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Create Expenses ​

Endpoint ​

http
POST /unified/accounting/expenses
Integrations supported
  • QuickBooks
  • Wave

Query parameters ​

Refer Specifying query parameters in Truto APIs

integrated_account_id
string · uuid
REQUIRED · 

The ID of the integrated account to use for the request.

Example: 62f44730-dd91-461e-bd6a-aedd9e0ad79d
truto_response_format
string

The format of the response.

  • unified returns the response with unified mappings applied.
  • raw returns the unprocessed, raw response from the remote API.
  • normalized applies the unified mappings and returns the data in a normalized format.
  • stream returns the response as a stream, which is ideal for transmitting large datasets, files, or binary data. Using streaming mode helps to efficiently handle large payloads or real-time data flows without requiring the entire data to be buffered in memory.

Defaults to unified.

All possible enum values:
  • unified
  • raw
  • normalized
  • stream
Example: unified
truto_ignore_remote_data
boolean

Excludes the remote_data attribute from the response.

truto_exclude_fields
array

Array of fields to exclude from the response.

Example: truto_exclude_fields[]=id&truto_exclude_fields[]=name
remote_query
object

Query parameters to pass to the underlying API without any transformations. Refer this guide to see how to structure the query parameters.

Example: remote_query[foo]=bar

Request Body ​

Refer Writing data using Unified APIs

external_id
string

The external id of the expense

Required in
  • Wave
transaction_date
string · date-time

The transaction date of the expense

Required in
  • Wave
description
string

The description of the expense

Required in
  • Wave
account
Required in
  • QuickBooks
  • Wave
line_items
object[]

The line items of the expense

Required in
  • QuickBooks
  • Wave
id
string

The unique identifier for line items

name
string

The name of the line item

description
string

The description of the line item

account
string
REQUIRED · 

The account of the line item

quantity
number

The quantity of the line item

unit_price
number

The unit price of the line item

tax_rate
string

The tax rate of the line item

total_line_amount
number
REQUIRED · 

The total line amount of the line item

type
string

The type of the line item

currency
string

The currency of the expense

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
contact
string

The contact the expense was made to.

References: Contacts → id
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
payment_type
string

The payment type for the expense. One of Cash, Check, CreditCard.

All possible enum values:
  • Cash
  • Check
  • CreditCard
Enum support by integration
  • QuickBooks
    • Cash
    • Check
    • CreditCard
Required in
  • QuickBooks
remote_data
object

Any additional data that should be passed as part of the request body. This data is not transformed by Truto and is passed as is to the remote API.

Response Body ​

id
string
REQUIRED · 

The unique identifier for expenses

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Wave
transaction_date
string · date-time

The transaction date of the expense

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
contact
string

The contact of the expense

References: Contacts → id
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
company
string

The company of the expense

References: CompanyInfo → id
currency
string

The currency of the expense

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
exchange_rate
number

The exchange rate of the expense

memo
string

The memo of the expense

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
total_amount
number

The total amount of the expense

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
line_items
object[]

The line items of the expense

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
id
string

The unique identifier for line items

name
string

The name of the line item

description
string

The description of the line item

account
string

The account of the line item

quantity
number

The quantity of the line item

unit_price
number

The unit price of the line item

tax_rate
string

The tax rate of the line item

total_line_amount
number

The total line amount of the line item

type
string

The type of the line item

created_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the expense was created

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
updated_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the expense was updated

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
remote_data
object

Raw data returned from the remote API call.