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Get a canon gl account

Canon module

GET/canon/gl-accounts/{account_code}canonGlAccounts.get

A GL account in the fixed 23-account chart. Tenants cannot add accounts. Returns one canon gl account with its `ETag`. A canon gl account the caller may not see returns 404.

  • Requires the capability canon.taxonomy.read.
  • OAuth scopes: canon.
  • Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.

Path and query parameters

canonGlAccounts.get: Path and query parameters
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
account_codeGlAccountCodeYesGL account code from the fixed chart in `xpms.dim_gl_account` (Section 3.11).Constraints: pattern ^[0-9]{4}$
fieldsFieldsNoSparse fieldset: a comma-separated list of top-level fields to return. `id` is always returned.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*(,[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)*$

Response 200: CanonGlAccount

canonGlAccounts.get: CanonGlAccount
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
account_codeGlAccountCodeYesGL account code from the fixed chart in `xpms.dim_gl_account` (Section 3.11).Constraints: pattern ^[0-9]{4}$
account_namestringYesAccount name.Constraints: length 1 to 200
account_typestringYesAccount type.Constraints: length 1 to 200
tax_typeTaxTypeYesTax type from the Universal Posting Line specification (Bible tab 36).Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]*( [A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]+)*$
descriptionstringYesAccount description.Constraints: length 1 to 20000
normal_balance"Debit" | "Credit" | nullYesNormal balance of the account's type: Debit or Credit.
{
  "account_code": "5400",
  "account_name": "Environment",
  "account_type": "Expense",
  "tax_type": "Tax on Purchases",
  "description": "Environment class costs.",
  "normal_balance": "Debit"
}

Code samples

curl -X GET "$XOS_BASE_URL/canon/gl-accounts/5400" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY"
const { data, etag } = await xos.canonGlAccounts.get("5400");
response = xos.canon_gl_accounts.get("5400")
xos canon-gl-accounts get 5400