation/createEvaluationAccounts).

Reference: https://partner.ninjatrader.com/connect/api/rest-api-endpoints/users/request-trading-permission

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a RequestTradingPermission.

- `accountId` (long, required)
- `ctaContact` (string, required)
- `ctaEmail` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

TradingPermissionResponse

- `errorText` (string, optional) — Non-empty if the request failed
- `tradingPermission` (TradingPermission, optional)

## Types

### TradingPermission

- `userId` (long, required)
- `accountId` (long, required)
- `accountHolderContact` (string, required)
- `accountHolderEmail` (string, required)
- `ctaContact` (string, required)
- `ctaEmail` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required) — Accepted, Approved, Declined, Requested, Revoked
  - Allowed values: `Accepted`, `Approved`, `Declined`, `Requested`, `Revoked`
- `id` (long, optional)
- `updated` (datetime, optional)
- `approvedById` (long, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "accountId": 1,
  "ctaContact": "string",
  "ctaEmail": "string"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "errorText": "string",
  "tradingPermission": {
    "userId": 1,
    "accountId": 1,
    "accountHolderContact": "string",
    "accountHolderEmail": "string",
    "ctaContact": "string",
    "ctaEmail": "string",
    "status": "Accepted",
    "id": 1,
    "updated": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "approvedById": 1
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission"

payload = {
    "accountId": 1,
    "ctaContact": "string",
    "ctaEmail": "string"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"accountId":1,"ctaContact":"string","ctaEmail":"string"}'
};

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://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"accountId\": 1,\n  \"ctaContact\": \"string\",\n  \"ctaEmail\": \"string\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"accountId\": 1,\n  \"ctaContact\": \"string\",\n  \"ctaEmail\": \"string\"\n}"

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.post("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"accountId\": 1,\n  \"ctaContact\": \"string\",\n  \"ctaEmail\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission', [
  'body' => '{
  "accountId": 1,
  "ctaContact": "string",
  "ctaEmail": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"accountId\": 1,\n  \"ctaContact\": \"string\",\n  \"ctaEmail\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "accountId": 1,
  "ctaContact": "string",
  "ctaEmail": "string"
] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://demo.tradovateapi.com/v1/user/requesttradingpermission")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
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()
```