Create Transaction

POST

/transactions

curl --request POST \
  --url https://example.com/transactions \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "account": "example", "amount": 1, "category": "example", "date": "2026-04-15", "description": "example", "payee": "example", "status": "expected" }'

Create from the flat form, with the requested status (#436).

Request Body^required

Media typeapplication/json

TransactionCreate

The flat form agents and humans submit (DESIGN §3.3).

object

account

required

Account

Account id or ltree path

string

amount

required

Any of:

number

number

string

string

category

required

Category

Category id or ltree path, e.g. expenses.dining

string

date

required

Date

string format: date

description

Any of:

string

string

null

null

payee

Any of:

string

string

null

null

status

Status

string

default: pending

Allowed values: expected pending posted

Responses

201

Successful Response

Media typeapplication/json

TransactionDetail

Full detail: postings and provenance links.

object

account_path

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

amount

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

balance

Any of:

string

string

null

null

category_path

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

category_source

Any of:

string

string

null

null

content_hash

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

created_at

required

Created At

string format: date-time

created_by

required

Any of:

string

string format: uuid

null

null

date

required

Date

string format: date

description

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

escalated_at

Any of:

string

string format: date-time

null

null

has_linked_originals

Has Linked Originals

boolean

id

required

Id

string format: uuid

is_transfer

required

Is Transfer

boolean

needs_review

required

Needs Review

True when the row is in the unreviewed set (#175): the same test as GET /transactions?reviewed=false and the review count

boolean

origin

required

Origin

string

payee

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

postings

required

Postings

Array<object>

PostingOut

object

account_id

required

Account Id

string format: uuid

account_path

Any of:

string

string

null

null

amount

required

Amount

string

currency

required

Currency

string

id

required

Id

string format: uuid

memo

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

remainder_amount

Any of:

string

string

null

null

reverses_id

required

Any of:

string

string format: uuid

null

null

reviewed_at

Any of:

string

string format: date-time

null

null

schedule_id

Any of:

string

string format: uuid

null

null

schedule_pinned

Schedule Pinned

boolean

source_fetch_id

required

Any of:

string

string format: uuid

null

null

split_lines

Split Lines

Category legs of a split transaction (one real leg plus two or more category legs, decision 87); 0 for every other row. Split rows are read-only.

integer

0

status

required

Status

string

superseded_by

required

Any of:

string

string format: uuid

null

null

transfer_account_path

required

Any of:

string

string

null

null

Example

{
  "has_linked_originals": false,
  "schedule_pinned": false,
  "split_lines": 0
}

422

Validation Error

Media typeapplication/json

HTTPValidationError

object

detail

Detail

Array<object>

ValidationError

object

ctx

Context

object

input

Input

loc

required

Location

Array

msg

required

Message

string

type

required

Error Type

string

Example ^generated

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "ctx": {},
      "input": "example",
      "loc": [
        "example"
      ],
      "msg": "example",
      "type": "example"
    }
  ]
}