---
title: "Match expense receipt manually · Expense Receipts · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Links an expense receipt to an expense transaction. POST /partners/expense-receipts/{uuid}/match-manually"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/match-expense-receipt-manually"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/match-expense-receipt-manually"
---
[Expense Receipts](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts) / Match expense receipt manually

# Match expense receipt manually

POST `/partners/expense-receipts/{uuid}/match-manually`

Links an expense receipt to an expense transaction.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=POST&path=%2Fpartners%2Fexpense-receipts%2F%7Buuid%7D%2Fmatch-manually&body=%7B%0A++%22transactionUuid%22%3A+%22b7c8d9e0-f1a2-3456-bcde-678901234567%22%0A%7D)

[Transactions API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/transactions) [Chart of Accounts API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts) [Projects API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/projects)

#### Path parameters

`uuid` uuid required

Expense receipt UUID to match.

#### Request body

`transactionUuid` uuid required

Transaction UUID from the Transactions API.

#### Responses

`200` Receipt matched to transaction.

`400` Receipt already matched or amounts do not align.

`404` Receipt or transaction not found.

`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 DELETE Delete expense receipt](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/delete-expense-receipt) [Next DELETE Unmatch expense receipt](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/expense-receipts/unmatch-expense-receipt)

POST `https://api.getcount.com/partners/expense-receipts/{uuid}/match-manually`

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 = '/expense-receipts/44556677-8899-aabb-ccdd-eeff00112233/match-manually';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const body = {
  "transactionUuid": "b7c8d9e0-f1a2-3456-bcde-678901234567"
};
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/expense-receipts/44556677-8899-aabb-ccdd-eeff00112233/match-manually`, {
  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 · 200

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Success on matching receipt",
  "data": {
    "pendingReceipt": {
      "id": "44556677-8899-aabb-ccdd-eeff00112233",
      "amount": 45.99,
      "currency": "USD",
      "date": "2026-03-01",
      "description": "Team lunch",
      "matched": true,
      "receiptSplited": false,
      "account": {
        "uuid": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
        "name": "Business Checking"
      },
      "categoryAccount": {
        "uuid": "c3d4e5f6-a7b8-9012-cdef-123456789012",
        "name": "Meals & Entertainment"
      },
      "vendor": null,
      "project": {
        "uuid": "11223344-5566-7788-99aa-bbccddeeff00",
        "name": "Website Redesign"
      },
      "customer": {
        "uuid": "dfa3219e-6af8-4c53-997a-037534f63a35",
        "customer": "Acme Corporation"
      },
      "tags": [],
      "taxes": [],
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```