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# Update the affiliate programme

> Changes the programme's settings. Only what is sent changes. Switched off, no link takes anything off or earns anything, and the customer panel says nothing of affiliates.

Needs the `affiliates.write` permission (Change Affiliates).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json put /stores/{storeId}/affiliate-programme
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Shoply API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Everything a store's own server can do with a secret API key: its catalogue,
    orders, customers, marketing, finance and the rest of what the dashboard
    does. And the Customer API, which a buyer's own device asks with a token of
    theirs.
servers:
  - url: https://api.shoply.gg/v1
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: API key
  - name: Store
  - name: Domain
  - name: Payment methods
  - name: Analytics
  - name: Storefronts
  - name: Storefront code
  - name: Payment Routing
  - name: Custom payment methods
  - name: Products
  - name: Product pictures
  - name: Stock
  - name: Categories
  - name: Upsells
  - name: Subscriptions
  - name: Orders
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Reviews
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Coupon categories
  - name: Coupon pop-up
  - name: Sales
  - name: Blog
  - name: Search settings
  - name: Redirects
  - name: Sitemap
  - name: Cart Recovery
  - name: Email Marketing
  - name: Email Templates
  - name: Customers
  - name: Affiliates
  - name: Support Tickets
  - name: Blacklist
  - name: Fraud protection
  - name: Disputes
  - name: Finance
  - name: Tax
  - name: Expenses
  - name: Expense setup
  - name: API requests
  - name: Webhook endpoints
  - name: Webhook deliveries
  - name: Customer API
paths:
  /stores/{storeId}/affiliate-programme:
    put:
      tags:
        - Affiliates
      summary: Update the affiliate programme
      description: >-
        Changes the programme's settings. Only what is sent changes. Switched
        off, no link takes anything off or earns anything, and the customer
        panel says nothing of affiliates.


        Needs the `affiliates.write` permission (Change Affiliates).
      operationId: affiliateProgramme.update
      parameters:
        - name: storeId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: >-
            The store's ID. A key reaches the store it was made in: `GET /key`
            answers which.
          schema:
            type: string
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                enabled:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the programme is on.
                defaultCommission:
                  type: number
                  description: >-
                    The commission a new affiliate gets, in percent: above 0, up
                    to 90.
                defaultDiscount:
                  type: number
                  description: >-
                    The discount a new affiliate's link gives buyers, in
                    percent: 0 to 90.
                selfSignup:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether a customer may join from the customer panel.
                ownLinks:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether an affiliate may change the code their link ends in.
                toStore:
                  type: boolean
                  description: >-
                    Whether an affiliate may move commission to their store
                    balance.
                payouts:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether an affiliate may ask for a payout.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: It worked.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    nullable: true
                  code:
                    nullable: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      enabled:
                        type: boolean
                      defaultCommission:
                        type: integer
                      defaultDiscount:
                        type: integer
                      selfSignup:
                        type: boolean
                      ownLinks:
                        type: boolean
                      toStore:
                        type: boolean
                      payouts:
                        type: boolean
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      limits:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          commission:
                            type: integer
                          discount:
                            type: integer
                      affiliates:
                        type: integer
              example:
                success: true
                message: null
                code: null
                data:
                  enabled: true
                  defaultCommission: 10
                  defaultDiscount: 5
                  selfSignup: false
                  ownLinks: false
                  toStore: true
                  payouts: true
                meta:
                  limits:
                    commission: 90
                    discount: 90
                  affiliates: 0
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NoKey'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotAllowed'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Refused'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooMany'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: javascript
          label: Node.js
          source: |
            import Shoply from "@shoplygg/node";

            const shoply = new Shoply({ apiKey: process.env.SHOPLY_API_KEY });

            const result = await shoply.affiliateProgramme.update();
        - lang: php
          label: PHP
          source: |
            <?php

            require 'vendor/autoload.php';

            $shoply = new Shoply\Client(['apiKey' => getenv('SHOPLY_API_KEY')]);

            $result = $shoply->affiliateProgramme->update();
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |
            import shoply

            client = shoply.Client()  # reads SHOPLY_API_KEY

            result = client.affiliateProgramme.update()
components:
  parameters:
    IdempotencyKey:
      name: Idempotency-Key
      in: header
      required: false
      description: >-
        A word of your own for this one change, up to 180 letters, digits, dots,
        dashes, underscores and colons. Sent again with the same key, the
        request is not carried out twice: the first answer comes back, with
        `Idempotent-Replay: true`.
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    NoKey:
      description: >-
        No API key was sent, or the one sent is not a live key:
        `api_key_required`, `invalid_api_key`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    NotAllowed:
      description: >-
        The key is real and may not do this: `missing_scope` (with
        `requiredScope`), `ip_not_allowed`, `account_unavailable`, or
        `dashboard_only` for something only a person in the dashboard may do.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        There is no such thing in this store: `not_found`. A store that is not
        the key's own is answered the same way.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    Refused:
      description: >-
        The request was understood and not carried out. `validation_failed` says
        what is wrong with each field under `errors`; other codes are the
        route's own.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    TooMany:
      description: >-
        The key has used up its budget for now: `rate_limited`. `Retry-After`
        says how many seconds to wait.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
  schemas:
    Refusal:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        message:
          type: string
          description: What is wrong, in words for a person.
        code:
          type: string
          description: What is wrong, as a word that does not change.
        data:
          nullable: true
        errors:
          type: object
          description: >-
            For `validation_failed`: what is wrong with each field, by the
            field's name.
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
      required:
        - success
        - message
        - code
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A secret API key, made under Developers in the dashboard:
        `Authorization: Bearer shoply_sk_...`

````

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