# Approve or reject pending trainees

`POST https://api.coach-platform.com/api/public/trainees/pending`

Approve or reject trainees from the coach's approval queue, which GET /trainees?status=pending lists. Approving counts them against the coach's trainee limit and returns 422 if that limit would be exceeded.

- Resource: Trainees
- Authentication: API key in the `Authorization: Bearer cp_live_...` header
- HTML version: https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-trainees-pending
- OpenAPI spec: https://www.coach-platform.com/openapi.json

## Header parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Idempotency-Key` | string | No | Optional. Send a unique key (e.g. a UUID) to make this POST safe to retry. The same key within 24h returns the original result instead of creating a duplicate. |

## Request body

Content type: `application/json`. Required.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `traineeIds` | string[] | Yes | Ids of trainees currently in the pending queue. Ids that are not pending make the whole request fail with 422. Minimum items: `1`. Maximum items: `500`. |
| `approve` | boolean | Yes | true to approve the trainees, false to reject them. |

## Responses

| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| `200` OK | Successful response |
| `400` Bad Request |  |
| `401` Unauthorized |  |
| `403` Forbidden |  |
| `404` Not Found |  |
| `409` Conflict |  |
| `429` Too Many Requests |  |
| `500` Internal Server Error |  |

### 200 OK

Content type: `application/json`

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `data` | object |   |
| `data.success` | boolean |   |

Example:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "success": true
  }
}
```

### Error responses 400, 401, 403, 404, 409, 429, 500

Content type: `application/json`

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `error` | object |   |
| `error.code` | string |   |
| `error.message` | string |   |
| `error.fix` | string \| null |   |
| `error.details` | object \| null |   |
| `error.retryAfterMs` | number \| null |   |

Example:

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>",
    "fix": "<string>",
    "details": {},
    "retryAfterMs": 123
  }
}
```

## Examples

### cURL

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.coach-platform.com/api/public/trainees/pending' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer cp_live_...' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "traineeIds": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "approve": true
}'
```

### JavaScript (fetch)

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.coach-platform.com/api/public/trainees/pending', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer cp_live_...',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "traineeIds": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "approve": true
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
```

## Related endpoints

- [List trainees](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees`. List trainees of the coach, filterable by label/search.
- [Create a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-trainees/index.md): `POST /api/public/trainees`. Create a new trainee for the coach.
- [Get a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}`. Get a single trainee by id.
- [Update a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/patch-trainees-trainee-id/index.md): `PATCH /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}`. Update a trainee's personal details.
- [Remove a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/delete-trainees-trainee-id/index.md): `DELETE /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}`. Remove a trainee from the coach account.
- [Restore an archived trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-trainees-trainee-id-restore/index.md): `POST /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/restore`. Bring a trainee back from the archive, exactly as the dashboard does it.
- [Send access details to a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-trainees-trainee-id-send-credentials/index.md): `POST /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/send-credentials`. Send the trainee their app access details by email, and optionally by WhatsApp.
- [Get a trainee's weekly activity](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-weekly-activity/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/weekly-activity`. Day-by-day activity for the week containing the given date (workouts, cardio, nutrition logging, water, measurements, form submissions).
- [Get a trainee's body measurements](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-measurements/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/measurements`. A trainee's body measurements: weight history, body-fat history, circumference history, and custom measurement types.
- [Record a weigh-in](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-trainees-trainee-id-body-metrics/index.md): `POST /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/body-metrics`. Record a weigh-in for a trainee: weight, body fat, and/or body measurements.
- [List a trainee's progress photos](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-photos/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/photos`. A trainee's progress photos as temporary viewable image URLs (valid a few minutes).
- [List a trainee's personal records](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id-personal-records/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}/personal-records`. A trainee's personal records per exercise: best weight, estimated 1RM, top-set reps, max reps, set and total volume, and max duration, each with the value achieved, the previous record and when it was set.
- Previous: [Create a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/post-trainees/index.md): `POST /api/public/trainees`. Create a new trainee for the coach.
- Next: [Get a trainee](https://www.coach-platform.com/docs/api/reference/get-trainees-trainee-id/index.md): `GET /api/public/trainees/{traineeId}`. Get a single trainee by id.