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List accounting documents

GET
https://api.light.inc/v1/accounting-documents/accounting-documents

Returns a paginated list of accounting documents

Authorization

Send one of these on every request. See Authentication for how to get credentials.

  • API key

    Basic authentication header of the form Basic <api_key>, where <api_key> is your api key.

  • Bearer token

Query parameters

  • sort string

    Sort string in the format field:direction. To provide multiple sort fields, separate them with commas.

    Available directions: asc, desc.

    Available fields: companyEntityId, documentSequenceId, postingDate, valuationDate, documentDate, businessPartnerName, status, createdBy, createdAt, description, documentNumber, arDueDate, arOpenedAt, ctPerformedAt, ctStatus, ctAmount, ccAmount.

  • filter string

    Filter string in the format field:operator:value. To provide multiple filters, separate them with commas.

    Available operators: eq, ne, in, not_in, gt, gte, lt, lte.

    • For in and not_in operators, provide multiple values separated by the pipe character (|).

    Available fields: id, documentSequenceId, documentNumber, documentType, companyEntityId, ledgerName, businessPartnerName, businessPartnerId, status, currency, postingDate, documentDate, valuationDate, createdAt, updatedAt, createdBy, intercompanyDocumentId, apDueDate, apState, apVendorId, arContractId, arDueDate, arCustomerId, arInvoiceTemplateId, arPayeeBankAccountId, arOpenedAt, arState, ctCardId, ctCardBalanceAccountId, ctStatus, ctPerformedAt, cnToBeAdjustedAccDocType, intercompanyJournalEntryId, ycAccountingYearId, accountCode, accountLabel, hasWithholding, taxCode.

    These fields accept only a subset of the operators: hasWithholding (eq, ne).

  • limit integer · int32

    Maximum number of items to return. Default is 50, maximum is 200.

  • offset integer · int64deprecated

    Number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set. Deprecated, use 'cursor' instead.

  • cursor string

    The cursor position to start returning results from. To opt-in into cursor-based pagination, provide 0 for the initial request. For subsequent requests, use nextCursor and prevCursor from the previous response to navigate. Cursor values are opaque and should not be constructed manually.

Response

  • records array of object

    List of records for the current page

    • id string · uuid

      Note

      The document id, the same id its type-specific endpoints use.

    • companyId string · uuid

      Note

      Your company id.

    • companyEntityId string · uuid

      Note

      The entity the document belongs to; null on a draft bill that has no entity yet.

    • documentSequenceId string

      Note

      Light's document number, <TYPE>/<entity code>/<9 digits>; null until the document is first posted.

    • documentNumber string

      Note

      The external number: the vendor's invoice number on a bill, the invoice number on a sales invoice, the free-text reference on a journal entry.

    • documentType string

      ⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.

      One of AP AR BP CC CN CT DE FX JE YC

    • status string

      ⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.

      One of DRAFT APPROVAL_PENDING APPROVED POSTED PARTIALLY_CLEARED CLEARED ARCHIVED

    • description string

      Note

      The document header description.

    • documentDate string · date

      Note

      The document's own date. This model carries no postingDate — for the date the document hit the ledger, read the ledger line via GET /v1/ledger-transaction-lines.

    • areLinesWithTax boolean

      Note

      Whether line amounts were entered gross of tax (true) or net (false).

    • businessPartnerName string

      Note

      The vendor or customer on the document, when it has one.

    • businessPartnerId string · uuid

      Note

      Id of that vendor or customer.

    • createdAt string · date-time

      Note

      When the document was created, as a draft.

    • updatedAt string · date-time

      Note

      The last change to the document, including metadata edits after posting.

    • totalTransactionAmount object

      Note

      Treat amount as the absolute document total. dcSign is derived from a type-specific sum, not the document's nature: a journal entry shows C, a customer invoice D.

      • amount integer · int64

        Note

        Unsigned integer in minor units. The direction is in dcSign; a negative value is rejected.

      • dcSign string

        ⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.

        One of D C

    • totalTransactionAmountInMajors number

      Note

      totalTransactionAmount as a decimal, unsigned.

    • currency string

      Note

      The document's currency; null on a draft that has none yet.

  • hasMore boolean

    Boolean flag indicating if there are more records available

  • total integer · int64deprecated

    Total number of records (only for offset pagination). This field is not guaranteed to be returned and only available for offset pagination, please do not rely on it and migrate to cursor pagination.

  • nextCursor string

    Cursor for fetching the next page (only for cursor pagination)

  • prevCursor string

    Cursor for fetching the previous page (only for cursor pagination)