Expensify API

By Abhishek Kumar
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Streamline expense reporting with Expensify’s SmartScan, receipt capture, and automated workflows. Connect via robust APIs and webhooks. Get started today!

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API Overview

Expensify is a cloud-based expense management platform that helps businesses automate expense reporting, mileage tracking, and corporate card reconciliation. It offers a user-friendly mobile app and web interface, making it easy for employees to submit expenses on the go. Expensify's powerful features, such as receipt capture, expense categorization, and approval workflows, help businesses save time and money while ensuring compliance.

Expensify API provides a comprehensive suite of APIs that enable developers to connect their applications with Expensify's platform. The API offers access to a wide range of endpoints, including those for creating and managing expenses, users, and reports. Expensify API utilizes modern web technologies such as JSON and HTTP, making it easy to use and implement. The API also supports webhooks, allowing developers to receive real-time updates on changes to their Expensify data. To ensure the stability and performance of the platform, Expensify API implements rate limits, which set restrictions on the number of API calls that can be made within a given time frame.

API Request Limits

APIs

export_report_template

Method: get

Description: Exports the specified report template..

Endpoint: /reports/export/template

Parameters: {report_template_id}

export_report

Method: get

Description: Exports a report..

Endpoint: /reports/export/{report_id}

Parameters: {}

reports

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of your reports..

Endpoint: /reports/

Parameters: {}

expense_reports

Method: get

Description: Retrieve a list of expense reports..

Endpoint: /expense-reports/

Parameters: {}

expense_report

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a specific expense report..

Endpoint: /expense-reports/{expense_report_id}

Parameters: {}

expenses

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of your expenses..

Endpoint: /expenses/

Parameters: {}

expense

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a specific expense..

Endpoint: /expenses/{expense_id}

Parameters: {}

users

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of users in the company..

Endpoint: /users/

Parameters: {}

user

Method: get

Description: Retrieves the user with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /users/{user_id}

Parameters: {}

webhooks

Method: get

Description: Lists all webhooks for the company..

Endpoint: /webhooks/

Parameters: {}

webhook

Method: get

Description: Gets the webhook with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /webhooks/{webhook_id}

Parameters: {}

departments

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of departments in the company..

Endpoint: /departments/

Parameters: {}

department

Method: get

Description: Retrieves the department with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /departments/{department_id}

Parameters: {}

groups

Method: get

Description: Lists the user groups in the company..

Endpoint: /user-groups/

Parameters: {}

group

Method: get

Description: Gets the group with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /user-groups/{user_group_id}

Parameters: {}

vendors

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of vendors..

Endpoint: /vendors/

Parameters: {}

vendor

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a specific vendor..

Endpoint: /vendors/{vendor_id}

Parameters: {}

documents

Method: get

Description: Lists all documents..

Endpoint: /documents/

Parameters: {}

document

Method: get

Description: Retrieves the document with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /documents/{document_id}

Parameters: {}

rates

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of currency exchange rates..

Endpoint: /rates/

Parameters: {}

quickbooks

Method: get

Description: Retrieves information about the QuickBooks connection for the specified user..

Endpoint: /quickbooks/{user_id}

Parameters: {}

policies

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of company policies..

Endpoint: /policies/

Parameters: {}

policy

Method: get

Description: Retrieves the policy with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /policies/{policy_id}

Parameters: {}

receipts

Method: get

Description: Lists all scanned receipts..

Endpoint: /receipts/

Parameters: {}

receipt

Method: get

Description: Retrieves the receipt with the specified ID..

Endpoint: /receipts/{receipt_id}

Parameters: {}

batch

Method: post

Description: Creates a new batch..

Endpoint: /batches/

Parameters: {}

categories

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of categories..

Endpoint: /categories/

Parameters: {}

tag

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of tags..

Endpoint: /tags/

Parameters: {}

tag_definition

Method: get

Description: Retrieves a list of tag definitions..

Endpoint: /tag-definitions/

Parameters: {}

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Last Update: November 04, 2024