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Create Journal entries ​

Endpoint ​

http
POST /unified/accounting/journal_entries
Integrations supported
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero

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

posting
string

For Quickbooks. The type of the posting in journal.

All possible enum values:
  • Credit
  • Debit
Enum support by integration
  • QuickBooks
    • Credit
    • Debit
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
narration
string

The narration for the journal entry

Required in
  • Xero
lines
object[]
Supported in
  • Xero
id
string

The unique identifier for line item

name
string

The name of the line item

description
string

The description of the line item

item
string

The ID of the item

account
string

The ID of the account

quantity
number

The quantity of the line item

unit_price
number

The unit price of the line item

tax_rate
string

The ID of the tax rate

total_line_amount
number

The total line amount of the line item.

type
string

The type of the line item

tracking_categories
object[]

Tracking categories of the line item

id
string

The ID of the tracking category

name
string

The name of the tracking category

option
string

The option of the tracking category

currency
string

The currency of the line item

exchange_rate
number

The exchange rate of the currency for the line item

account_id
string

The unique identifier for the account.

account_code
string
REQUIRED · 

The code for the account.

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 journal entries

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
payments
object[]

The payments of the journal entry

References: Payments → id
id
string

The unique identifier for payment

payment_for
string

What entity was the payment for. Can be invoice or bill.

All possible enum values:
  • invoice
  • bill
contact
object

The contact of the payment

id
string

The ID of the contact

type
string

The type of the contact. Can be customer or vendor.

All possible enum values:
  • customer
  • vendor
memo
string

The private note of the journal entry

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
type
string

The type of the journal entry

All possible enum values:
  • ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE
  • ACCOUNTS_PAYABLE
  • GENERAL
  • STATISTICAL
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
currency
string

The currency of the journal entry

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
exchange_rate
number

The exchange rate of the journal entry

company
string

The company the journal entry belongs to

References: CompanyInfo → id
lines
object[]
Supported in
  • Xero
id
string

The unique identifier for line item

name
string

The name of the line item

description
string

The description of the line item

item
string

The ID of the item

account
string

The ID of the account

quantity
number

The quantity of the line item

unit_price
number

The unit price of the line item

tax_rate
string

The ID of the tax rate

total_line_amount
number

The total line amount of the line item.

type
string

The type of the line item

tracking_categories
object[]

Tracking categories of the line item

id
string

The ID of the tracking category

name
string

The name of the tracking category

option
string

The option of the tracking category

currency
string

The currency of the line item

exchange_rate
number

The exchange rate of the currency for the line item

created_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the journal entry was created

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
updated_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the journal entry was updated

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
remote_data
object

Raw data returned from the remote API call.