API / Reference / Card Transactions
Get card transaction
GET
https://api.light.inc/v1/card-transactions/{cardTransactionId}
Returns a card transaction by ID
Returns the same enriched shape as the list, without editStatus. To learn whether a transaction is still editable, read status (POSTED, DECLINED and VOIDED are locked; AUTHORIZED allows everything but line amounts) or look at the editStatus on a PATCH response.
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
Path parameters
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cardTransactionIdstring · uuidrequired
Response
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idstring · uuidThe transaction id, also its accounting document id.
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companyIdstring · uuidYour company id.
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companyEntityIdstring · uuidThe entity the card belongs to.
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companyEntityNamestringThat entity's name.
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cardBalanceAccountIdstring · uuidThe balance account the card draws on.
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cardBalanceAccountLabelstringIts name.
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cardIdstring · uuidThe card that was charged.
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cardVendorIdstring · uuidThe vendor Light matched to the merchant, if any.
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cardVendorAvatarUrlstringThat vendor's logo URL.
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cardVendorNamestringThat vendor's name.
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cardOwnerNamestringThe cardholder's name.
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cardOwnerIdstring · uuidThe cardholder's user id.
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cardLastFourstringLast four digits of the card number.
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originalAmountinteger · int64The amount charged by the merchant, in the merchant's currency, minor units.
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originalCurrencystringThe merchant's currency.
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amountinteger · int64Unsigned, in minor units. The sign is
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currencystringThe balance account's currency, which
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directionstring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
DEBITCREDIT -
transactionReasonstring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
ACCOUNT_NOT_ACTIVEAMOUNT_LIMIT_EXCEEDEDAPPROVAL_EXPIREDAPPROVEDAUTHENTICATION_FAILEDAUTHENTICATION_REQUIREDBALANCE_ACCOUNT_BLOCKED_BY_RULECALL_REFERRALCANCELLEDCARD_BLOCKEDCARD_CAPTUREDCARD_EXPIREDCARD_LOST_OR_STOLENCARD_RESTRICTEDCARD_VERIFICATION_FAILEDCASHBACK_LIMIT_EXCEEDEDCONTACTLESS_FALLBACKCONTACTLESS_LIMIT_REACHEDCOUNTERPARTY_ACCOUNT_UNAVAILABLECOUNTERPARTY_ADDRESS_REQUIREDCOUNTERPARTY_BANK_UNAVAILABLECRYPTOGRAPHIC_FAILUREDECLINEDDECLINED_BY_BAP_VALIDATIONDECLINED_BY_TRANSACTION_RULEDECLINED_NON_GENERICDOMESTIC_DEBIT_NOT_ALLOWEDDO_NOT_HONORDUPLICATE_TRANSMISSIONFORMAT_ERRORFRAUDHONOR_WITH_IDINSUFFICIENT_FUNDSINTERNAL_TIMEOUTINVALID_ACCOUNTINVALID_AMOUNTINVALID_AUTHORIZATION_LIFECYCLEINVALID_CARDINVALID_ISSUERINVALID_MERCHANTINVALID_TRANSACTIONISSUER_SUSPECTED_FRAUDMOBILE_PIN_REQUIREDNOT_SUBMITTEDNO_ACCOUNT_OF_TYPEOTHERPARTIALLY_APPROVEDPENDINGPIN_INVALIDPIN_NOT_CHANGEDPIN_REQUIREDPIN_TRIES_EXCEEDEDPIN_VALIDATION_NOT_POSSIBLEPROVIDER_ERRORPURCHASE_AMOUNT_ONLY_NO_CASHBACKREFUSED_BY_COUNTERPARTY_BANKREFUSED_BY_CUSTOMERREVOCATION_OF_AUTHROUTE_NOT_FOUNDSCHEME_ADVICESECURITY_VIOLATIONTRANSACTION_NOT_PERMITTEDTRANSFER_INSTRUMENT_NOT_FOUNDTRANSFER_NOT_SUPPORTEDUNKNOWNWITHDRAWAL_AMOUNT_EXCEEDEDWITHDRAWAL_COUNT_EXCEEDED -
purchaseTypestring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
ATMBALANCE_INQUIRYECOMMERCEPOSRECURRINGUNKNOWNOTHER -
statusstring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
Set by the card issuer, never by this API, apart from
POSTED.AUTHORIZEDmoves toCAPTURED,DECLINEDorVOIDED;CAPTUREDandREFUNDEDcan be posted. AREFUNDEDtransaction is its own record withdirection: CREDIT— the original capture keeps its status and nothing on the model links the two.One of
AUTHORIZEDDECLINEDCAPTUREDREFUNDEDVOIDEDPOSTED -
typestring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
PAYMENTREFUNDOTHER -
merchantobjectThe merchant, as reported by the card network.
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namestringMerchant name as reported by the card network.
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cleanNamestringThe name cleaned up by Light, used for display and vendor matching.
