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PUT
/
payrolls
/
{payroll}
Update a payroll
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "pay_date": "2026-01-01",
  "period_start": "2026-01-01",
  "period_end": "2026-01-01"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll}"

payload = {
    "pay_date": "2026-01-01",
    "period_start": "2026-01-01",
    "period_end": "2026-01-01"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({pay_date: '2026-01-01', period_start: '2026-01-01', period_end: '2026-01-01'})
};

fetch('https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'pay_date' => '2026-01-01',
    'period_start' => '2026-01-01',
    'period_end' => '2026-01-01'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"pay_date\": \"2026-01-01\",\n  \"period_start\": \"2026-01-01\",\n  \"period_end\": \"2026-01-01\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", 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(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"pay_date\": \"2026-01-01\",\n  \"period_start\": \"2026-01-01\",\n  \"period_end\": \"2026-01-01\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/payrolls/{payroll}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"pay_date\": \"2026-01-01\",\n  \"period_start\": \"2026-01-01\",\n  \"period_end\": \"2026-01-01\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<id>",
  "object": "payroll",
  "data": {
    "business_entity": {
      "id": "<id>",
      "object": "business_entity",
      "links": {
        "self": "/business_entities/<id>"
      }
    },
    "pay_schedule": {
      "id": "<id>",
      "object": "pay_schedule",
      "links": {
        "self": "/pay_schedules/<id>"
      }
    },
    "type": "historical",
    "period_number": 1,
    "period_label": "1",
    "period_start": "2026-01-01",
    "period_end": "2026-01-01",
    "pay_date": "2026-01-01",
    "original_pay_date": "2026-01-08",
    "debit_date": "2025-12-24",
    "approval_due_at": "2025-12-24T21:30:00.000000Z",
    "regular_periods_count": null,
    "is_impacted_by_weekend_or_holiday": false,
    "is_blocked_by_draft": false,
    "note": null,
    "employee_summary": {
      "gross": null,
      "subtractions": null,
      "reimbursements": null,
      "net": null
    },
    "contractor_summary": {
      "gross": null,
      "reimbursements": null,
      "net": null
    },
    "company_summary": {
      "taxes_and_contributions": null,
      "benefits": null,
      "total": null
    },
    "liability": null,
    "cash_requirement": null,
    "status": "draft",
    "approved_at": null,
    "is_stale": false,
    "stale_since": null,
    "source_payroll": null,
    "warnings": {
      "object": "list",
      "data": []
    },
    "external_ref": null,
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "/payrolls/<id>"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
payroll
string
required

Body

application/json
​
pay_date
string<date>

The date on which Employees and Contractors are paid.

​
note
string | null

An optional note on the payroll, visible to the partner.

​
external_ref
string
Maximum string length: 255
​
period_start
string<date>

The start date of the pay period.

​
period_end
string<date>

The end date of the pay period.

Response

200 - application/json

OK

​
id
string
read-only

The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.

​
object
string
read-only

The type of the object in Nmbr ("payroll").

​
data
Payroll · object