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Approve a bill

POST/partners/bills/{uuid}/approve

Approves a draft bill and posts journal entries.

Makes the bill eligible for transaction payment and vendor memo application. Returns 400 if already approved or line items are missing.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token
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Path parameters

uuiduuidrequired

The bill UUID to approve.

Responses

200Bill approved.
400Bill is already approved or has no line items.
404Bill not found.
401Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. Troubleshoot
403The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. Troubleshoot
429Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. Troubleshoot
POSThttps://api.getcount.com/partners/bills/{uuid}/approve
Request
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'POST';
const signingPath = '/bills/3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/approve';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const bodyString = '';

const bodyHash = '';
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/bills/3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6/approve`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

console.log(await response.json());
Response · 200
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Bill approved",
  "data": {
    "id": "b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f23456789012",
    "billNumber": "BILL-1042",
    "billType": "bill",
    "date": "2026-01-15",
    "dueDate": "2026-02-15",
    "currency": "USD",
    "approvalStatus": "approved",
    "status": "unpaid",
    "total": 250,
    "paidAmount": 0,
    "amountDue": 250,
    "notes": "Office supplies for Q1",
    "purchaseOrderNumber": null,
    "isDeleted": false,
    "vendor": {
      "id": "f1a2b3c4-d5e6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
      "name": "Office Depot",
      "email": "ap@officedepot.example"
    },
    "lineItems": [
      {
        "id": "a4b5c6d7-e8f9-0123-abcd-456789012345",
        "description": "Office supplies",
        "quantity": 1,
        "price": 250,
        "total": 250,
        "categoryAccountUuid": "c3d4e5f6-a7b8-9012-cdef-123456789012"
      }
    ],
    "transactions": [],
    "appliedVendorMemos": [],
    "tagUuids": [],
    "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
  }
}