---
title: "Get opening balance · Opening Balance · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Returns the current opening balance status, cutover date, and rows. GET /partners/opening-balance"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/opening-balance/get-opening-balance"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/opening-balance/get-opening-balance"
---
[Opening Balance](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/opening-balance) / Get opening balance

# Get opening balance

GET `/partners/opening-balance`

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

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=GET&path=%2Fpartners%2Fopening-balance)

[Workspace](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/workspace) [Chart of Accounts](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/chart-of-accounts) [Journal Entries](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/journal-entries)

#### Responses

`200` Opening balance state retrieved.

`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)

[Next POST Set opening balance](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/opening-balance/set-opening-balance)

GET `https://api.getcount.com/partners/opening-balance`

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 = '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

```json
{
  "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"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```