# List purchase orders

Operation ID: `purchaseOrders`

Group: Accounting › Purchase Orders

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`GET /accounting/purchase-orders`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists purchase orders. Each item is the order's main fields, without its lines. To get the lines, use GET accounting/purchase-orders/:id or POST accounting/purchase-orders/search.

To filter by vendor or legal entity, use POST accounting/purchase-orders/search.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · 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
- `poNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `externalPONumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `approvalStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `budgetStatus` — 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
- `currency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `startDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `endDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `needByDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `paymentTerms` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- Orderable: id, poNumber, approvalStatus, budgetStatus, status, currency, totalAmount, invoicedTotalAmount, receivedTotalAmount, startDate, endDate, needByDate, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, poNumber, description, internalDescription, externalMemo, externalPONumber, approvalStatus, budgetStatus, status, currency, totalAmount, invoicedTotalAmount, receivedTotalAmount, startDate, endDate, needByDate, paymentTerms, vendorName, vendorContactEmail, entityName, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of purchaseOrdersRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Filter | Sort | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The unique identifier for the purchase order. |
| `poNumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The purchase order number, for example 'PO-3'. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `description` | string \| null | no | no | no | The description of the order, shown to the vendor. |
| `internalDescription` | string \| null | no | no | no | Internal notes on the order, not shown to the vendor. |
| `externalMemo` | string \| null | no | no | no | A memo intended for the vendor. |
| `externalPONumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The order reference in the vendor's or an upstream system. It is not unique. |
| `approvalStatus` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The approval status of the order. Possible values: 'approved', 'pendingApproval', 'rejected'. |
| `budgetStatus` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The budget-check status of the order. Possible values: 'approved', 'rejected', 'pendingApproval'. Independent of approvalStatus. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The order lifecycle status. Possible values: 'open', 'inprogress', 'closed', 'overMatched'. This is not the vendor-bill matching status, which is per line in each line's matchStatus. |
| `currency` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The currency the order is denominated in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Governs every amount on the order and its lines. |
| `totalAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The total ordered amount, the sum of the line totals, in the order currency. |
| `invoicedTotalAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The portion of the order already invoiced by vendor bills, in the order currency. |
| `receivedTotalAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The portion of the order already received as goods, in the order currency. |
| `startDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The first day of the period the order covers. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `endDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The last day of the period the order covers. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `needByDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date the goods or services are needed by. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `paymentTerms` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The payment-terms code applied to this order, for example 'net30', 'net60', 'dueOnReceipt' or 'custom'. Inherited from the vendor unless overridden. |
| `vendorName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the vendor this order is placed with. |
| `vendorContactEmail` | string \| null | no | no | no | The main contact email at the vendor. |
| `entityName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the legal entity this order is placed by. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date and time the purchase order last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "poNumber": "<poNumber>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "internalDescription": "<internalDescription>",
      "externalMemo": "<externalMemo>",
      "externalPONumber": "<externalPONumber>",
      "approvalStatus": "<approvalStatus>",
      "budgetStatus": "<budgetStatus>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "currency": "<currency>",
      "totalAmount": "19.99",
      "invoicedTotalAmount": "19.99",
      "receivedTotalAmount": "19.99",
      "startDate": "2026-01-15",
      "endDate": "2026-01-15",
      "needByDate": "2026-01-15",
      "paymentTerms": "<paymentTerms>",
      "vendorName": "<vendorName>",
      "vendorContactEmail": "<vendorContactEmail>",
      "entityName": "<entityName>",
      "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "hasMore": true,
    "nextCursor": "<nextCursor>"
  }
}
```

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error