AI-extract draft bills from documents

POST /api/v1/bills/ai-create

Upload pasted text, PDFs, images, Excel files, or a CSV to extract draft bill entities using AI. Returns draft bills in 'received' status format ready for user review before creation.

Operation ID: ai_create_bill_payload_api_v1_bills_ai_create_post · View as markdown · OpenAPI slice

Authentication

Bearer token authentication. Pass your DayZero API token in the Authorization header and the target business UUID in x-business-id.

Request body

Schema: BillAICreatePayloadRequest

pasted_text string: Raw text content to extract a bill from. Limit 1 bill per text input. Mutually exclusive with pasted_text_s3_key.
pasted_text_s3_key string: S3 key of pasted text content. Limit 1 bill per text input. Mutually exclusive with pasted_text.
single_bill_s3_keys array · string: S3 keys of individual bill documents (PDFs, images, Excel). Each file is processed independently.
multi_bill_s3_key string: S3 key of a CSV file containing multiple bills.

Responses

201 Successful Response

Schema: BillAICreatePayloadResponse

items array · DraftBill requiredDraftBill

List of draft bill entities extracted by AI.

17 fields

vendor_name string: Vendor/company name extracted by AI. Use to match or create a vendor.
amount integer: Bill amount in cents extracted by AI.
description string: Description of what the bill is for.
bill_number string: Bill/invoice number from the vendor document.
bill_date string: Date of the bill (YYYY-MM-DD) extracted by AI.
expense_category string: Expense category suggested by AI (e.g., 'Office Supplies', 'Rent').
vendor_id string: Matched vendor UUID (if the vendor was found in the system).
currency string: Currency code (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP). Defaults to USD.
type string: Bill type: 'recurring' or 'one_time'. Defaults to 'one_time'.
received_on string: Date bill was received (ISO 8601). Defaults to bill_date if available.
due_on string: Payment due date (ISO 8601). Maps from due_date.
s3_key string: S3 key of the source document for this bill.
ledger_id string: Matched expense ledger UUID (if matched from expense_category).
journal_entry_date string: Date for journal entry (ISO 8601). Defaults to received_on.
confidence number: AI confidence score for this extraction (0.0-1.0).
source string: Source type: 'pasted_text', 'single_file', or 'multi_file'.
source_filename string: Original filename or S3 key of the source document.

errors array · FileProcessingError FileProcessingError

List of per-file errors for files that could not be processed.

3 fields

s3_key string required: S3 key of the file that failed.
filename string: Original filename (if determinable from the S3 key).
error string required: Human-readable error description.

400 Bad Request - Invalid input

401 Unauthorized - Authentication required

403 Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

422 Validation Error

Schema: HTTPValidationError

detail array · ValidationError ValidationError

5 fields

loc array · string | integer required
msg string required
type string required
input object
ctx object

Code samples

POST /api/v1/bills/ai-create

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/bills/ai-create' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "pasted_text": "string",
  "pasted_text_s3_key": "string",
  "single_bill_s3_keys": [],
  "multi_bill_s3_key": "string"
}'

javascript

const response = await fetch('https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/bills/ai-create', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer dz_your_token',
    'x-business-id': 'YOUR_BUSINESS_ID',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "pasted_text": "string",
  "pasted_text_s3_key": "string",
  "single_bill_s3_keys": [],
  "multi_bill_s3_key": "string"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();

python

import httpx

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer dz_your_token",
    "x-business-id": "YOUR_BUSINESS_ID",
}

payload = {
  "pasted_text": "string",
  "pasted_text_s3_key": "string",
  "single_bill_s3_keys": [],
  "multi_bill_s3_key": "string"
}

response = httpx.post("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/bills/ai-create", headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()