Create an expense

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "employee_id": "<string>",
  "total": 123,
  "untaxed_amount": 123,
  "tax_amount": 123,
  "currency": "<string>",
  "date": "2023-12-25",
  "lines": [
    {
      "total": 123,
      "untaxed_amount": 123,
      "tax_amount": 123,
      "account_number": "<string>",
      "tax_rate": 123,
      "tax_id": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "reference": "<string>",
  "number": "<string>",
  "currency_exchange_rate": 1,
  "pdf": "<string>",
  "pdf_name": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses"

payload = {
    "employee_id": "<string>",
    "total": 123,
    "untaxed_amount": 123,
    "tax_amount": 123,
    "currency": "<string>",
    "date": "2023-12-25",
    "lines": [
        {
            "total": 123,
            "untaxed_amount": 123,
            "tax_amount": 123,
            "account_number": "<string>",
            "tax_rate": 123,
            "tax_id": "<string>",
            "description": "<string>"
        }
    ],
    "reference": "<string>",
    "number": "<string>",
    "currency_exchange_rate": 1,
    "pdf": "<string>",
    "pdf_name": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    employee_id: '<string>',
    total: 123,
    untaxed_amount: 123,
    tax_amount: 123,
    currency: '<string>',
    date: '2023-12-25',
    lines: [
      {
        total: 123,
        untaxed_amount: 123,
        tax_amount: 123,
        account_number: '<string>',
        tax_rate: 123,
        tax_id: '<string>',
        description: '<string>'
      }
    ],
    reference: '<string>',
    number: '<string>',
    currency_exchange_rate: 1,
    pdf: '<string>',
    pdf_name: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/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.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/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([
    'employee_id' => '<string>',
    'total' => 123,
    'untaxed_amount' => 123,
    'tax_amount' => 123,
    'currency' => '<string>',
    'date' => '2023-12-25',
    'lines' => [
        [
                'total' => 123,
                'untaxed_amount' => 123,
                'tax_amount' => 123,
                'account_number' => '<string>',
                'tax_rate' => 123,
                'tax_id' => '<string>',
                'description' => '<string>'
        ]
    ],
    'reference' => '<string>',
    'number' => '<string>',
    'currency_exchange_rate' => 1,
    'pdf' => '<string>',
    'pdf_name' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"employee_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"total\": 123,\n  \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n  \"tax_amount\": 123,\n  \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"lines\": [\n    {\n      \"total\": 123,\n      \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n      \"tax_amount\": 123,\n      \"account_number\": \"<string>\",\n      \"tax_rate\": 123,\n      \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n      \"description\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"reference\": \"<string>\",\n  \"number\": \"<string>\",\n  \"currency_exchange_rate\": 1,\n  \"pdf\": \"<string>\",\n  \"pdf_name\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	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.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"employee_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"total\": 123,\n  \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n  \"tax_amount\": 123,\n  \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"lines\": [\n    {\n      \"total\": 123,\n      \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n      \"tax_amount\": 123,\n      \"account_number\": \"<string>\",\n      \"tax_rate\": 123,\n      \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n      \"description\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"reference\": \"<string>\",\n  \"number\": \"<string>\",\n  \"currency_exchange_rate\": 1,\n  \"pdf\": \"<string>\",\n  \"pdf_name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"employee_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"total\": 123,\n  \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n  \"tax_amount\": 123,\n  \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"lines\": [\n    {\n      \"total\": 123,\n      \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n      \"tax_amount\": 123,\n      \"account_number\": \"<string>\",\n      \"tax_rate\": 123,\n      \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n      \"description\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"reference\": \"<string>\",\n  \"number\": \"<string>\",\n  \"currency_exchange_rate\": 1,\n  \"pdf\": \"<string>\",\n  \"pdf_name\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "employee_id": "<string>",
  "total": 123,
  "untaxed_amount": 123,
  "tax_amount": 123,
  "currency": "<string>",
  "date": "2023-12-25",
  "lines": [
    {
      "total": 123,
      "untaxed_amount": 123,
      "tax_amount": 123,
      "account_number": "<string>",
      "tax_rate": 123,
      "tax_id": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "id": "<string>",
  "reference": "<string>",
  "number": "<string>",
  "currency_exchange_rate": 1,
  "pdf": "<string>",
  "pdf_name": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "Error while trying to perform your request",
  "status": "error"
}

{
  "message": "Validation error",
  "status": "error",
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

POST

consumers

{consumer_id}

accounting

expenses

Create an expense

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "employee_id": "<string>",
  "total": 123,
  "untaxed_amount": 123,
  "tax_amount": 123,
  "currency": "<string>",
  "date": "2023-12-25",
  "lines": [
    {
      "total": 123,
      "untaxed_amount": 123,
      "tax_amount": 123,
      "account_number": "<string>",
      "tax_rate": 123,
      "tax_id": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "reference": "<string>",
  "number": "<string>",
  "currency_exchange_rate": 1,
  "pdf": "<string>",
  "pdf_name": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses"

