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POST
/
accounting
/
expenses
Create an expense
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'api_key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "company_id": 1,
  "data": [
    {
      "document_number": "ROOTFI01",
      "payment_mode": "CASH",
      "posted_date": "2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z",
      "currency_id": "GBP",
      "memo": "Test Invoice",
      "account_id": "123456",
      "contact_id": "123456",
      "line_items": [
        {
          "account_id": "123456",
          "quantity": 1,
          "item_id": "123456",
          "tax_id": "123456",
          "unit_amount": 100,
          "total_discount": 0,
          "description": "Test Item"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses"

payload = {
    "company_id": 1,
    "data": [
        {
            "document_number": "ROOTFI01",
            "payment_mode": "CASH",
            "posted_date": "2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z",
            "currency_id": "GBP",
            "memo": "Test Invoice",
            "account_id": "123456",
            "contact_id": "123456",
            "line_items": [
                {
                    "account_id": "123456",
                    "quantity": 1,
                    "item_id": "123456",
                    "tax_id": "123456",
                    "unit_amount": 100,
                    "total_discount": 0,
                    "description": "Test Item"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "api_key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {api_key: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    company_id: 1,
    data: [
      {
        document_number: 'ROOTFI01',
        payment_mode: 'CASH',
        posted_date: '2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z',
        currency_id: 'GBP',
        memo: 'Test Invoice',
        account_id: '123456',
        contact_id: '123456',
        line_items: [
          {
            account_id: '123456',
            quantity: 1,
            item_id: '123456',
            tax_id: '123456',
            unit_amount: 100,
            total_discount: 0,
            description: 'Test Item'
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'company_id' => 1,
    'data' => [
        [
                'document_number' => 'ROOTFI01',
                'payment_mode' => 'CASH',
                'posted_date' => '2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z',
                'currency_id' => 'GBP',
                'memo' => 'Test Invoice',
                'account_id' => '123456',
                'contact_id' => '123456',
                'line_items' => [
                                [
                                                                'account_id' => '123456',
                                                                'quantity' => 1,
                                                                'item_id' => '123456',
                                                                'tax_id' => '123456',
                                                                'unit_amount' => 100,
                                                                'total_discount' => 0,
                                                                'description' => 'Test Item'
                                ]
                ]
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "api_key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"company_id\": 1,\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"document_number\": \"ROOTFI01\",\n      \"payment_mode\": \"CASH\",\n      \"posted_date\": \"2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z\",\n      \"currency_id\": \"GBP\",\n      \"memo\": \"Test Invoice\",\n      \"account_id\": \"123456\",\n      \"contact_id\": \"123456\",\n      \"line_items\": [\n        {\n          \"account_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"quantity\": 1,\n          \"item_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"tax_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"unit_amount\": 100,\n          \"total_discount\": 0,\n          \"description\": \"Test Item\"\n        }\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api_key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses")
  .header("api_key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"company_id\": 1,\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"document_number\": \"ROOTFI01\",\n      \"payment_mode\": \"CASH\",\n      \"posted_date\": \"2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z\",\n      \"currency_id\": \"GBP\",\n      \"memo\": \"Test Invoice\",\n      \"account_id\": \"123456\",\n      \"contact_id\": \"123456\",\n      \"line_items\": [\n        {\n          \"account_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"quantity\": 1,\n          \"item_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"tax_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"unit_amount\": 100,\n          \"total_discount\": 0,\n          \"description\": \"Test Item\"\n        }\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.rootfi.dev/accounting/expenses")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api_key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"company_id\": 1,\n  \"data\": [\n    {\n      \"document_number\": \"ROOTFI01\",\n      \"payment_mode\": \"CASH\",\n      \"posted_date\": \"2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z\",\n      \"currency_id\": \"GBP\",\n      \"memo\": \"Test Invoice\",\n      \"account_id\": \"123456\",\n      \"contact_id\": \"123456\",\n      \"line_items\": [\n        {\n          \"account_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"quantity\": 1,\n          \"item_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"tax_id\": \"123456\",\n          \"unit_amount\": 100,\n          \"total_discount\": 0,\n          \"description\": \"Test Item\"\n        }\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "upload_job_id": "aXI9pUDA5T7E2LS",
    "data": [
      {
        "job_id": "xQm2K441VosP8W4",
        "status": "success",
        "response": {
          "platform_id": "3770712000001676061",
          "account_id": "3770712000000076064",
          "contact_id": "3770712000000418001",
          "currency_id": "3770712000000000099",
          "document_number": "A-123",
          "tax_amount": 0,
          "posted_date": "2023-06-03T00:00:00.000Z",
          "memo": "Test Invoice",
          "currency_rate": 12,
          "total_amount": 4032,
          "sub_total": 40,
          "updated_at": "2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z",
          "raw_data": {
            "platform_id": "123456",
            "nominal_code": "Rootfi 01",
            "name": "Test Account",
            "description": "Test Description",
            "category": "LIABILITY",
            "sub_category": "Long Term Liabilities",
            "status": "ACTIVE"
          }
        },
        "error": null
      }
    ]
  },
  "request_timestamp": "2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z",
  "response_timestamp": "2021-09-28T15:00:00.000Z",
  "request_id": "7a1c0e42-9f85-4d6e-bb5d-358a72913c0b"
}
Expenses are Payment made by a business at the time of purchase (ex. a credit card payment)

Authorizations

​
api_key
string
header
required

Body

application/json
​
company_id
integer
required
Example:

1

​
data
accountingtypesExpensesWriteRequest · object[]
required

Response

200 - application/json
​
data
accountingtypesCreateExpensesResponseData · object
required
​
request_timestamp
string<date-time>
required

The time at which the request was received by the server

​
response_timestamp
string<date-time>
required

The time at which the response was sent by the server

​
request_id
string
required

The unique ID of the request