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    • Overview
          • The Expense object
          • GET/expenses
          • POST/expenses
          • GET/expenses/{id}
          • GET/expenses/lines/remote-field-classes
          • GET/expenses/meta/post
          • GET/expenses/remote-field-classes
          • POST/expenses/bulk
          • GET/expenses/bulk/{batch_id}
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/expenses/{id}

GET
/accounting/v1/expenses/:id
GET
/api/accounting/v1/expenses/:id
$curl -G https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/expenses/id \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     --data-urlencode expand=tracking_categories,account,contact,company,employee,accounting_period
200Retrieved
1{
2  "id": "ecbe05ac-62a3-46c5-ab31-4b478b37d1b4",
3  "remote_id": "088899",
4  "created_at": "2021-09-15T00:00:00Z",
5  "modified_at": "2021-10-16T00:00:00Z",
6  "transaction_date": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
7  "remote_created_at": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
8  "account": "9d892439-5fab-4dbb-8bd8-34f7f96c7912",
9  "contact": "3d263469-51a1-4766-9205-f6c997826be1",
10  "total_amount": 10000,
11  "sub_total": 1.1,
12  "total_tax_amount": 1.1,
13  "currency": "USD",
14  "exchange_rate": "2.9",
15  "inclusive_of_tax": true,
16  "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
17  "employee": "7442f0d5-722d-45bd-b807-6e38489d37fe",
18  "memo": "New employee supplies",
19  "lines": [
20    {
21      "remote_id": "121222",
22      "item": "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
23      "net_amount": 25.54,
24      "tracking_categories": [
25        "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
26        "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
27        "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
28      ],
29      "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
30      "employee": "7442f0d5-722d-45bd-b807-6e38489d37fe",
31      "account": "2a56344a-a491-11ec-b909-0242ac120002",
32      "contact": "c640b80b-fac9-409f-aa19-1f9221aec445",
33      "project": "22e65a5d-2df5-4e6e-884a-e538d0339000",
34      "description": "MacBook Pro",
35      "exchange_rate": "2.9",
36      "tax_rate": "a12e7c20-1922-9df7-s75n-edfeewnn7384",
37      "quantity": "1",
38      "unit_price": "25.54",
39      "remote_was_deleted": false
40    },
41    {
42      "remote_id": "121223",
43      "item": "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
44      "net_amount": 10,
45      "tracking_categories": [
46        "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
47        "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
48        "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
49      ],
50      "account": "2a56344a-a491-11ec-b909-0242ac120002",
51      "description": "Desk Lamp"
52    }
53  ],
54  "tracking_categories": [
55    "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
56    "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
57    "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
58  ],
59  "remote_was_deleted": true,
60  "accounting_period": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
61  "field_mappings": {
62    "organization_defined_targets": {
63      "custom_key": "custom_value"
64    },
65    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
66      "custom_key": "custom_value"
67    }
68  },
69  "remote_data": [
70    {
71      "path": "/actions",
72      "data": null
73    }
74  ],
75  "remote_fields": [
76    {
77      "remote_field_class": {
78        "id": "string",
79        "display_name": "string",
80        "remote_key_name": "string",
81        "description": "string",
82        "is_custom": true,
83        "is_common_model_field": true,
84        "is_required": true,
85        "field_type": "string",
86        "field_format": "string",
87        "field_choices": [
88          "string"
89        ],
90        "item_schema": {
91          "item_type": "string",
92          "item_format": "string",
93          "item_choices": [
94            "string"
95          ]
96        }
97      },
98      "value": "string"
99    }
100  ]
101}

Returns an Expense object with the given id.

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Use the /linked-accounts endpoint to pull platform support information

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Token-based authentication with required prefix “Bearer”

Path parameters

idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Headers

X-Account-TokenstringRequired
Token identifying the end user.

Query parameters

expandenumOptional
Which relations should be returned in expanded form. Multiple relation names should be comma separated without spaces.
include_remote_databooleanOptional

Whether to include the original data Merge fetched from the third-party to produce these models.

include_remote_fieldsbooleanOptional
Whether to include all remote fields, including fields that Merge did not map to common models, in a normalized format.
include_shell_databooleanOptional

Whether to include shell records. Shell records are empty records (they may contain some metadata but all other fields are null).

Response

idstringRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
remote_idstring or null

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

created_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
modified_atdatetimeRead-only
The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
transaction_datedatetime or null
When the transaction occurred.
remote_created_atdatetime or null
When the expense was created.
accountstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The expense's payment account.
contactstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The expense's contact.
total_amountdouble or null
The expense's total amount.
sub_totaldouble or null
The expense's total amount before tax.
total_tax_amountdouble or null
The expense's total tax amount.
currencyenum or null
The expense's currency. The currency code in ISO 4217 format.
exchange_ratestring or nullformat: "decimal"
The expense's exchange rate.
inclusive_of_taxboolean or null

If the transaction is inclusive or exclusive of tax. True if inclusive, False if exclusive.

companystring or nullformat: "uuid"
The company the expense belongs to.
employeestring or nullformat: "uuid"
The employee this overall transaction relates to.
memostring or null
The expense's private note.
lineslist of objects
tracking_categorieslist of strings
remote_was_deletedbooleanRead-only

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited coverage. Learn more.

accounting_periodstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The accounting period that the Expense was generated in.
field_mappingsobject or nullRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullRead-only
remote_fieldslist of objectsRead-only