# Mandate commands: revoke, spend

URL: /code/cli/mandate/verbs-revoke · Id: `page:code/cli/mandate/verbs-revoke`

> The Mandate Verbs revoke, spend as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate), one group of [Mandate commands](/code/cli/mandate).

### Mandate.revoke
Revoke ends a Mandate at once, so new Actions under it are refused and running ones finish. [Verb page](/business/nouns/mandate/revoke?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Mandate.revoke --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits [`Mandate.revoked`](/business/events/Mandate.revoked).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mandate` | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | Yes | The Mandate to end. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mandate` | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | Yes | The revoked Mandate. |

**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
npx startup-builder do Mandate.revoke --json '{"mandate":"mandate_mKKPrmFQYD"}'
```

### Mandate.spend
Spend pays an outside party for a Startup with a single-use card, within a Mandate and its Limit. [Verb page](/business/nouns/mandate/spend?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Mandate.spend --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits [`Mandate.spent`](/business/events/Mandate.spent).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mandate` | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | Yes | The Mandate that covers the purchase. |
| `amount` | `money` | Yes | The amount to spend. |
| `payee` | `string` | Yes | Who is paid. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `transaction` | [Transaction](/business/nouns/transaction) | Yes | The card Transaction. |
| `mandate` | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | Yes | The Mandate with its remaining Limit. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The operation is part of an Offer the caller has not accepted or paid for. | [`payment-required`](/code/api/errors/payment-required) | Accept the Offer named in the response, then retry the call. | [Offer.accept](/business/nouns/offer/accept) |
| 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. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Mandate.spend --json '{"mandate":"mandate_mKKPrmFQYD","amount":{"amount":29,"currency":"USD"},"payee":"Example payee"}'
```