Create transaction

POST/api/v1/transactions

Manually create a transaction record (not synced from bank).

Operation ID: create_transaction_api_v1_transactions_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: TransactionCreateRequest

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

Responses

201Successful Response

Schema: SuccessEnvelope_TransactionResponse_

successboolean
messagestring
codestring
dataTransactionResponse

400Bad Request - Invalid input

401Unauthorized - Authentication required

403Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

422Validation Error

Schema: HTTPValidationError

detailarray · ValidationErrorValidationError

5 fields

locarray · string | integerrequired
msgstringrequired
typestringrequired
inputobject
ctxobject

Code samples

POST/api/v1/transactions

bash

curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/transactions' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "amount": 0,
  "currency": "string",
  "datetime": "2026-01-01",
  "description": "string",
  "source_account_id": "string",
  "reconciled": false
}'