payload = {
    "employee_id": "<string>",
    "total": 123,
    "untaxed_amount": 123,
    "tax_amount": 123,
    "currency": "<string>",
    "date": "2023-12-25",
    "lines": [
        {
            "total": 123,
            "untaxed_amount": 123,
            "tax_amount": 123,
            "account_number": "<string>",
            "tax_rate": 123,
            "tax_id": "<string>",
            "description": "<string>"
        }
    ],
    "reference": "<string>",
    "number": "<string>",
    "currency_exchange_rate": 1,
    "pdf": "<string>",
    "pdf_name": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    employee_id: '<string>',
    total: 123,
    untaxed_amount: 123,
    tax_amount: 123,
    currency: '<string>',
    date: '2023-12-25',
    lines: [
      {
        total: 123,
        untaxed_amount: 123,
        tax_amount: 123,
        account_number: '<string>',
        tax_rate: 123,
        tax_id: '<string>',
        description: '<string>'
      }
    ],
    reference: '<string>',
    number: '<string>',
    currency_exchange_rate: 1,
    pdf: '<string>',
    pdf_name: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/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.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/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([
    'employee_id' => '<string>',
    'total' => 123,
    'untaxed_amount' => 123,
    'tax_amount' => 123,
    'currency' => '<string>',
    'date' => '2023-12-25',
    'lines' => [
        [
                'total' => 123,
                'untaxed_amount' => 123,
                'tax_amount' => 123,
                'account_number' => '<string>',
                'tax_rate' => 123,
                'tax_id' => '<string>',
                'description' => '<string>'
        ]
    ],
    'reference' => '<string>',
    'number' => '<string>',
    'currency_exchange_rate' => 1,
    'pdf' => '<string>',
    'pdf_name' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"employee_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"total\": 123,\n  \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n  \"tax_amount\": 123,\n  \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"lines\": [\n    {\n      \"total\": 123,\n      \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n      \"tax_amount\": 123,\n      \"account_number\": \"<string>\",\n      \"tax_rate\": 123,\n      \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n      \"description\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"reference\": \"<string>\",\n  \"number\": \"<string>\",\n  \"currency_exchange_rate\": 1,\n  \"pdf\": \"<string>\",\n  \"pdf_name\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	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.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"employee_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"total\": 123,\n  \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n  \"tax_amount\": 123,\n  \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"lines\": [\n    {\n      \"total\": 123,\n      \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n      \"tax_amount\": 123,\n      \"account_number\": \"<string>\",\n      \"tax_rate\": 123,\n      \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n      \"description\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"reference\": \"<string>\",\n  \"number\": \"<string>\",\n  \"currency_exchange_rate\": 1,\n  \"pdf\": \"<string>\",\n  \"pdf_name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.chift.eu/consumers/{consumer_id}/accounting/expenses")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"employee_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"total\": 123,\n  \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n  \"tax_amount\": 123,\n  \"currency\": \"<string>\",\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"lines\": [\n    {\n      \"total\": 123,\n      \"untaxed_amount\": 123,\n      \"tax_amount\": 123,\n      \"account_number\": \"<string>\",\n      \"tax_rate\": 123,\n      \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n      \"description\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"reference\": \"<string>\",\n  \"number\": \"<string>\",\n  \"currency_exchange_rate\": 1,\n  \"pdf\": \"<string>\",\n  \"pdf_name\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "employee_id": "<string>",
  "total": 123,
  "untaxed_amount": 123,
  "tax_amount": 123,
  "currency": "<string>",
  "date": "2023-12-25",
  "lines": [
    {
      "total": 123,
      "untaxed_amount": 123,
      "tax_amount": 123,
      "account_number": "<string>",
      "tax_rate": 123,
      "tax_id": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "id": "<string>",
  "reference": "<string>",
  "number": "<string>",
  "currency_exchange_rate": 1,
  "pdf": "<string>",
  "pdf_name": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "Error while trying to perform your request",
  "status": "error"
}

{
  "message": "Validation error",
  "status": "error",
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

Path Parameters

consumer_id

string<uuid>

required

Query Parameters

folder_id

string | null

Id of the accounting folder instance. A folder represents a legal entity within the system. Required when the multiple folders feature is enabled.

Body

application/json

employee_id

string

required

Employee identifier in the accounting system.

total

number

required

Total amount including taxes for the expense.

untaxed_amount

number

required

Total untaxed amount for the expense.

tax_amount

number

required

Total tax amount for the expense.

currency

string

required

Currency of the expense (e.g., EUR, USD).

date

string<date>

required

Expense date.

lines

ExpenseLineItem · object[]

required

Expense lines.

Minimum array length: 1

Show child attributes

reference

string | null

External reference.

number

string | null

Unique number for idempotency in the accounting system.

currency_exchange_rate

number | null

default:1

Exchange rate at expense date if currency differs from folder currency. Must be positive if provided.

pdf

string | null

Base64 PDF attachment of the expense document.

pdf_name

string | null

A name for the PDF file to be created for accounting software that support it.

Required string length: 1 - 200

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-_ ]{1,196}(?:.pdf)?$

Response

Successful Response

employee_id

string

required

Employee identifier in the accounting system.

total

number

required

Total amount including taxes for the expense.

untaxed_amount

number

required

Total untaxed amount for the expense.

tax_amount

number

required

Total tax amount for the expense.

currency

string

required

Currency of the expense (e.g., EUR, USD).

date

string<date>

required

Expense date.

lines

ExpenseLineItem · object[]

required

Expense lines.

Minimum array length: 1

Show child attributes

string

required

Unique id of the expense in the accounting system.

reference

string | null

External reference.

number

string | null

Unique number for idempotency in the accounting system.

currency_exchange_rate

number | null

default:1

Exchange rate at expense date if currency differs from folder currency. Must be positive if provided.

pdf

string | null

Base64 PDF attachment of the expense document.

pdf_name

string | null

A name for the PDF file to be created for accounting software that support it.

Required string length: 1 - 200

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-_ ]{1,196}(?:.pdf)?$

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Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Body

Response