Bulk create transactions

POST /api/v1/transactions/bulk

Create multiple manual transactions in a single request.

Operation ID: create_bulk_transactions_api_v1_transactions_bulk_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: BulkTransactionCreateRequest

transactions array · TransactionCreateRequest requiredTransactionCreateRequest

Array of transactions to create.

6 fields

amount integer: Amount in cents. Positive for deposits/income, negative for withdrawals/expenses.
currency string: Currency code (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP). Defaults to business default currency.
datetime string · date: Transaction date in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
description string: Human-readable description of the transaction.
source_account_id string: UUID of the bank account (ledger) this transaction belongs to.
reconciled boolean: Whether this transaction has been reconciled with bank statement.

Responses

201 Successful Response

Schema: BulkTransactionResponse

success_count integer required

Number of transactions created successfully.

error_count integer required

Number of transactions that failed.

created_transactions array · TransactionResponse requiredTransactionResponse

Successfully created transactions.

29 fields

id string required: Unique identifier (UUID7).
amount integer required: Amount in cents. Positive = deposit/income, negative = withdrawal/expense.
currency string: Currency code (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP).
datetime string · date required: The date the transaction occurred.
counterparty string: Clean counterparty/merchant name extracted from bank data.
description string: Transaction memo/description (cleaned).
meta object: Additional metadata (raw Plaid description in raw_plaid_description).
categorization_method string: How categorized: 'manual', 'rule', 'ai', or null if uncategorized.
posted_status string: Bank status: 'pending' or 'posted'.
review_status string: Review status: 'unreviewed', 'reviewed', 'flagged'.
source string: Transaction origin: 'manual', 'plaid', or 'bulk_upload'. Determines if the transaction can be deleted.
opposing_line_entry_ids array · string: Linked line entry UUIDs for categorization.
personal boolean: True if marked as personal (non-business) expense.
journal_entry_id string: Linked journal entry UUID.
teal_id string: External Teal accounting system ID.
teal_ledger_id string: Teal ledger ID.
teal_source_account_id string: Teal source account ID.
ledger_id string: Bank account (ledger) UUID.
ledger_name string: Bank account (ledger) name for display.
ledger_type string: Ledger account type: asset, liability, equity, revenue, or expense.
business_id string: Business UUID.
reconciled boolean: True if reconciled with bank statement.
invoice_ids array · string: Invoice UUIDs linked via payments (from invoice_payments junction table).
bill_ids array · string: Bill UUIDs linked via payments (from bill_payments junction table).
created_at string · date-time: Record creation timestamp.
updated_at string · date-time: Last update timestamp.
thread TransactionThreadResponse: Comment thread if any discussion exists.
journal_entry JournalEntryResponse: Full journal entry details if categorized.
opposing_line_entries array · OpposingLineEntryResponse: Opposing line entries showing the category/account(s) this transaction was posted to. Empty if uncategorized.

errors array · string required

Error messages for failed transactions.

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/transactions/bulk

bash

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

javascript

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

python

import httpx

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

payload = {
  "transactions": []
}

response = httpx.post("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/transactions/bulk", headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()