Create bill in received status

POST/api/v1/bills/received

Create a new bill directly in 'received' status, ready for payment. Creates both the bill AND journal entry when ledger_id is provided.

Operation ID: create_bill_received·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: BillReceivedCreateRequest

vendor_idstringrequired: UUID of the vendor this bill is from (required).
amountintegerrequired: Bill amount in cents (required).
descriptionstring: Description of what the bill is for.
bill_numberstring: Bill/invoice number from the vendor. Auto-generated if not provided.
payment_term_idstring: Optional UUID of the payment term the vendor billed under. Recorded for reference; due_on is the date the bill is actually due.
currencystring: Currency for the bill (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP). Defaults to business default.
typestring: Bill type: 'recurring' or 'one_time'. Defaults to 'one_time'.
received_onstring · date-time | string: Date the bill was received (ISO 8601). Defaults to now.
due_onstring · date-time | string: Payment due date (ISO 8601).
s3_keystring: S3 key of uploaded bill document (PDF/image).
ledger_idstring: UUID of the expense ledger for journal entry creation. If provided, creates journal entry automatically. Ignored when line_items is provided.
line_itemsarray · JournalEntryLineItem: Split journal entry lines. Each line specifies a debit account and amount. The credit side is always Accounts Payable. When provided, ledger_id is ignored.
journal_entry_datestring · date-time | string · date | string: Date for the accounting journal entry (ISO 8601 or YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to received_on if not provided.

Responses

201Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_BillResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataBillResponse

400Bad Request - Invalid input

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

401Unauthorized - Missing or expired token, an MCP OAuth token used against the REST API, or no access to this business

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

403Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

404Not Found - Resource does not exist

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

422Validation Error

Schema: ErrorResponse

errorstringrequired: Error category: validation_error, unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited, server_error, or service_unavailable.
messagestringrequired: Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
codestringrequired: Stable machine-readable code in CATEGORY_NNN form (e.g. NOT_FOUND_006, AUTH_010, GEN_002).
request_idstring: Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the x-request-id request header when one was supplied.
errorsobject: Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

Code samples

POST/api/v1/bills/received

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/bills/received' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "amount": 56135,
  "bill_number": "P054",
  "currency": "USD",
  "description": "Purchase Order (P054) issued by Artisan AI LLC",
  "due_on": "2025-03-29T12:00:00Z",
  "journal_entry_date": "2025-02-27T12:00:00Z",
  "ledger_id": "019ab37c-1ed1-7000-8000-000000000001",
  "received_on": "2025-02-27T12:00:00Z",
  "s3_key": "attachments/019c30bb-dc4c-7e7e-8f9a-123456789abc",
  "type": "one_time",
  "vendor_id": "019ab37c-ae0d-7000-8000-000000000001"
}'