# Agreement routes: sign, terminate

URL: /code/api/agreement/verbs · Id: `page:code/api/agreement/verbs`

> The Agreement Verbs sign, terminate as api.sb routes, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement), one group of [Agreement routes](/code/api/agreement).

### Agreement.sign
Sign executes an Agreement for one Party and records the signature, the signer and the time. [Verb page](/business/nouns/agreement/sign?interface=api).

```text
POST /{namespace}/agreements/{agreement}/sign
```

Path: `agreement`. Emits [`Agreement.signed`](/business/events/Agreement.signed).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agreement` | [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) | Yes | The Agreement to sign. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agreement` | [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) | Yes | The Agreement, in force once every party signs. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/agreements/agreement_zHIUnX8LwY/sign \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "agreement": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/agreements/agreement_zHIUnX8LwY",
    "$type": "Agreement",
    "status": "signed"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Agreement.sign",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

### Agreement.terminate
Terminate ends an Agreement under its own term, records the reason and the date, and keeps the signed record. [Verb page](/business/nouns/agreement/terminate?interface=api).

```text
POST /{namespace}/agreements/{agreement}/terminate
```

Path: `agreement`. Body, as JSON: the other inputs. Emits [`Agreement.terminated`](/business/events/Agreement.terminated).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agreement` | [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) | Yes | The Agreement in force. |
| `reason` | `text` | Yes | The term it ends under and why. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agreement` | [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) | Yes | The terminated Agreement, kept forever. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |
| The record changed since it was read, so the write would overwrite a newer version. | [`conflict`](/code/api/errors/conflict) | Read the record again, then retry the write against its current state. | None. |
| The record is not in a state that allows this Verb, so the call is refused. | [`refused`](/code/api/errors/refused) | Read the record, run the Verb that moves it to an allowed state, then retry. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/agreements/agreement_zHIUnX8LwY/terminate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"reason":"Example reason"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "agreement": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/agreements/agreement_zHIUnX8LwY",
    "$type": "Agreement",
    "status": "terminated"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Agreement.terminate",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```