# at.happyproto.actor.getTerms

> Whether the caller has accepted the beta terms in force. The dashboard asks after each sign-in and shows the terms until the caller accepts them with acceptTerms: once per account, and again whenever the terms change. createInstance is refused until then. Customers and staff; anyone else is refused.

- Kind: query
- Authority: actor.happyproto.at
- Lexicon: 1
- Published by [happyproto.at](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:mo7vq4jbioxwafy5zkcc3eux), the NSID's authority

## Links

- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:mo7vq4jbioxwafy5zkcc3eux/at.happyproto.actor.getTerms)
- [Schema JSON](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:mo7vq4jbioxwafy5zkcc3eux/at.happyproto.actor.getTerms/schema.json)
- [Analytics](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:mo7vq4jbioxwafy5zkcc3eux/at.happyproto.actor.getTerms/analytics)

## Query (`at.happyproto.actor.getTerms`)

Type: query · GET

### Output (application/json)

- `accepted` (boolean, required): Whether the caller has accepted termsVersion for their account.
- `termsVersion` (string, required): The beta terms in force, e.g. beta-2026-11. Bumped whenever the Terms of Service change.

### Errors

- `AuthRequired`: This endpoint requires an authenticated caller.
- `Forbidden`: The caller is neither a customer nor staff, or the provisioner refused them.
- `InvalidRequest`: The provisioner refused the request as malformed. Not expected from this read; declared because every provisioner refusal is mapped the same way.
- `NotFound`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `InvalidSlug`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `SlugTaken`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `NotEntitled`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `InstanceLimit`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `NoCapacity`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `OperationInProgress`: Passed through from the provisioner.
- `Upstream`: The provisioner is unreachable, not configured, or answered with an error it does not explain to callers.

## Schema

```json
{
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "description": "Whether the caller has accepted the beta terms in force. The dashboard asks after each sign-in and shows the terms until the caller accepts them with acceptTerms: once per account, and again whenever the terms change. createInstance is refused until then. Customers and staff; anyone else is refused.",
      "errors": [
        {
          "description": "This endpoint requires an authenticated caller.",
          "name": "AuthRequired"
        },
        {
          "description": "The caller is neither a customer nor staff, or the provisioner refused them.",
          "name": "Forbidden"
        },
        {
          "description": "The provisioner refused the request as malformed. Not expected from this read; declared because every provisioner refusal is mapped the same way.",
          "name": "InvalidRequest"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "NotFound"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "InvalidSlug"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "SlugTaken"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "NotEntitled"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "InstanceLimit"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "NoCapacity"
        },
        {
          "description": "Passed through from the provisioner.",
          "name": "OperationInProgress"
        },
        {
          "description": "The provisioner is unreachable, not configured, or answered with an error it does not explain to callers.",
          "name": "Upstream"
        }
      ],
      "output": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "properties": {
            "accepted": {
              "description": "Whether the caller has accepted termsVersion for their account.",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "termsVersion": {
              "description": "The beta terms in force, e.g. beta-2026-11. Bumped whenever the Terms of Service change.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "termsVersion",
            "accepted"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "type": "query"
    }
  },
  "id": "at.happyproto.actor.getTerms",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```