Create journal entry

POST/partners/journal-entries

Creates a manual journal entry posting.

Required body fields: `descriptionEntry`, `date`, and `lines`. Each line needs `accountUuid` and exactly one of `amountDebit` or `amountCredit`.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

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Chart of Accounts API Transactions API

Request body

descriptionEntrystringrequired

Posting memo.

datedaterequired

Posting date (YYYY-MM-DD).

refNumberstring

Optional reference number.

withCautionboolean

Skip book-closeness checks when true (use sparingly).

linesarrayrequired

Debit and credit lines. Must balance.

accountUuiduuidrequired

Chart-of-accounts UUID for this line.

amountDebitstring

Debit amount. Provide this or amountCredit, not both.

amountCreditstring

Credit amount. Provide this or amountDebit, not both.

descriptionLinestring

Optional per-line description.

Responses

201Journal entry created successfully.

400Unbalanced lines, unknown account UUID, locked period, or validation error.

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/journal-entries

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 = '/journal-entries';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const body = {
  "descriptionEntry": "Accrue March rent",
  "date": "2026-03-01",
  "refNumber": "JE-2026-003",
  "lines": [
    {
      "accountUuid": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
      "amountDebit": "2500.00",
      "descriptionLine": "Rent expense"
    },
    {
      "accountUuid": "c3d4e5f6-a7b8-9012-cdef-123456789012",
      "amountCredit": "2500.00",
      "descriptionLine": "Accrued rent payable"
    }
  ]
};
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/journal-entries`, {
  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

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Successfully created journal entry",
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "id": "f1a2b3c4-d5e6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
        "descriptionEntry": "Accrue March rent",
        "descriptionLine": "Rent expense",
        "date": "2026-03-01",
        "refNumber": "JE-2026-003",
        "amountDebit": "2500.00",
        "amountCredit": null,
        "accountUuid": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
        "account": {
          "id": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
          "name": "Rent Expense",
          "type": "Expenses"
        },
        "journalLinkUuid": "a9b8c7d6-e5f4-3210-abcd-ef9876543210",
        "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
        "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}