customerAnswerBidQuestion

Requires a customer (portal or buyer app) session.

Answer a question the supplier sent you. Errors: CLARIFICATION_NOT_AWAITING_ANSWER (already answered, closed or not yours to answer), BID_QUESTION_TEXT_LENGTH, a version conflict when it changed since you read it.

Errors: a failed call returns a GraphQL errors entry, not a field on the result, and data may be null or partial. Read the entry's extensions.code and message; every shape and code is in the Error reference.

Example:

GraphQL

mutation CustomerAnswerBidQuestion($answer: String!, $clarificationId: ID!, $expectedVersion: Int!) {
  customerAnswerBidQuestion(
    answer: $answer
    clarificationId: $clarificationId
    expectedVersion: $expectedVersion
  ) {
    id
    status
    answer
    answeredAt
    askedByYou
    question
  }
}

cURL

curl -X POST "https://<api-host>/graphql" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  --data @- <<'EOF'
{
  "query": "mutation CustomerAnswerBidQuestion($answer: String!, $clarificationId: ID!, $expectedVersion: Int!) {\n  customerAnswerBidQuestion(\n    answer: $answer\n    clarificationId: $clarificationId\n    expectedVersion: $expectedVersion\n  ) {\n    id\n    status\n    answer\n    answeredAt\n    askedByYou\n    question\n  }\n}",
  "variables": {
    "answer": "string",
    "clarificationId": "id",
    "expectedVersion": 0
  }
}
EOF

Variables:

{
  "answer": "string",
  "clarificationId": "id",
  "expectedVersion": 0
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "customerAnswerBidQuestion": {
      "id": "id",
      "status": "ANSWERED",
      "answer": "string",
      "answeredAt": "2025-01-15T00:00:00Z",
      "askedByYou": true,
      "question": "string"
    }
  }
}

customerAnswerBidQuestion(
  answer: String!
  clarificationId: ID!
  expectedVersion: Int!
): CustomerBidQuestion!

Arguments

customerAnswerBidQuestion.answer ● String! non-null scalar

Your answer, up to 8000 characters.

customerAnswerBidQuestion.clarificationId ● ID! non-null scalar

The question the supplier asked you.

customerAnswerBidQuestion.expectedVersion ● Int! non-null scalar

version as you last read it. The answer is refused if the question changed since.

Type

CustomerBidQuestion object

A question on a proposal: one the supplier asked you, or one you asked the supplier.