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# Submit a transfer

> Submits every release in the transfer at once. If any release isn't ready, nothing is submitted and `details` lists each release's problems. A submitted transfer is closed. Needs a key with `delivery:write`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /delivery/transfers/{transferId}/submit
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AMM Distro API
  version: '2026-10-22'
  description: >-
    Deliver releases and catalog transfers to AMM Distro from your own systems,
    check readiness, and follow each release's status.


    API access is turned on per account by AMM Distro. The account's admins then
    create keys in **Settings → API**.
  contact:
    name: AMM Distro support
    email: support@ammdistro.com
    url: https://ammdistro.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.ammdistro.com/api/v2/external
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Accounts
  - name: Releases
    description: Create, update, validate and submit releases, and read their status.
  - name: Files
    description: Upload artwork and audio yourself instead of sending URLs.
  - name: Catalog transfers
    description: Move already-released catalog from another distributor.
  - name: Reference data
  - name: Ingestion check
    description: Look up any UPC or ISRC in the account's catalog.
paths:
  /delivery/transfers/{transferId}/submit:
    post:
      tags:
        - Catalog transfers
      summary: Submit a transfer
      description: >-
        Submits every release in the transfer at once. If any release isn't
        ready, nothing is submitted and `details` lists each release's problems.
        A submitted transfer is closed. Needs a key with `delivery:write`.
      operationId: submitTransfer
      parameters:
        - name: transferId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Your ID for the transfer.
          schema:
            type: string
          example: nova-2026-11
        - name: accountId
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Required when the key covers more than one account.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Submitted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  submitted:
                    type: integer
                  transfer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transfer'
        '401':
          description: No key, or a revoked key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                missing_api_key:
                  value:
                    error: missing_api_key
                    message: 'Send your API key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`.'
                invalid_api_key:
                  value:
                    error: invalid_api_key
                    message: API key is invalid or has been revoked.
        '403':
          description: The key can't do this, or API access is off for its accounts.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                insufficient_scope:
                  value:
                    error: insufficient_scope
                    message: This key does not grant delivery:write.
                api_access_disabled:
                  value:
                    error: api_access_disabled
                    message: >-
                      API access is not turned on for the accounts this key
                      covers.
        '404':
          description: No such release, transfer or account for this key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                not_found:
                  value:
                    error: not_found
                    message: No release with ID NOVA-004 in this account.
        '409':
          description: Closed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                transfer_closed:
                  value:
                    error: transfer_closed
                    message: This transfer was already submitted.
        '422':
          description: Not ready.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                not_ready:
                  value:
                    error: not_ready
                    message: 2 release(s) in this transfer are not ready.
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limit reached. Wait for the time in the `RateLimit-Reset`
            header.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                rate_limited:
                  value:
                    error: rate_limited
                    message: >-
                      Rate limit of 60 requests per minute exceeded for this
                      key.
components:
  schemas:
    Transfer:
      type: object
      properties:
        externalId:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        accountId:
          type: string
        name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        previousDistributor:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        notes:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - open
            - submitted
        submittedAt:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        totals:
          type: object
          properties:
            releases:
              type: integer
            byStatus:
              type: object
              additionalProperties:
                type: integer
              example:
                draft: 12
                in_review: 3
        releases:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              externalId:
                type: string
              id:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              upc:
                type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - draft
                  - in_review
                  - changes_requested
                  - delivering
                  - delivered
                  - live
                  - rejected
                  - taken_down
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
        - message
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Stable code to branch on.
          example: invalid_payload
        message:
          type: string
          description: What happened, in plain words.
        details:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Per-field problems (payload errors) or per-release problems
            (transfer submit).
          items:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadProblem'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Issue'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferReleaseProblem'
    PayloadProblem:
      type: object
      required:
        - path
        - message
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
          description: Where in your request body the problem is.
          example: tracks[2].credits[0].roles[1]
        message:
          type: string
          example: '"Wizard" is not a known role (see GET /reference/credit-roles)'
    Issue:
      type: object
      required:
        - severity
        - message
      properties:
        severity:
          type: string
          enum:
            - error
            - warning
        rule:
          type: string
          description: Stable rule code, when the problem comes from a release rule.
          example: credit.production
        field:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          example: credits
        track:
          type: object
          description: Which track, when the problem is on one.
          properties:
            externalId:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
            discNumber:
              type: integer
            trackNumber:
              type: integer
        message:
          type: string
    TransferReleaseProblem:
      type: object
      properties:
        externalId:
          type: string
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Issue'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: An API key from Settings → API in AMM Distro.

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