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# User Account Position Limit Update

POST https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update
Content-Type: application/json

Updates an existing UserAccountPositionLimit entity

Reference: https://partner.ninjatrader.com/eval/api/rest-api-endpoints/risks/user-account-position-limit-update

## 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 an UserAccountPositionLimit.

- `active` (boolean, required)
- `totalBy` (enum, required) — Contract, ContractGroup, DiscountGroup, Exchange, FungibleProduct, Overall, Product, ProductType
  - Allowed values: `Contract`, `ContractGroup`, `DiscountGroup`, `Exchange`, `FungibleProduct`, `Overall`, `Product`, `ProductType`
- `accountId` (long, required)
- `id` (long, optional)
- `contractId` (long, optional)
- `productId` (long, optional)
- `exchangeId` (long, optional)
- `productType` (enum, optional) — CommonStock, Continuous, Cryptocurrency, Futures, MarketInternals, Options, Spread, Swap
  - Allowed values: `CommonStock`, `Continuous`, `Cryptocurrency`, `Futures`, `MarketInternals`, `Options`, `Spread`, `Swap`
- `riskDiscountContractGroupId` (long, optional)
- `productVerificationStatus` (enum, optional) — Inactive, Locked, ReadyForContracts, ReadyToTrade, Verified
  - Allowed values: `Inactive`, `Locked`, `ReadyForContracts`, `ReadyToTrade`, `Verified`
- `contractGroupId` (long, optional)
- `fungibleProductId` (long, optional)
- `riskTimePeriodId` (long, optional)
- `shortLimit` (integer, optional)
- `longLimit` (integer, optional)
- `exposedLimit` (integer, optional)
- `fungibleExposedLimit` (integer, optional)
- `description` (string, optional)

## Response

### 200

UserAccountPositionLimit

- `active` (boolean, required)
- `totalBy` (enum, required) — Contract, ContractGroup, DiscountGroup, Exchange, FungibleProduct, Overall, Product, ProductType
  - Allowed values: `Contract`, `ContractGroup`, `DiscountGroup`, `Exchange`, `FungibleProduct`, `Overall`, `Product`, `ProductType`
- `accountId` (long, required)
- `id` (long, optional)
- `contractId` (long, optional)
- `productId` (long, optional)
- `exchangeId` (long, optional)
- `productType` (enum, optional) — CommonStock, Continuous, Cryptocurrency, Futures, MarketInternals, Options, Spread, Swap
  - Allowed values: `CommonStock`, `Continuous`, `Cryptocurrency`, `Futures`, `MarketInternals`, `Options`, `Spread`, `Swap`
- `riskDiscountContractGroupId` (long, optional)
- `productVerificationStatus` (enum, optional) — Inactive, Locked, ReadyForContracts, ReadyToTrade, Verified
  - Allowed values: `Inactive`, `Locked`, `ReadyForContracts`, `ReadyToTrade`, `Verified`
- `contractGroupId` (long, optional)
- `fungibleProductId` (long, optional)
- `riskTimePeriodId` (long, optional)
- `shortLimit` (integer, optional)
- `longLimit` (integer, optional)
- `exposedLimit` (integer, optional)
- `fungibleExposedLimit` (integer, optional)
- `description` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "active": true,
  "totalBy": "Contract",
  "accountId": 1
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "active": true,
  "totalBy": "Contract",
  "accountId": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "contractId": 1,
  "productId": 1,
  "exchangeId": 1,
  "productType": "CommonStock",
  "riskDiscountContractGroupId": 1,
  "productVerificationStatus": "Inactive",
  "contractGroupId": 1,
  "fungibleProductId": 1,
  "riskTimePeriodId": 1,
  "shortLimit": 1,
  "longLimit": 1,
  "exposedLimit": 1,
  "fungibleExposedLimit": 1,
  "description": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update"

payload = {
    "active": True,
    "totalBy": "Contract",
    "accountId": 1
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"active":true,"totalBy":"Contract","accountId":1}'
};

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://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"active\": true,\n  \"totalBy\": \"Contract\",\n  \"accountId\": 1\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://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update")

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  \"active\": true,\n  \"totalBy\": \"Contract\",\n  \"accountId\": 1\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://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"active\": true,\n  \"totalBy\": \"Contract\",\n  \"accountId\": 1\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update', [
  'body' => '{
  "active": true,
  "totalBy": "Contract",
  "accountId": 1
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"active\": true,\n  \"totalBy\": \"Contract\",\n  \"accountId\": 1\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "active": true,
  "totalBy": "Contract",
  "accountId": 1
] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://live.tradovateapi.com/v1/userAccountPositionLimit/update")! 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()
```