# GET /api/v1/ledgers/{ledger_id}

> Get ledger

- **Tag:** ledgers
- **Operation ID:** `get_ledger_api_v1_ledgers__ledger_id__get`

## Description

Retrieve a specific ledger/account with full details.

## Authentication

Bearer token in `Authorization` header.
Required header: `x-business-id: <business uuid>`.

## Parameters

- `ledger_id` (path, string, required)

## Responses

### 200 — Successful Response

Schema: `LedgerResponse`

- `id` (string · required) — Ledger UUID.
- `teal_ledger_id` (string) — Linked Teal accounting system ID.
- `name` (string · required) — Account name.
- `currency` (string) — Currency for this account (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP).
- `type` (string · required) — Account type: asset, liability, equity, revenue, expense.
- `balance` (integer) — Current balance in cents (may be negative).
- `parent_id` (string) — Parent ledger UUID for sub-accounts.
- `description` (string) — Account description.
- `status` (string) — Status: 'active' or 'inactive'.
- `debit_credit` (string) — Normal balance: 'debit' or 'credit'.
- `sort_code` (string) — Sort code for chart ordering.
- `sub_type` (string) — Sub-classification for reporting.
- `report_cash_flow` (boolean) — Whether included in cash flow statement.
- `cash_flow_section` (CashFlowSectionEnum) — Cash flow statement section: 'operating', 'investing', 'financing', or 'excluded'.
- `cfs_class` (CashFlowClassEnum) — Indirect-method cash flow classification used to populate the Statement of Cash Flows.
- `editable` (boolean) — Whether journal entries can be manually posted to this account.
- `financial_account_type` (string) — Template type if created in Templated Mode.
- `is_required` (boolean) — True for system-required accounts that cannot be deleted.
- `system_key` (string) — Immutable key for system/base ledgers (e.g. 'accounts_receivable'). Null for user-created ledgers.
- `teal_account_link_id` (string) — UUID of the TealAccountLink if this ledger is connected to a bank/Plaid source account. Null for unlinked ledgers.
- `business_id` (string) — Business UUID.
- `created_at` (string · date-time) — Creation timestamp.
- `updated_at` (string · date-time) — Last update timestamp.

### 401 — Unauthorized - Authentication required

### 403 — Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

### 404 — Not Found - Resource does not exist

### 422 — Validation Error

Schema: `HTTPValidationError`

- `detail` (array · ValidationError) → `ValidationError`
  - `loc` (array · string | integer · required)
  - `msg` (string · required)
  - `type` (string · required)
  - `input` (object)
  - `ctx` (object)

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/ledgers/{ledger_id}' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID'
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/ledgers/{ledger_id}', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer dz_your_token',
    'x-business-id': 'YOUR_BUSINESS_ID',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

### Python

```python
import httpx

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

response = httpx.get("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/ledgers/{ledger_id}", headers=headers)
data = response.json()
```

## See also

- HTML version: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/ledgers/get-ledger
- OpenAPI slice: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/ledgers/get-ledger/openapi.json
- Other endpoints in **ledgers**: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/ledgers