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          • The JournalEntry object
          • GET/journal-entries
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Common ModelsJournal Entries

/journal-entries/{id}

GET
/accounting/v1/journal-entries/:id
GET
/api/accounting/v1/journal-entries/:id
$curl -G https://api.merge.dev/api/accounting/v1/journal-entries/id \
>     -H "X-Account-Token: X-Account-Token" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -d expand=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": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
7  "payments": [
8    "b26fd49a-cbae-470a-a8f8-bcbc119e0390"
9  ],
10  "applied_payments": [
11    "4311155d-f236-4a5d-9e0f-1cb167e38f95"
12  ],
13  "memo": "Weekly Payment",
14  "currency": "USD",
15  "exchange_rate": "2.9",
16  "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
17  "inclusive_of_tax": true,
18  "lines": [
19    {
20      "remote_id": "121222",
21      "account": "9d892439-5fab-4dbb-8bd8-34f7f96c7912",
22      "net_amount": 25.54,
23      "tracking_categories": [
24        "d25d609b-945f-4762-b55a-1c8fb220c43c",
25        "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
26        "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
27      ],
28      "company": "595c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
29      "employee": "123c8r35-5kf5-12x5-r833-99bwf35210b5",
30      "project": "22e65a5d-2df5-4e6e-884a-e538d0339000",
31      "contact": "d2d5ea3c-b032-11ec-b909-0242ac120002",
32      "tax_rate": "a12e7c20-1922-9df7-s75n-edfeewnn7384",
33      "description": "Cash payment for lunch",
34      "exchange_rate": "2.9",
35      "remote_was_deleted": false
36    },
37    {
38      "remote_id": "121223",
39      "account": "f963f34d-3d2f-4f77-b557-cf36bc7e6498",
40      "net_amount": 10
41    }
42  ],
43  "journal_number": "42",
44  "tracking_categories": [
45    "b38c59b0-a9d7-4740-b1ee-5436c6751e3d",
46    "9b840d2-686a-465a-8a8e-7b028498f8e4",
47    "a47e11b6-c73b-4a0c-be31-130fc48177fa"
48  ],
49  "remote_was_deleted": true,
50  "posting_status": "POSTED",
51  "accounting_period": "655c8f97-2ac4-45b7-b000-41bdf43240b5",
52  "remote_created_at": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
53  "remote_updated_at": "2020-03-31T00:00:00Z",
54  "field_mappings": {
55    "organization_defined_targets": {
56      "custom_key": "custom_value"
57    },
58    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
59      "custom_key": "custom_value"
60    }
61  },
62  "remote_data": [
63    {
64      "path": "/actions",
65      "data": null
66    }
67  ],
68  "remote_fields": [
69    {
70      "remote_field_class": {
71        "id": "string",
72        "display_name": "string",
73        "remote_key_name": "string",
74        "description": "string",
75        "is_custom": true,
76        "is_common_model_field": true,
77        "is_required": true,
78        "field_type": "string",
79        "field_format": "string",
80        "field_choices": [
81          "string"
82        ],
83        "item_schema": {
84          "item_type": "string",
85          "item_format": "string",
86          "item_choices": [
87            "string"
88          ]
89        }
90      },
91      "value": "string"
92    }
93  ]
94}

Returns a JournalEntry object with the given id.

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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

expandlist of enumsOptional
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
The journal entry's transaction date.
paymentslist of strings

Array of Payment object IDs.

applied_paymentslist of strings
A list of the Payment Applied to Lines common models related to a given Invoice, Credit Note, or Journal Entry.
memostring or null
The journal entry's private note.
currencyenum or null
The journal's currency. The currency code in ISO 4217 format.
exchange_ratestring or nullformat: "decimal"
The journal entry's exchange rate.
companystring or nullformat: "uuid"
The company the journal entry belongs to.
inclusive_of_taxboolean or null

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

lineslist of objectsRead-only
journal_numberstring or null<=70 characters
Reference number for identifying journal entries.
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.

posting_statusenum or null
The journal's posting status.
Allowed values:
accounting_periodstring or nullformat: "uuid"
The accounting period that the JournalEntry was generated in.
remote_created_atdatetime or null
When the third party's journal entry was created.
remote_updated_atdatetime or null
When the third party's journal entry was updated.
field_mappingsobject or nullRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullRead-only
remote_fieldslist of objectsRead-only