Read an expense

GET /businesses/{bid}/expenses/{id}

Requires the expenses scope.

Includes the raw OCR extraction when the row came from a scan.

Path parameters

Name	Type		Description
`bid`	string	required	Business id, from `POST /businesses`.
`id`	string	required	Expense id.

Response

200: { "ok": true, … }

Field	Type		Description
`ok`	boolean	required
`expense`	Expense	required	The purchase side of the ledger. A recorded expense is immutable; correct it with a storno.

Errors: 400, 401, 403, 404, 429. Every failure answers { "error": …, "reason": … }. Branch on reason.

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Path parameters Response

GET /businesses/{bid}/expenses/{id}

curl -X GET "$BASE/businesses/$BID/expenses/$DOC_ID" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY"

const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/businesses/${BID}/expenses/${DOC_ID}`, {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': KEY,
  },
})
const data = await res.json()
if (!data.ok) throw new Error(data.reason)

import requests
res = requests.get(
    f"{BASE}/businesses/{BID}/expenses/{DOC_ID}",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": KEY},
)
data = res.json()

Set BASE to https://api.billos.co.il/v1 and KEY to your bk_live_… key, or a bk_test_… key to run it against the sandbox.

Manage your businesses, keys and webhooks in the BillOS Console.