Generate a COA template using AI

POST /api/v1/businesses/generate-coa

Uses AI to generate a complete chart of accounts template based on a business description.

Operation ID: generate_coa_template_api_v1_businesses_generate_coa_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: CoaGenerateRequest

business_description string required: Description of the business including industry, size, and accounting needs. E.g. 'Small e-commerce business selling handmade jewelry, accrual basis, US-based'
accounting_basis string: Preferred accounting basis. If omitted, the AI will choose based on business description.
currency string: Primary currency (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP).
include_inventory boolean: Whether to include inventory-related accounts (COGS, inventory assets, etc.).

Responses

201 Successful Response

Schema: CoaGenerateResponse

template CustomCoaTemplate requiredCustomCoaTemplate

Generated COA template ready for use in business creation

1 field

ledgers array · CustomCoaLedger requiredCustomCoaLedger: List of ledger definitions for the custom COA

accounting_basis string required

The accounting basis used for this template (cash or accrual)

summary string required

Brief AI explanation of the generated template and why accounts were chosen

ledger_count integer

Number of ledgers in the generated template

400 Bad Request - Invalid input

401 Unauthorized - Authentication required

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/businesses/generate-coa

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses/generate-coa' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "business_description": "string"
}'

javascript

const response = await fetch('https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses/generate-coa', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer dz_your_token',
    'x-business-id': 'YOUR_BUSINESS_ID',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "business_description": "string"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();

python

import httpx

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

payload = {
  "business_description": "string"
}

response = httpx.post("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses/generate-coa", headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()