List accounting documents
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
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sortstringSort 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. -
filterstringFilter 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
inandnot_inoperators, 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). - For
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limitinteger · int32Maximum number of items to return. Default is 50, maximum is 200.
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offsetinteger · int64deprecatedNumber of items to skip before starting to collect the result set. Deprecated, use 'cursor' instead.
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cursorstringThe cursor position to start returning results from. To opt-in into cursor-based pagination, provide
0for the initial request. For subsequent requests, usenextCursorandprevCursorfrom the previous response to navigate. Cursor values are opaque and should not be constructed manually.
Response
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recordsarray of objectList of records for the current page
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idstring · uuidNote
The document id, the same id its type-specific endpoints use.
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companyIdstring · uuidNote
Your company id.
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companyEntityIdstring · uuidNote
The entity the document belongs to;
nullon a draft bill that has no entity yet. -
documentSequenceIdstringNote
Light's document number,
<TYPE>/<entity code>/<9 digits>;nulluntil the document is first posted. -
documentNumberstringNote
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.
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documentTypestring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
APARBPCCCNCTDEFXJEYC -
statusstring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
DRAFTAPPROVAL_PENDINGAPPROVEDPOSTEDPARTIALLY_CLEAREDCLEAREDARCHIVED -
descriptionstringNote
The document header description.
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documentDatestring · dateNote
The document's own date. This model carries no
postingDate— for the date the document hit the ledger, read the ledger line viaGET /v1/ledger-transaction-lines. -
areLinesWithTaxbooleanNote
Whether line amounts were entered gross of tax (
true) or net (false). -
businessPartnerNamestringNote
The vendor or customer on the document, when it has one.
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businessPartnerIdstring · uuidNote
Id of that vendor or customer.
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createdAtstring · date-timeNote
When the document was created, as a draft.
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updatedAtstring · date-timeNote
The last change to the document, including metadata edits after posting.
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totalTransactionAmountobjectNote
Treat
amountas the absolute document total.dcSignis derived from a type-specific sum, not the document's nature: a journal entry showsC, a customer invoiceD.-
amountinteger · int64Note
Unsigned integer in minor units. The direction is in
dcSign; a negative value is rejected. -
dcSignstring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
DC
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totalTransactionAmountInMajorsnumberNote
totalTransactionAmountas a decimal, unsigned. -
currencystringNote
The document's currency;
nullon a draft that has none yet.
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hasMorebooleanBoolean flag indicating if there are more records available
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totalinteger · int64deprecatedTotal 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.
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nextCursorstringCursor for fetching the next page (only for cursor pagination)
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prevCursorstringCursor for fetching the previous page (only for cursor pagination)