POST
/
api
/
external
/
v2
/
ledger_entries
Create a ledger entry
curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.pennylane.com/api/external/v2/ledger_entries \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "date": "2023-08-30",
  "label": "Payment for Services",
  "journal_id": 123,
  "ledger_attachment_id": 42,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "ledger_entry_lines": [
    {
      "debit": "100.00",
      "credit": "0.00",
      "ledger_account_id": 987,
      "label": "Transaction label"
    }
  ]
}'
{
  "id": 1,
  "label": "Payment for Services",
  "date": "2023-08-30",
  "journal_id": 123,
  "ledger_attachment_filename": "filename.pdf",
  "ledger_attachment_id": 42,
  "ledger_entry_lines": [
    {
      "id": 42,
      "debit": "100.00",
      "credit": "0.00",
      "ledger_account_id": 987,
      "label": "Transaction label"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Body

application/json
​
date
string<date>
required

<span style="color: red;">date-time</span> format is deprecated. Please use date format (ISO 8601).

Example:

"2023-08-30"

​
label
string
required

Label that describes the ledger entry

Example:

"Payment for Services"

​
journal_id
integer
required

The journal ID where you want to create the ledger entry

Example:

123

​
ledger_entry_lines
object[]
required

Array of ledger entry lines. The entry lines must be balanced. The max number of ledger entry lines that you can create using this endpoint is 1000 per request.

​
ledger_attachment_id
integer

Ledger attachment ID

Example:

42

​
currency
enum<string>

Currency code of the ledger entry as per ISO 4217. If not provided, EUR will be used. This currency is applicable to all ledger_entry_lines

Available options:
EUR,
USD,
GBP,
AED,
AFN,
ALL,
AMD,
ANG,
AOA,
ARS,
AUD,
AWG,
AZN,
BAM,
BBD,
BDT,
BGN,
BHD,
BIF,
BMD,
BND,
BOB,
BRL,
BSD,
BTN,
BWP,
BYN,
BYR,
BZD,
CAD,
CDF,
CHE,
CHF,
CLF,
CLP,
CNY,
COP,
CRC,
CUC,
CUP,
CVE,
CZK,
DJF,
DKK,
DOP,
DZD,
EGP,
ERN,
ETB,
FJD,
FKP,
GEL,
GGP,
GHS,
GIP,
GMD,
GNF,
GTQ,
GYD,
HKD,
HNL,
HRK,
HTG,
HUF,
IDR,
ILS,
IMP,
INR,
IQD,
IRR,
ISK,
JEP,
JMD,
JOD,
JPY,
KES,
KGS,
KHR,
KMF,
KPW,
KRW,
KWD,
KYD,
KZT,
LAK,
LBP,
LKR,
LRD,
LSL,
LTL,
LVL,
LYD,
MAD,
MDL,
MGA,
MKD,
MMK,
MNT,
MOP,
MRO,
MRU,
MUR,
MVR,
MWK,
MXN,
MYR,
MZN,
NAD,
NGN,
NIO,
NOK,
NPR,
NZD,
OMR,
PAB,
PEN,
PGK,
PHP,
PKR,
PLN,
PYG,
QAR,
RON,
RSD,
RUB,
RWF,
SAR,
SBD,
SCR,
SDG,
SEK,
SGD,
SHP,
SLL,
SOS,
SRD,
STD,
SVC,
SYP,
SZL,
THB,
TJS,
TMT,
TND,
TOP,
TRY,
TTD,
TWD,
TZS,
UAH,
UGX,
UYU,
UZS,
VEF,
VND,
VUV,
WST,
XAF,
XCD,
XDR,
XOF,
XPF,
YER,
ZAR,
ZMK,
ZMW,
ZWL
Example:

"EUR"

Response

Returns the created ledger entry

​
id
integer
required

ID of the ledger entry

Example:

1

​
label
string
required

Label that describes the ledger entry

Example:

"Payment for Services"

​
date
string<date>
required

Date of the ledger entry (ISO 8601)

Example:

"2023-08-30"

​
journal_id
integer
required

The journal ID where the ledger entry was created

Example:

123

​
ledger_attachment_filename
string | null
required

Attachment's filename

Example:

"filename.pdf"

​
ledger_attachment_id
integer | null
required

Ledger attachment ID

Example:

42

​
ledger_entry_lines
object[]
required

Array of ledger entry lines