Set default delivery address

PUT/v1/practices/{practiceId}/patients/{patientId}/addresses/{addressId}/default

Changes delivery selection for future drafts, without changing patient clinical location or existing signed orders.

Practices API key authenticationVersion 2026-09-28

Request example

curl -X PUT 'https://api.affinityrx.com/v1/practices/{practiceId}/patients/{patientId}/addresses/{addressId}/default' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFFINITY_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Affinity-Version: 2026-09-28' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: <Idempotency-Key>'

Response example

These examples show the body structure. Values can differ. Select a status code to see its response.

{
  "id": "addr_01j2y8m6jcc9tt24af5pw9x1bc",
  "address": {
    "city": "<string>",
    "country": "<string>",
    "line1": "<string>",
    "line2": "<string>",
    "postalCode": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>"
  },
  "label": "<string>",
  "preferredShipping": false,
  "recipientName": "<string>",
  "archivedAt": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "data": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>",
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "status": 400,
  "title": "<string>",
  "traceId": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "data": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>",
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "status": 401,
  "title": "<string>",
  "traceId": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "data": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>",
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "status": 403,
  "title": "<string>",
  "traceId": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "data": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>",
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "status": 404,
  "title": "<string>",
  "traceId": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "data": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>",
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "status": 409,
  "title": "<string>",
  "traceId": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": "<string>",
  "data": "<string>",
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>",
  "requestId": "<string>",
  "status": 429,
  "title": "<string>",
  "traceId": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>"
}

Implementation specification

Use these field types and limits to build your integration. Download the OpenAPI document for the complete contract.

Path parameters

practiceIdstringrequired

Pattern: ^prac_[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}$

patientIdstringrequired

Pattern: ^pat_[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}$

addressIdstringrequired

Pattern: ^addr_[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}$

Headers

Affinity-Versionstring

Selects the HTTP API contract for this request only. When omitted, API-key requests use their service account’s stored version. Does not change the stored default.

Pin requests to 2026-09-28.

Idempotency-Keystringrequired

Affinity-Actor-Idstring

Required for user actors and optional for system actors. Omit both actor headers to use the authenticated service account as a system actor.

Affinity-Actor-Typestring

Use user when a person initiated the action and system for autonomous work. Omit both actor headers to default to system.

Response specifications

200Successful response

application/json

idstringrequired

Pattern: ^addr_[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}$

addressobjectrequired

No additional properties

Show address fields

cityany & anyrequired

Show city fields

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

countryany & any | null

Show country fields

Any of · 1: any & any

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

Any of · 2: null

null

line1any & anyrequired

Show line1 fields

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

line2any & any | null | null

Show line2 fields

Any of · 1: any & any | null

Any of · 1: any & any

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

Any of · 2: null

null

Any of · 2: null

null

postalCodeany & anyrequired

Show postalCode fields

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

stateany & anyrequired

Show state fields

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

labelstringrequired

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

preferredShippingbooleanrequired

recipientNameany & any | nullrequired

Show recipientName fields

Any of · 1: any & any

All of · 1: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\u0000\p{Cs}]*$

All of · 2: any

any

Pattern: ^[^\p{Cc}\u200B\u2028-\u202E\u2066-\u2069]*$

Any of · 2: null

null

archivedAtstring | nullrequired

Show archivedAt fields

Any of · 1: string

string

Any of · 2: null

null

400HTTP 400

application/json

codestringrequired

dataobject

detailstringrequired

instancestringrequired

requestIdstringrequired

statusintegerrequired

Minimum: 400

Maximum: 599

titlestringrequired

traceIdstring

typestringrequired

Format: uri

401Unauthorized

application/json

codestringrequired

dataobject

detailstringrequired

instancestringrequired

requestIdstringrequired

statusintegerrequired

Minimum: 400

Maximum: 599

titlestringrequired

traceIdstring

typestringrequired

Format: uri

403Forbidden

application/json

codestringrequired

dataobject

detailstringrequired

instancestringrequired

requestIdstringrequired

statusintegerrequired

Minimum: 400

Maximum: 599

titlestringrequired

traceIdstring

typestringrequired

Format: uri

404Not found

application/json

codestringrequired

dataobject

detailstringrequired

instancestringrequired

requestIdstringrequired

statusintegerrequired

Minimum: 400

Maximum: 599

titlestringrequired

traceIdstring

typestringrequired

Format: uri

409Conflict

application/json

codestringrequired

dataobject

detailstringrequired

instancestringrequired

requestIdstringrequired

statusintegerrequired

Minimum: 400

Maximum: 599

titlestringrequired

traceIdstring

typestringrequired

Format: uri

429Too many requests

application/json

codestringrequired

dataobject

detailstringrequired

instancestringrequired

requestIdstringrequired

statusintegerrequired

Minimum: 400

Maximum: 599

titlestringrequired

traceIdstring

typestringrequired

Format: uri