> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.filexpress.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create journal entry (draft) > Creates a journal entry in DRAFT. It must balance, use posting accounts, and fall within an open period. **Required permission:** `accounting.journal_entries` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.en.json post /accounting/journal-entries openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: FileXpress External API version: 1.0.0 description: >- API for integrating third-party systems with FileXpress: billing, HR, accounting, inventory, projects, accounts receivable and payable, treasury, pricing and promotions, and cash. Current base URL: /api/external/v1. The legacy unversioned path (/api/external) will be removed on January 1, 2027; migrate to /api/external/v1 (same endpoints, only the base URL changes). The v2 API (/api/external/v2) exposes currencies and exchange rates, sales and purchases in foreign currency, taxes by id, payrolls with branch, and errors with a stable `code`; its operations carry the /v2 prefix in the path. We suggest migrating to the available v2 routes before March 30, 2027. servers: - url: https://api.filexpress.app/api/external/v1 description: Production security: - ApiKey: [] tags: - name: General - name: Billing · Sales - name: Billing · Purchases - name: Billing · Customers - name: Billing · Suppliers - name: Billing · Products - name: Catalogs - name: HR · Employees - name: HR · Attendance - name: HR · Labor rules - name: HR · Schedules - name: HR · Holidays - name: HR · Attendance results - name: HR · Leave requests - name: HR · Payrolls - name: Accounting - name: Inventory - name: Projects - name: Accounts receivable - name: Accounts payable - name: Treasury - name: Pricing and promotions - name: Cash - name: Points of sale - name: API v2 · General - name: API v2 · Currencies and rates - name: API v2 · Countries - name: API v2 · Sales - name: API v2 · Purchases - name: API v2 · Payrolls paths: /accounting/journal-entries: post: tags: - Accounting summary: Create journal entry (draft) description: >- Creates a journal entry in DRAFT. It must balance, use posting accounts, and fall within an open period. **Required permission:** `accounting.journal_entries` requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JournalEntryRequest' example: branch_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 entry_date: '2026-10-31' description: Comisiones de ventas octubre external_reference: COM-2026-10 entry_type: DIA details: - account_code: '510201' debit: 1250 credit: 0 description: Gasto por comisiones cost_center_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 - account_code: '210305' debit: 0 credit: 1250 description: Comisiones por pagar responses: '201': description: Journal entry created content: application/json: example: status: true data: id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 branch_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 entry_code: null entry_type_id: 3b8e2f10-7c4d-4a9e-b1f2-5d6c7e8f9a01 entry_type: DIA entry_date: '2026-10-31' description: >- Comisiones de ventas octubre [Ref: COM-2026-10] (API: Mi ERP) status: BORRADOR reference_type: external_integration total_debit: 1250 total_credit: 1250 is_balanced: true details: - account_code: '510201' account_name: Comisiones sobre ventas debit: 1250 credit: 0 description: Gasto por comisiones cost_center_id: 9d1c5a3e-4b7f-4e2a-9c1d-2f6b8a0e7c11 - account_code: '210305' account_name: Comisiones por pagar debit: 0 credit: 1250 description: Comisiones por pagar cost_center_id: null '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/E401' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/E403' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/E404' '422': $ref: '#/components/responses/E422' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/E429' components: schemas: JournalEntryRequest: type: object properties: branch_id: type: string format: uuid entry_date: type: string format: date description: Must have an OPEN period. description: type: string entry_type: type: string maxLength: 20 description: >- Code of an active journal entry type of the business (GET /accounting/entry-types). Without entry_type or entry_type_id, the type configured for the external API is used (DIA if none). entry_type_id: type: string format: uuid description: >- ID of an active journal entry type of the business (alternative to entry_type). external_reference: type: string description: Reference in your system. details: type: array minItems: 2 maxItems: 200 items: type: object properties: account_id: type: string format: uuid description: Account (or account_code). account_code: type: string description: Account code (or account_id). debit: type: number credit: type: number description: type: string cost_center_id: type: string format: uuid nullable: true description: >- Cost center of the line (leaf and active). Required on accounts with `required` policy; not allowed on `none` accounts (balance sheet). cost_center_distribution_id: type: string format: uuid nullable: true description: >- Active distribution instead of a center (only `optional`/`required` accounts). The journal entry is created as a DRAFT and the line is split into one line per center when it is processed. Mutually exclusive with `cost_center_id` at the same level (422 `Indique centro de costo o distribución, no ambos.`). required: - debit - credit required: - branch_id - entry_date - description - details responses: E401: description: Missing or invalid API Key content: application/json: example: status: false message: Invalid API Key. E403: description: Integration without the required permission or deactivated content: application/json: example: status: false message: This integration does not have the 'hr.employees' permission. required_scope: hr.employees E404: description: Resource does not exist or belongs to another business content: application/json: example: status: false message: Not found. E422: description: Validation error content: application/json: example: status: false message: Validation errors errors: start_date: - The start date field is required. E429: description: Rate limit exceeded content: application/json: example: status: false message: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later. rate_limit: 100 securitySchemes: ApiKey: type: apiKey in: header name: X-API-Key description: Integration API Key (Integrations → New Integration). ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.