# Vendor Bills

`GET /accounting/vendor-bills`

Group: Accounting › Vendor Bills · Operation ID: `vendorBills`

Returns a list of vendor bills. Each entry is the bill header. Read one bill with its line items from GET accounting/vendor-bills/:id or POST accounting/vendor-bills/search.

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## 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`. |

## Query surface

- `id` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `vendorBillNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `billNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `billDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `serviceDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `dueDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `currency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `status` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `postingStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `paymentTerms` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `externalVendorBillId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- Orderable: id, vendorBillNumber, billNumber, billDate, serviceDate, dueDate, currency, status, paymentStatus, postingStatus, paymentTerms, total, amountPaid, openAmount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, vendorBillNumber, billNumber, billDate, serviceDate, dueDate, currency, status, paymentStatus, postingStatus, paymentTerms, total, amountPaid, openAmount, externalVendorBillId, vendorName, entityName, lastModifiedDate

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of vendorBillsRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | The unique identifier for the vendor bill. |
| `vendorBillNumber` | string or null | no | The vendor bill number. Stable across edits. |
| `billNumber` | string or null | no | The vendor-issued invoice number, as printed on the bill. It is not unique across vendors. |
| `billDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date printed on the vendor's invoice. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `serviceDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date the goods or services were delivered. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Absent when not recorded. |
| `dueDate` | string (date) or null | no | The date payment is due. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `currency` | string or null | no | The currency the bill is denominated in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Governs total, amountPaid and openAmount. |
| `status` | string or null | no | The approval status. Values include 'pendingApproval', 'approved', 'rejected', 'voided' and 'reversed'. |
| `paymentStatus` | string or null | no | The payment status. Values include 'unpaid', 'partiallyPaid', 'fullyPaid', 'pending', 'notApplicable' and 'voided'. |
| `postingStatus` | string or null | no | The accounting posting status, defined by the accounting subsystem, for example 'notPosted', 'posted' or 'postingFailed'. |
| `paymentTerms` | string or null | no | The payment-terms key applied to this bill, for example 'net30', 'net60' or 'dueOnReceipt'. |
| `total` | string (decimal) or null | no | The total bill amount, gross, in the bill currency. |
| `amountPaid` | string (decimal) or null | no | The cumulative amount paid against this bill so far, in the bill currency. |
| `openAmount` | string (decimal) or null | no | The outstanding amount still owed, total minus amountPaid, in the bill currency. |
| `externalVendorBillId` | string or null | no | The identifier this bill has in the upstream system that produced it. It is not unique. |
| `vendorName` | string or null | no | The name of the vendor this bill is from. |
| `entityName` | string or null | no | The name of the legal entity this bill is posted under. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) or null | no | The date and time the vendor bill last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error