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Opening BalanceGet opening balance

Get opening balance

GET/partners/opening-balance

Returns the current opening balance status, cutover date, and rows.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token
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Responses

200Opening balance state retrieved.
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
GEThttps://api.getcount.com/partners/opening-balance
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 = 'GET';
const signingPath = '/opening-balance';
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/opening-balance`, {
  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",
  "data": {
    "status": "published",
    "cutoverDate": "2026-03-01",
    "rows": [
      {
        "accountUuid": "c8d9e0f1-a2b3-4567-cdef-789012345678",
        "accountName": "Business Checking",
        "accountType": "Assets",
        "debit": "12500.00",
        "credit": "0.00"
      },
      {
        "accountUuid": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-0123-defa-234567890123",
        "accountName": "Opening Balance Equity",
        "accountType": "Equity",
        "debit": "0.00",
        "credit": "12500.00"
      }
    ]
  }
}