Update an Estimate Subcategory

https://api.constructiononline.com/api/v2/EstimateSubCategories?subcatID={subcatID}

This endpoint allows users to edit an existing estimate subcategory within an estimate in their ConstructionOnline company account. To update an estimate subcategory, users must know the unique numerical ID assigned to the subcategory. The estimate subcategory's ID is stored in the property 'ID'. Only the properties specified in the request body will be updated; the other properties will remain as is. This endpoint cannot be used to update items within the estimate subcategory. This endpoint will also not update any locked fields within the ConstructionOnline estimate.

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Requests

subcatID: integer

Unique identifier for the estimate subcategory.

Subcategory Info: JSON

Updated properties for the subcategory.
Allowed properties: NAME, DESCRIPTION, COST_CODE, COST_CODE_ID, TRAFFIC_COLOR, CLASSIFICATION, STATUS, COST_ESTIMATE, LINE_ITEM_MARKUP, COMMITTED_COSTS, INVOICED_AMOUNTS, ACTUAL, RATE, RATE_QTY, LINE_ITEM_MARKUP_TYPE, FIVE_COLUMN_EQUIPMENT, FIVE_COLUMN_LABOR, FIVE_COLUMN_MATERIAL, FIVE_COLUMN_OTHER, FIVE_COLUMN_SUB, UNIT_NAME, UNIT, ADJUSTMENT, BID_NOTES, NOTES_TEAMLINK, NOTES_BID, FIELD_NOTES, NOTES_CLIENTLINK, NOTES_FIELD, GENERAL_NOTES, NOTES_GENERAL

Individual properties for update should be entered as JSON key-value pairs, as seen below:

{
   "QTY": 2600,
   "UNIT_COST": 7.10
}

Example requests in cURL, C#, Python, and JavaScript can be found below:

cURL

# replace {email} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
# {password} with your ConstructionOnline password
# {apikey} with your provided API key
# {subcatID} with the estimate subcategory's ID

curl -X PUT https://api.constructiononline.com/api/v2/EstimateSubCategories?subcatID={subcatID}  -u {email}:{password} -H 'APIKey:{apikey}'

/* replace {username} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
           {password} with your ConstructionOnline password
           {apikey} with your provided API key 
           {subcatID} with the estimate subcategory's ID */

public string MakeRequest(string endpoint, string payload) {
                string username = {username};
                string password = {password};
                string apiKey = {apikey};
                string response = "";
                var handler = new HttpClientHandler() { AutomaticDecompression = System.Net.DecompressionMethods.GZip };
                using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler)) {
                    client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://api.constructiononline.com");
                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("ISO-8859-1").GetBytes(username + ":" + password)));
                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("APIKey", apiKey);
                    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
                    HttpContent content = new StringContent(payload, System.Text.Encoding.UTF32, "application/json");
                    response = client.PutAsync(endpoint, content).Result.ToString();
                }
                return response;
            }
     MakeRequest("api/v2/EstimateSubCategories?subcatID={subcatID}");

Python

#replace {username} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
#{password} with your ConstructionOnline password
#{apikey} with your provided API key
#{subcatID} with the estimate subcategory's ID

import base64, requests, json

   #Global Variables
    apikey = {apikey}
    username = {username}
    password = {password}

    #Functions
     def makeRequest(endpoint, payload):
           url = "https://api.constructiononline.com/" + endpoint
            userPass = username + ":" + password    
            headers = {
                    "APIKey": apikey,
                    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
                    "Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode(userPass.encode()).decode(),
                }
                response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
                return json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent=2)   
    #Main Program 
    print(makeRequest("api/v2/EstimateSubCategories?subcatID={subcatID}"))

JavaScript

/* replace {username} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
           {password} with your ConstructionOnline password
           {apikey} with your provided API key 
           {subcatID} with the estimate subcategory's ID */

 username = '{username}';
 password = '{password}';
 apikey = '{apikey}';
   
function makeRequest(endpoint, payload) {
           auth = btoa('${username}:${password}');
           var myHeaders = new Headers();
           myHeaders.append("APIKey", apikey);
           myHeaders.append("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br");
           myHeaders.append("Authorization", "Basic ${auth}");
              var requestOptions = {
                    method: 'PUT',
                    body: '',
                    headers: myHeaders,
                    redirect: 'follow'
                };
                fetch("https://api.constructiononline.com/" + endpoint, requestOptions)
                    .then(response => response.text())
                    .then(result => console.log(result))
                    .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
                return response;
            }; 

makeRequest("api/v2/EstimateSubCategories?subcatID={subcatID}");

Responses

200: Success

A successful request will return a 200 response with a record of the edited estimate subcategory in the body.

A sample response and property definitions can be found here.

404: Error

The server was not able to locate the resource specified in the request. The ID may have been entered incorrectly or an estimate subcategory with the entered ID does not exist.

429: Error

The user has surpassed the request rate limit for the hour, day, week, or month.

500: Error

There was an internal server error and the server was unable to complete the request.

Last updated: Sep 22, 2026

Update an Estimate Subcategory

Edit an existing estimate subcategory in your ConstructionOnline company account

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