Returns the expense category with the given identifier.

GET /accounting/expense-categories/{id}

Group: Accounting › Expense Categories · Operation ID: getExpenseCategory

To look up a category by its external identifier, which is not unique, use POST accounting/expense-categories/search.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
`Api-Version`	header	`"v1"`	yes	The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`.
`id`	path	string	yes	The unique identifier for the expense category to return.

200 Success

Under data (getExpenseCategoryOutput):

Field	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	The unique identifier for the expense category.
`category`	string	yes	The display name of the expense category, for example 'Meals'. Unique within the tenant.
`categoryType`	string	no	The kind of expense. One of 'Pur', 'Dis' or 'PerDiem'. 'Dis' is distance traveled.
`reimbursable`	boolean	yes	Whether expenses in this category are reimbursed to the employee.
`status`	string	no	The lifecycle status of the expense category. Possible values: 'active', 'inactive'. An inactive category stays readable so historical expense items still resolve, and is not offered for new ones.
`requireAttachment`	boolean	no	Whether an expense in this category must have a receipt attachment.
`requireAttendees`	boolean	no	Whether an expense in this category must list attendees.
`externalId`	string	no	The identifier this category has in an external system. It is not unique.
`lastModifiedDate`	string (date-time)	yes	The date and time the expense category last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ.

Code	Status
`NOT_FOUND`	400