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countrystring⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
UNDEFINEDACADAEAFAGAIALAMANAOAQARASATAUAWAXAZBABBBDBEBFBGBHBIBJBLBMBNBOBQBRBSBTBUBVBWBYBZCACCCDCFCGCHCICKCLCMCNCOCPCRCSCUCVCWCXCYCZDEDGDJDKDMDODZEAECEEEGEHERESETEUEZFIFJFKFMFOFRFXGAGBGDGEGFGGGHGIGLGMGNGPGQGRGSGTGUGWGYHKHMHNHRHTHUICIDIEILIMINIOIQIRISITJEJMJOJPKEKGKHKIKMKNKPKRKWKYKZLALBLCLILKLRLSLTLULVLYMAMCMDMEMFMGMHMKMLMMMNMOMPMQMRMSMTMUMVMWMXMYMZNANCNENFNGNINLNONPNRNTNUNZOMPAPEPFPGPHPKPLPMPNPRPSPTPWPYQARERORSRURWSASBSCSDSESFSGSHSISJSKSLSMSNSOSRSSSTSUSVSXSYSZTATCTDTFTGTHTJTKTLTMTNTOTPTRTTTVTWTZUAUGUKUMUSUYUZVAVCVEVGVIVNVUWFWSXIXUXKYEYTYUZAZMZRZW -
zipcodestringThe merchant's postal code.
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idstringThe card network's merchant id.
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mccstringMerchant category code.
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acquirerIdstringId of the merchant's acquiring bank.
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logoUrlstringLogo URL, when Light has one.
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receiptDocumentKeystringFilled asynchronously after a receipt upload with the key of the converted PDF, which is not the
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linesarray of objectThe accounting split of the transaction: account, tax code and cost center per line.
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idstring · uuidThe line id.
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transactionIdstring · uuidThe card transaction the line belongs to.
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companyIdstring · uuidYour company id.
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accountIdstring · uuidThe expense account for the line.
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accountLabelstringIts name.
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taxCodeIdstring · uuidThe tax code on the line.
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taxCodeLabelstringIts name.
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costCenterIdstring · uuidCost center on the line.
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costCenterNamestringIts name.
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amountinteger · int64Gross line amount in the balance account currency, minor units.
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netAmountinteger · int64Line amount excluding tax, minor units.
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descriptionstringThe line description.
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createdAtstring · date-timeWhen the line was created.
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updatedAtstring · date-timeWhen it was last changed.
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customPropertiesarray of objectCustom property values on the line.
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groupIdstring · uuidID of the custom property group
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groupInternalNamestringInternal name of the custom property group
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valuesarray of objectList of values. Note that this will be a single value unless the group input type supports multiple values
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idstring · uuidUnique identifier for the object
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groupIdstring · uuidID of the custom property group
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groupInternalNamestringInternal name of the custom property group
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companyIdstring · uuidID of the company
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internalNamestringInternal name of the custom property value
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labelstringLabel of the custom property value
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contextstringContext/description of the custom property value
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createdAtstring · date-timeTimestamp when the custom property value was created
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updatedAtstring · date-timeTimestamp when the custom property value was last updated
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amortizationTemplateIdstring · uuidRelease template id when the line is spread over a schedule;
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amortizationStartDatestring · dateFirst date of that schedule.
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amortizationEndDatestring · dateLast date of that schedule.
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failureContextobjectFailure context when vendor onboarding fails.
Set when a batch update or a post fails validation, or when receipt conversion fails; cleared by the next successful post. The description about vendor onboarding is a copy-paste from another model.
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namestringThe error name
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typestringThe error type
⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
BAD_REQUESTUNAUTHORIZEDFORBIDDENNOT_FOUNDCONFLICTUNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT -
errorsarray of objectList of errors providing details about what went wrong
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typestringA string code identifying the error type
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messagestringA human-readable message providing more details about the error
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patharray of stringOptional path of the error when the error is for a specific field. Used mostly on BAD_REQUEST errors, that path will match the field name on the request object
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contextobjectOptional context providing additional information about the error. This can include any relevant data that might help in understanding or resolving the error
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descriptionstringThe transaction description.
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performedAtstring · date-timeWhen the card was charged.
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exportedAtstring · date-timeWhen the transaction's export to accounting completed;
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createdAtstring · date-timeWhen Light received the transaction.
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updatedAtstring · date-timeWhen it was last changed.
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customPropertiesarray of objectCustom property values on the transaction.
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groupIdstring · uuidID of the custom property group
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groupInternalNamestringInternal name of the custom property group
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valuesarray of objectList of values. Note that this will be a single value unless the group input type supports multiple values
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idstring · uuidUnique identifier for the object
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groupIdstring · uuidID of the custom property group
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groupInternalNamestringInternal name of the custom property group
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companyIdstring · uuidID of the company
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internalNamestringInternal name of the custom property value
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labelstringLabel of the custom property value
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contextstringContext/description of the custom property value
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createdAtstring · date-timeTimestamp when the custom property value was created
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updatedAtstring · date-timeTimestamp when the custom property value was last updated
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