API / Reference / Reimbursement categories
List reimbursement categories
GET
https://api.light.inc/v1/reimbursement-categories
Returns a paginated list of the company's reimbursement categories. Every expense line needs one: the category decides the GL account and tax code its reimbursement books to.
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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entityIdsarrayRestrict to categories available for these company entities
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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:
createdAt,label. -
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:
label,status,id,createdAt. - For
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searchTermstringMatches against the category label
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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 · uuidUnique identifier for the reimbursement category
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companyIdstring · uuidID of the company
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companyEntityIdsarray of string · uuidCompany entities this category is available for
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labelstringDisplay name of the category
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accountIdstring · uuidGL account a reimbursement line with this category books to
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taxCodeIdstring · uuidTax code applied to a reimbursement line with this category
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contextstringFree-text guidance describing when the category applies
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statusstringStatus of the reimbursement category
⚠️ This enum is not exhaustive; new values may be added in the future.
One of
ACTIVE -
createdAtstring · date-timeTimestamp when the reimbursement category was created
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updatedAtstring · date-timeTimestamp when the reimbursement category was last updated
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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)