Signup To Create A Legal Entity

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/v2/signup \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "user_email": "<string>",
  "business_name": "<string>",
  "incorporated_date": "2023-12-25",
  "ein": "<string>",
  "business_purpose": "<string>",
  "business_phone": "<string>",
  "business_email": "<string>",
  "business_address": {
    "address_line_1": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>",
    "country": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "id": "<string>",
    "address_line_2": "<string>"
  },
  "mailing_address": {
    "address_line_1": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>",
    "country": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "id": "<string>",
    "address_line_2": "<string>"
  },
  "naics_code": "<string>",
  "futa_liability_year": "<string>",
  "external_company_id": "<string>",
  "authorization_callback_url": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/v2/signup"

payload = {
    "user_email": "<string>",
    "business_name": "<string>",
    "incorporated_date": "2023-12-25",
    "ein": "<string>",
    "business_purpose": "<string>",
    "business_phone": "<string>",
    "business_email": "<string>",
    "business_address": {
        "address_line_1": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>",
        "country": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "id": "<string>",
        "address_line_2": "<string>"
    },
    "mailing_address": {
        "address_line_1": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>",
        "country": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "id": "<string>",
        "address_line_2": "<string>"
    },
    "naics_code": "<string>",
    "futa_liability_year": "<string>",
    "external_company_id": "<string>",
    "authorization_callback_url": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    user_email: '<string>',
    business_name: '<string>',
    incorporated_date: '2023-12-25',
    ein: '<string>',
    business_purpose: '<string>',
    business_phone: '<string>',
    business_email: '<string>',
    business_address: {
      address_line_1: '<string>',
      city: '<string>',
      state: '<string>',
      country: '<string>',
      postal_code: '<string>',
      id: '<string>',
      address_line_2: '<string>'
    },
    mailing_address: {
      address_line_1: '<string>',
      city: '<string>',
      state: '<string>',
      country: '<string>',
      postal_code: '<string>',
      id: '<string>',
      address_line_2: '<string>'
    },
    naics_code: '<string>',
    futa_liability_year: '<string>',
    external_company_id: '<string>',
    authorization_callback_url: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.example.com/v2/signup', 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://api.example.com/v2/signup",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'user_email' => '<string>',
    'business_name' => '<string>',
    'incorporated_date' => '2023-12-25',
    'ein' => '<string>',
    'business_purpose' => '<string>',
    'business_phone' => '<string>',
    'business_email' => '<string>',
    'business_address' => [
        'address_line_1' => '<string>',
        'city' => '<string>',
        'state' => '<string>',
        'country' => '<string>',
        'postal_code' => '<string>',
        'id' => '<string>',
        'address_line_2' => '<string>'
    ],
    'mailing_address' => [
        'address_line_1' => '<string>',
        'city' => '<string>',
        'state' => '<string>',
        'country' => '<string>',
        'postal_code' => '<string>',
        'id' => '<string>',
        'address_line_2' => '<string>'
    ],
    'naics_code' => '<string>',
    'futa_liability_year' => '<string>',
    'external_company_id' => '<string>',
    'authorization_callback_url' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "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://api.example.com/v2/signup"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"incorporated_date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"ein\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_purpose\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_phone\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"mailing_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"naics_code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"futa_liability_year\": \"<string>\",\n  \"external_company_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"authorization_callback_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	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.post("https://api.example.com/v2/signup")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"incorporated_date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"ein\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_purpose\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_phone\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"mailing_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"naics_code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"futa_liability_year\": \"<string>\",\n  \"external_company_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"authorization_callback_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/v2/signup")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"incorporated_date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"ein\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_purpose\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_phone\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"mailing_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"naics_code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"futa_liability_year\": \"<string>\",\n  \"external_company_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"authorization_callback_url\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

{
  "legal_entity_id": "<string>",
  "url": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "body": {}
}

POST

signup

Signup To Create A Legal Entity

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/v2/signup \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "user_email": "<string>",
  "business_name": "<string>",
  "incorporated_date": "2023-12-25",
  "ein": "<string>",
  "business_purpose": "<string>",
  "business_phone": "<string>",
  "business_email": "<string>",
  "business_address": {
    "address_line_1": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>",
    "country": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "id": "<string>",
    "address_line_2": "<string>"
  },
  "mailing_address": {
    "address_line_1": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>",
    "country": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "id": "<string>",
    "address_line_2": "<string>"
  },
  "naics_code": "<string>",
  "futa_liability_year": "<string>",
  "external_company_id": "<string>",
  "authorization_callback_url": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/v2/signup"

