---
title: "Create budget · Budgets · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Creates a budget and its initial version. POST /partners/budgets"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets/create-budget"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets/create-budget"
---
[Budgets](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets) / Create budget

# Create budget

POST `/partners/budgets`

Creates a budget and its initial version.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=POST&path=%2Fpartners%2Fbudgets&body=%7B%0A++%22name%22%3A+%22FY+2026+Operating+Budget%22%2C%0A++%22startPeriod%22%3A+%222026-01-01%22%2C%0A++%22cadence%22%3A+%22monthly%22%2C%0A++%22actualPeriods%22%3A+3%2C%0A++%22budgetPeriods%22%3A+12%2C%0A++%22currencyCode%22%3A+%22USD%22%0A%7D)

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#### Request body

`name` string required

Unique budget name (among non-archived budgets).

`startPeriod` date required

First period start date (ISO).

`cadence` enum required

Period cadence.

One of: `monthly`, `yearly`

`actualPeriods` integer required

Historical actual periods (0 or greater).

`budgetPeriods` integer required

Forward budget periods (minimum 1).

`currencyCode` string

ISO 4217 currency. Defaults to USD.

`isOverall` boolean

Create as the workspace Overall Budget.

#### Responses

`201` Budget and initial version created.

`400` Validation failed or duplicate budget name.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

[Previous GET List budgets](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets/list-budgets) [Next GET Get budget](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/budgets/get-budget)

POST `https://api.getcount.com/partners/budgets`

Request

```javascript
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 = '/budgets';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const body = {
  "name": "FY 2026 Operating Budget",
  "startPeriod": "2026-01-01",
  "cadence": "monthly",
  "actualPeriods": 3,
  "budgetPeriods": 12,
  "currencyCode": "USD"
};
const bodyString = JSON.stringify(body);

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

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/budgets`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
  body: bodyString,
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 201

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Success on creating budget",
  "data": {
    "budget": {
      "id": "55667788-99aa-bbcc-ddee-ff0011223344",
      "name": "FY 2026 Operating Budget",
      "startPeriod": "2026-01-01",
      "cadence": "monthly",
      "actualPeriods": 3,
      "budgetPeriods": 12,
      "currencyCode": "USD",
      "status": "draft",
      "lockedAt": null,
      "isOverall": false,
      "versions": [
        {
          "versionNumber": 1,
          "label": "Initial",
          "isPublished": false,
          "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
    },
    "version": {
      "versionNumber": 1,
      "label": "Initial",
      "isPublished": false,
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```