`entries.create`

Manually create a receipt entry from preserved evidence when extraction needs correction. Requires the submission revision, exact minor-unit amounts and an idempotency key.

POST/api/v1/accounting/entries.create

Permissions

accounting:readaccounting:write

Who can call it

admin, finance

Retries

Idempotency key required, with expectedRevision

MCP

accounting_create_record

Fields

submissionIdstring (ID)Required
The ID of an upload, returned by uploads.prepare or uploads.inline.
expectedRevisionintegerRequired
The record's current revision, from the last time you read it. If someone changed the record since, the request is refused with a conflict so you can reload and check before trying again.
at most 9007199254740991 · greater than 0
merchantstringRequired
1–500 characters
datestringRequired
A date, as YYYY-MM-DD.
currencystringRequired
Three-letter currency code, such as CAD or USD.
amountMinorstringRequired
An amount in cents (the currency's smallest unit), written as a whole-number string such as "1250" for $12.50.
Whole number written as a string
taxMinorstringRequired
An amount in cents (the currency's smallest unit), written as a whole-number string such as "1250" for $12.50.
Whole number written as a string
taxKnownboolean
categoryIdstring (ID)
The ID of a category, from categories.list.
paymentAccountIdstring (ID)
The card or account the purchase was paid with, from accounts.list.
typeenumRequired
expenseincomeincome_refundrefundtransferfee
notesstring
Notes kept with the record.
at most 10000 characters · Default ""
sourceFactIndexinteger
0 to 19
statusenum
Only include records with this status.
reviewed
duplicateDecisionenum
keep_separate
tripIdstring (ID)
The ID of the related record.
tripRoleenum
lodgingholdroom_chargemealtransportother
idempotencyKeystringRequired
Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match.
8–200 characters

curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "submissionId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
  "expectedRevision": 3,
  "merchant": "example",
  "date": "2026-09-30",
  "currency": "CAD",
  "amountMinor": "1250",
  "taxMinor": "1250",
  "type": "expense"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OATMILK_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "submissionId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
    "expectedRevision": 3,
    "merchant": "example",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "currency": "CAD",
    "amountMinor": "1250",
    "taxMinor": "1250",
    "type": "expense"
  }),
});
const { data, error } = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${error.code}: ${error.message}`);
console.log(data);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.create",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OATMILK_API_KEY']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "submissionId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
        "expectedRevision": 3,
        "merchant": "example",
        "date": "2026-09-30",
        "currency": "CAD",
        "amountMinor": "1250",
        "taxMinor": "1250",
        "type": "expense",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
payload = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{payload['error']['code']}: {payload['error']['message']}")
print(payload["data"])

Response

{
  "data": { … }
}

Try it

Checks your input with this action’s real schema and answers like the API, with synthetic data. No key needed, and nothing changes.

Input

POST/api/v1/accounting/entries.create

curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "submissionId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
  "expectedRevision": 3,
  "merchant": "example",
  "date": "2026-09-30",
  "currency": "CAD",
  "amountMinor": "1250",
  "taxMinor": "1250",
  "type": "expense"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OATMILK_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "submissionId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
    "expectedRevision": 3,
    "merchant": "example",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "currency": "CAD",
    "amountMinor": "1250",
    "taxMinor": "1250",
    "type": "expense"
  }),
});
const { data, error } = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${error.code}: ${error.message}`);
console.log(data);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.create",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OATMILK_API_KEY']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "submissionId": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
        "expectedRevision": 3,
        "merchant": "example",
        "date": "2026-09-30",
        "currency": "CAD",
        "amountMinor": "1250",
        "taxMinor": "1250",
        "type": "expense",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
payload = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{payload['error']['code']}: {payload['error']['message']}")
print(payload["data"])

Fields

Example

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