payload = {
    "user_email": "<string>",
    "business_name": "<string>",
    "incorporated_date": "2023-12-25",
    "ein": "<string>",
    "business_purpose": "<string>",
    "business_phone": "<string>",
    "business_email": "<string>",
    "business_address": {
        "address_line_1": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>",
        "country": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "id": "<string>",
        "address_line_2": "<string>"
    },
    "mailing_address": {
        "address_line_1": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>",
        "country": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "id": "<string>",
        "address_line_2": "<string>"
    },
    "naics_code": "<string>",
    "futa_liability_year": "<string>",
    "external_company_id": "<string>",
    "authorization_callback_url": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    user_email: '<string>',
    business_name: '<string>',
    incorporated_date: '2023-12-25',
    ein: '<string>',
    business_purpose: '<string>',
    business_phone: '<string>',
    business_email: '<string>',
    business_address: {
      address_line_1: '<string>',
      city: '<string>',
      state: '<string>',
      country: '<string>',
      postal_code: '<string>',
      id: '<string>',
      address_line_2: '<string>'
    },
    mailing_address: {
      address_line_1: '<string>',
      city: '<string>',
      state: '<string>',
      country: '<string>',
      postal_code: '<string>',
      id: '<string>',
      address_line_2: '<string>'
    },
    naics_code: '<string>',
    futa_liability_year: '<string>',
    external_company_id: '<string>',
    authorization_callback_url: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.example.com/v2/signup', 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://api.example.com/v2/signup",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'user_email' => '<string>',
    'business_name' => '<string>',
    'incorporated_date' => '2023-12-25',
    'ein' => '<string>',
    'business_purpose' => '<string>',
    'business_phone' => '<string>',
    'business_email' => '<string>',
    'business_address' => [
        'address_line_1' => '<string>',
        'city' => '<string>',
        'state' => '<string>',
        'country' => '<string>',
        'postal_code' => '<string>',
        'id' => '<string>',
        'address_line_2' => '<string>'
    ],
    'mailing_address' => [
        'address_line_1' => '<string>',
        'city' => '<string>',
        'state' => '<string>',
        'country' => '<string>',
        'postal_code' => '<string>',
        'id' => '<string>',
        'address_line_2' => '<string>'
    ],
    'naics_code' => '<string>',
    'futa_liability_year' => '<string>',
    'external_company_id' => '<string>',
    'authorization_callback_url' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "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://api.example.com/v2/signup"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"incorporated_date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"ein\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_purpose\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_phone\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"mailing_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"naics_code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"futa_liability_year\": \"<string>\",\n  \"external_company_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"authorization_callback_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	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.post("https://api.example.com/v2/signup")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"incorporated_date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"ein\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_purpose\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_phone\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"mailing_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"naics_code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"futa_liability_year\": \"<string>\",\n  \"external_company_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"authorization_callback_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/v2/signup")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"incorporated_date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"ein\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_purpose\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_phone\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"business_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"mailing_address\": {\n    \"address_line_1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\",\n    \"country\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"address_line_2\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"naics_code\": \"<string>\",\n  \"futa_liability_year\": \"<string>\",\n  \"external_company_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"authorization_callback_url\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

{
  "legal_entity_id": "<string>",
  "url": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "body": {}
}

Headers

authorization

string

Body

application/json

user_email

string

required

business_name

string

required

entity_type

enum<string>

required

Available options:

unset,

c_corp,

p_corp,

pllc,

llc,

llp,

lp,

gp

tax_class

enum<string>

required

The IRS tax classification for an entity.

In some circumstances, a company can elect to be treated different from the entity type for tax purposes. For example, an LLC can elect to be taxed as a corporation.

Corp: taxed as a corporation, the default for C Corps
S Corp: election using IRS Form 2553
Partnership: taxed as a partnership, the default for LPs
Disregarded: taxes pass through to the members, default for LLCs
Tax Exempt: an entity that is recognized by the IRS as being exempt from paying federal income taxes on its earnings

Available options:

unset,

corp,

s_corp,

partnership,

disregarded,

tax_exempt

incorporation_region

enum<string>

required

Available options:

AL,

AK,

AZ,

AR,

CA,

CO,

CT,

DE,

DC,

FL,

GA,

HI,

ID,

IL,

IN,

IA,

KS,

KY,

LA,

ME,

MD,

MA,

MI,

MN,

MS,

MO,

MT,

NE,

NV,

NH,

NJ,

NM,

NY,

NC,

ND,

OH,

OK,

OR,

PA,

RI,

SC,

SD,

TN,

TX,

UT,

VT,

VA,

WA,

WV,

WI,

WY

incorporated_date

string<date>

required

ein

string | null

llc_managed_type

enum<string> | null

Available options:

member_managed,

manager_managed

business_purpose

string | null

business_phone

string | null

business_email

string | null

business_address

Address · object | null

Show child attributes

mailing_address

Address · object | null

Show child attributes

naics_code

string | null

accounting_method

enum<string> | null

Available options:

accrual,

cash

accounting_period

enum<string> | null

Available options:

fiscal,

calendar

accounting_year_end

enum<string> | null

Available options:

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December

futa_liability_year

string | null

external_company_id

string | null

authorization_callback_url

string | null

Response

Successful Response

legal_entity_id

string

required

url

string | null

This is the next URL to follow to complete the signup process.

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