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Core

Auth

Overview
Login with username and password
Logout
Get current user
Change password
Refresh access token
Disable TOTP
Verify and enable TOTP
Generate TOTP secret for setup
Verify TOTP code
Verify email with token
Send verification email to current user
Check email verification status
Request password reset email
Reset password with token
Validate a password reset token
Register a new user and organisation

Organisation

Overview
The Organisation object
Get organisation details and settings
Update organisation profile
Update organisation settings

Accounting

Accounts

Overview
The Accounts object
List chart of accounts
Create an account
Get account types with counts
Get account details
Update an account
Delete an account
Get account balance

Transactions

Overview
The Transactions object
List transactions
Create a transaction
Get account ledger
Get transaction details
Delete a draft transaction
Categorise a transaction
Reconcile a transaction
Update transaction status
Suggest transaction category

Invoices

Overview
The Invoices object
Send invoice via email
Download invoice as PDF
List invoices
Create an invoice
Preview invoice calculations
Retrieve an invoice
Update a draft invoice
Delete a draft invoice
Record a payment
Update invoice status

Quotes

Overview
The Quotes object
List quotes
Create a new quote
Preview quote calculations
Get quote details
Update a quote
Delete a draft quote
Convert quote to invoice
Update quote status

Contacts

Overview
The Contacts object
List contacts
Create a contact
Get contact details
Update a contact
Deactivate a contact
Get contact financial summary

Reports

Overview
Aged Creditors Report
Aged Debtors Report
Balance Sheet
Dashboard summary
List financial periods
Get financial period details
Profit & Loss
Trial Balance
VAT Return Summary

Banking

Bank Accounts

Overview
The Bank Accounts object
List bank accounts

Bank Imports

Overview
List bank imports
Upload bank statement
Get bank import details
Delete a bank import
Confirm bank import
Remap bank import columns

Categorisation Rules

Overview
The Categorisation Rules object
List categorisation rules
Create categorisation rule
Create rule from import categorisation
List global consensus rules with tenant account resolution
Reorder rules by updating priorities
Test a value against categorisation rules
Update categorisation rule
Delete categorisation rule

Company

Directors

Overview
The Directors object
List directors and shareholders
Add a director or shareholder
Get director details
Update director details
Resign a director

Director Loans

Overview
List Director Loan Account transactions
Record a Director Loan Account transaction
Get DLA running balance per director
Get DLA balance for a single director
S455 Corporation Tax exposure summary
Create year-end DLA snapshot with S455 and BiK calculations
List year-end DLA snapshots

Dividends

Overview
List dividends
Declare a dividend for a director
List board minutes
Record board minutes approving a dividend declaration
Get board minutes with associated dividends
Check available retained profits for dividend declaration
Dividend summary by financial year
Calculate UK dividend tax liability
Get dividend details
Mark a dividend as paid
Void a dividend and reverse its journal entries
Download dividend voucher as PDF

Board Minutes

Overview
Download board minutes as PDF

Import & Migration

Contact Imports

Overview
The Contact Imports object
List contact imports
Upload contacts file
Get contact import details
Delete a contact import
Confirm contact import
Resolve identity conflicts

Opening Balances

Overview
The Opening Balances object
Get opening balance status
Upload opening balances
Get opening balance details
Delete an opening balance import
Confirm opening balances
Map opening balance accounts
Void opening balances

Invoice Imports

Overview
The Invoice Imports object
Upload invoices file
Get invoice import details
Delete an invoice import
Confirm invoice import
Void invoice import

Bill Imports

Overview
The Bill Imports object
Upload bills file
Get bill import details
Delete a bill import
Confirm bill import
Void bill import

Migration

Overview
Create a new migration
Get active migration
List migration history
Get migration details
Abandon a migration
Execute migration
Upload migration data
Upload deferred migration data
Upload provider export
Validate migration data

Integration

API Keys

Overview
The API Keys object
List API keys
Create API key
List available API key scopes
Update API key name
Revoke API key
Rotate API key

Webhooks

Overview
The Webhooks object
List webhook endpoints
Create webhook endpoint
Update webhook endpoint
Delete webhook endpoint
Webhook delivery log
Rotate webhook signing secret

API Request Log

Overview
The API Request Log object
List API request log entries
Get API request log entry detail

Platform

Billing

Overview
The Billing object
Create checkout session
List subscription plans
Create billing portal session
Get billing status

Bug Reports

Overview
The Bug Reports object
List bug reports
Submit a bug report
Get bug report details

Stripe Webhooks

Overview
Handle Stripe webhook events

Health

Overview
Health check

Transparency

Overview
Recent transparency entries
Transparency statistics

Public

Overview
Get early access availability

Admin

Admin

Overview
View audit log
Bulk delete bug reports
Delete a bug report
List organisations
Get organisation details
Update organisation
Delete organisation
Cancel subscription
Refund payment
Retry payment
Search platform
Get platform settings
Update platform setting
Platform statistics
Clear system cache
System health check
Replay failed webhooks
List failed webhooks
List users
Get user details
Delete user
Disable user MFA
Impersonate user
Update user role
Send password reset
Suspend user
Unlock user
Unsuspend user

Admin Bug Reports

Overview
List bug reports (admin)
Get bug report (admin)
Update bug report status

Transparency

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