# GET /api/v1/transactions

> List transactions

- **Tag:** transactions
- **Operation ID:** `list_transactions_api_v1_transactions_get`

## Description

Retrieve bank transactions with filtering by date, ledger, source account, counter ledger, journal entry, or tags.

## Authentication

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

## Parameters

- `id` (query, array · string, optional) — Filter by specific transaction UUIDs
- `ledger_id` (query, array · string, optional) — Filter by bank account ledger UUIDs
- `opposing_ledger_id` (query, string, optional) — Filter by opposing ledger UUID (the category/expense ledger from journal entry line entries)
- `source_account_id` (query, array · string, optional) — Filter by Teal source account IDs (bank accounts from Plaid)
- `tag_id` (query, array · string, optional) — Filter by assigned tag UUIDs
- `journal_entry_id` (query, string, optional) — Filter by associated journal entry UUID
- `start_date` (query, string · date-time, optional) — Include transactions from this date (ISO 8601)
- `end_date` (query, string · date-time, optional) — Include transactions up to this date (ISO 8601)
- `search` (query, string, optional) — Search transactions by description or counterparty name (case-insensitive partial match)
- `amount_direction` (query, string, optional) — Filter by amount direction: 'inflow' for positive amounts (money in), 'outflow' for negative amounts (money out)
- `only_uncategorized` (query, boolean, optional) — Filter to show only uncategorized transactions (those without a journal entry or linked to system uncategorized ledgers)
- `cursor` (query, string, optional) — Cursor for pagination
- `limit` (query, integer, optional) — Pagination limit
- `direction` (query, string, optional) — Pagination direction: 'next' or 'prev'
- `include_total_count` (query, boolean, optional) — Whether to include total count (expensive - avoid if possible)
- `sort_by` (query, string, optional) — Column name to sort by (e.g. 'created_at', 'amount', 'name'). When changing sort, reset cursor to None.
- `descending` (query, boolean, optional) — Sort direction: true for descending (newest/largest first), false for ascending

## Responses

### 200 — Successful Response

Schema: `TransactionListResponse`

- `items` (array · TransactionListItemResponse · required) → `TransactionListItemResponse` — List of items
  - `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.
  - `comment_count` (integer) — Number of comments on this transaction.
  - `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.
- `total` (integer) — Total number of items (null when not calculated for performance)
- `limit` (integer) — Pagination limit
- `next_cursor` (string) — Cursor for next page
- `prev_cursor` (string) — Cursor for previous page
- `has_next` (boolean · required) — Whether there are more items
- `has_prev` (boolean · required) — Whether there are previous items

### 401 — Unauthorized - Authentication required

### 403 — Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

### 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/transactions' \
  -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/transactions', {
  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/transactions", headers=headers)
data = response.json()
```

## See also

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