Create sales receipt

POST/api/v1/sales-receipts

Create and post a sales receipt (or refund receipt).

Operation ID: create_sales_receipt·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: SalesReceiptCreateRequest

receipt_typestring

One of: sale, refund.

customer_idstring

Optional customer (anonymous cash sales allowed).

receipt_datestring · date

Receipt date. Defaults to today when omitted.

deposit_to_ledger_idstringrequired

Bank/cash ledger that receives (sale) or pays out (refund).

income_ledger_idstring

Revenue ledger override. Defaults to the Invoice Sales system account.

line_itemsarray · SalesReceiptLineItemrequiredSalesReceiptLineItem

At least one line item is required.

5 fields

catalog_item_idstring: Optional catalog item this line is based on.
descriptionstring: Line description.
quantitynumber: Quantity sold/refunded.
unit_priceintegerrequired: Price per unit in cents (e.g. 15000 = $150.00).
amountinteger: Line total in cents. Computed from quantity * unit_price when omitted.

tax_totalinteger

Total sales tax in cents (posted to Sales Tax Payable).

numberstring

Optional document number; auto-generated.

memostring

Optional memo / note.

currencystring

Responses

201Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_SalesReceiptResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataSalesReceiptResponse

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/sales-receipts

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/sales-receipts' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "deposit_to_ledger_id": "string",
  "line_items": []
}'