---
title: "Archive budget · Budgets · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Archives a budget. POST /partners/budgets/{uuid}/archive"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets/archive-budget"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets/archive-budget"
---
[Budgets](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets) / Archive budget

# Archive budget

POST `/partners/budgets/{uuid}/archive`

Archives a budget.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=POST&path=%2Fpartners%2Fbudgets%2F%7Buuid%7D%2Farchive)

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#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

The budget UUID.

#### Responses

`200` Budget archived.

`404` Budget not found.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

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POST `https://api.getcount.com/partners/budgets/{uuid}/archive`

Request

```javascript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'POST';
const signingPath = '/budgets/3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/archive';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const bodyString = '';

const bodyHash = '';
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/budgets/3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/archive`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 200

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Success on archiving budget",
  "data": {
    "budget": {
      "id": "55667788-99aa-bbcc-ddee-ff0011223344",
      "name": "FY 2026 Operating Budget",
      "startPeriod": "2026-01-01",
      "cadence": "monthly",
      "actualPeriods": 3,
      "budgetPeriods": 12,
      "currencyCode": "USD",
      "status": "archived",
      "lockedAt": null,
      "isOverall": false,
      "versions": [
        {
          "versionNumber": 1,
          "label": "Initial",
          "isPublished": false,
          "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```