Approve a join request
Identity module
POST/join-requests/{id}/approvejoinRequests.approve
Approves the request and creates the membership. Requires an Admin. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. A rule that refuses the request returns 422 with `refusal` and `reason`.
- Requires the capability org.members.invite.
- OAuth scopes: org.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the join request. |
Response 200: JoinRequest
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the join request. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| person_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the requesting person. |
| message | string | null | Yes | Message to the admins.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
| join_request_state | string | Yes | Request state. A Title Case value from the lifecycle's database enum.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]*( [A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]+)*$ |
| decided_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the deciding admin. |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"message": "I run audio for the summer series.",
"join_request_state": "Proposed",
"decided_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/join-requests/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f/approve" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"const { data } = await xos.joinRequests.approve("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f");response = xos.join_requests.approve("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f")xos join-requests approve 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f