POST Journal

Insert a journal.

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
WsAccessKey	The Web Service access key for this user and file which allows access to the API for the associated file (found in File - Settings). Using OAuth authentication mechanism is the preferred method to allow API access.	string	Optional. Legacy authentication method and only required if not using OAuth. OAuth is preferred.
FileId	Specifies the file id of the file to perform the operation upon.	integer	Required

Body Parameters

Journal details.

JournalDetail

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Items	The items associated with this journal transaction.	Collection of JournalItem	Required
Notes	Textual notes set by the user.	string	None.
TransactionId	The Id/key of the journal/transaction. This data is returned only and cannot be added or updated when issuing a POST or PUT.	integer	None.
LastUpdatedId	A data field used to check concurreny when performing updates. This data is returned only and used for concurrency checking when performing an update/PUT.	string	None.
TransactionDate	Date of this transaction.	date	Required
Summary	Journal summary.	string	None.
Currency	The currrency code of the amounts. Eg. AUD.	string	None.
FxRate	FXRate (Foreign exchange rate) applied to this invoice.	decimal number	None.
AutoPopulateFxRate	Determines whether the FxRate is automatically populated using the Fx feed.	boolean	None.
Reference	Journal reference	string	None.
JournalContactId	The Id/key of the journal transaction's contact.	integer	None.
ContactFirstName	Contact first name. This data is returned only and cannot be added or updated when issuing a POST or PUT.	string	None.
ContactLastName	Contact last name. This data is returned only and cannot be added or updated when issuing a POST or PUT.	string	None.
ContactOrganisationName	Contact organisation name. This data is returned only and cannot be added or updated when issuing a POST or PUT.	string	None.
RequiresFollowUp	Journal transaction requires follow up	boolean	None.
Tags	List of tags associated with this resource.	Collection of string	None.
CreatedDateUtc	The date and time this resource was created in UTC. This data is returned only and cannot be added or updated when issuing a POST or PUT.	date	None.
LastModifiedDateUtc	The date and time this resource was last modified in UTC. This data is returned only and cannot be added or updated when issuing a POST or PUT.	date	None.
_links	Hypermedia links. Contains contextual links to possible next actions related to this resource. Only present in responses. This data is not to be sent to the server.	Collection of Link	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "Items": [
    {
      "Type": "Credit",
      "AccountId": 321,
      "TaxCode": "G1",
      "Amount": 10.0,
      "_links": []
    }
  ],
  "Notes": "Test journal note",
  "TransactionId": 5093684,
  "LastUpdatedId": "AAAAAAAKgc=",
  "TransactionDate": "2015-01-24T00:00:00",
  "Summary": "Test Journal entry 1",
  "Currency": "AUD",
  "FxRate": 1.0,
  "AutoPopulateFxRate": false,
  "Reference": "123",
  "JournalContactId": 987,
  "ContactFirstName": "Joe",
  "ContactLastName": "Smith",
  "ContactOrganisationName": "Joes Toys",
  "RequiresFollowUp": false,
  "Tags": [
    "Note",
    "Supplier",
    "Toys"
  ],
  "CreatedDateUtc": "2025-10-24T18:00:11.0456891Z",
  "LastModifiedDateUtc": "2025-10-25T18:00:11.0456891Z",
  "_links": []
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<JournalDetail xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <_links />
  <TransactionId>5093684</TransactionId>
  <LastUpdatedId>AAAAAAAKgc=</LastUpdatedId>
  <TransactionDate>2015-01-24T00:00:00</TransactionDate>
  <Summary>Test Journal entry 1</Summary>
  <Currency>AUD</Currency>
  <FxRate>1</FxRate>
  <AutoPopulateFxRate>false</AutoPopulateFxRate>
  <Reference>123</Reference>
  <JournalContactId>987</JournalContactId>
  <ContactFirstName>Joe</ContactFirstName>
  <ContactLastName>Smith</ContactLastName>
  <ContactOrganisationName>Joes Toys</ContactOrganisationName>
  <RequiresFollowUp>false</RequiresFollowUp>
  <Tags>
    <string>Note</string>
    <string>Supplier</string>
    <string>Toys</string>
  </Tags>
  <CreatedDateUtc>2025-10-24T18:00:11.0456891Z</CreatedDateUtc>
  <LastModifiedDateUtc>2025-10-25T18:00:11.0456891Z</LastModifiedDateUtc>
  <Items>
    <JournalItem>
      <_links />
      <Type>Credit</Type>
      <AccountId>321</AccountId>
      <TaxCode>G1</TaxCode>
      <Amount>10.00</Amount>
    </JournalItem>
  </Items>
  <Notes>Test journal note</Notes>
</JournalDetail>

Response Information

Resource Description

InsertJournalResult

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
InsertedEntityId	The Id/key of the newly created/inserted journal.	integer	None.
UpdatedJournalId	The id of the updated journal transaction.	integer	None.
LastUpdatedId	The unique identifier generated as part of the update. This value is required when submitting subsequent update to prevent concurrency errors.	string	None.
UtcLastModified	The date and time this resource was modified in UTC.	date	None.
_links	Hypermedia links. Contains contextual links to possible next actions related to this resource. Only present in responses. This data is not to be sent to the server.	Collection of Link	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "InsertedEntityId": 1,
  "UpdatedJournalId": 2,
  "LastUpdatedId": "sample string 3",
  "UtcLastModified": "2025-10-26T22:37:35.570717+11:00",
  "_links": [
    {
      "rel": "sample string 1",
      "href": "sample string 2",
      "method": "sample string 3",
      "title": "sample string 4"
    },
    {
      "rel": "sample string 1",
      "href": "sample string 2",
      "method": "sample string 3",
      "title": "sample string 4"
    }
  ]
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<InsertJournalResult xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <_links>
    <Link>
      <rel>sample string 1</rel>
      <href>sample string 2</href>
      <method>sample string 3</method>
      <title>sample string 4</title>
    </Link>
    <Link>
      <rel>sample string 1</rel>
      <href>sample string 2</href>
      <method>sample string 3</method>
      <title>sample string 4</title>
    </Link>
  </_links>
  <LastUpdatedId>sample string 3</LastUpdatedId>
  <UtcLastModified>2025-10-26T22:37:35.570717+11:00</UtcLastModified>
  <UpdatedJournalId>2</UpdatedJournalId>
  <InsertedEntityId>1</InsertedEntityId>
</InsertJournalResult>