# List vendor bills

Operation ID: `vendorBills`

Group: Accounting › Vendor Bills

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`GET /accounting/vendor-bills`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists vendor bills, without their line items. To filter by vendor or legal entity, or to read line items, use POST accounting/vendor-bills/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
- `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
- `serviceDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `dueDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `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
- `markAsPaid` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `externalVendorBillId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `vendorId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `entityId` — 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, vendorBillNumber, billNumber, billDate, serviceDate, dueDate, currency, status, paymentStatus, postingStatus, paymentTerms, total, amountPaid, openAmount, payableAmount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, vendorBillNumber, billNumber, billDate, serviceDate, dueDate, currency, status, paymentStatus, postingStatus, paymentTerms, total, amountPaid, openAmount, payableAmount, markAsPaid, externalVendorBillId, vendorName, vendorId, entityName, entityId, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of vendorBillsRow:

| 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 vendor bill. |
| `vendorBillNumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The vendor bill number. Stable across edits. |
| `billNumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The vendor-issued invoice number, as printed on the bill. It is not unique across vendors. |
| `billDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date printed on the vendor's invoice. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `serviceDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date the goods or services were delivered. Format YYYY-MM-DD. Absent when not recorded. |
| `dueDate` | date \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date payment is due. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `currency` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The currency the bill is denominated in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. Governs total, amountPaid and openAmount. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The approval status. Values include 'pendingApproval', 'approved', 'rejected', 'voided' and 'reversed'. |
| `paymentStatus` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The payment status. Values include 'unpaid', 'partiallyPaid', 'fullyPaid', 'pending', 'notApplicable' and 'voided'. |
| `postingStatus` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The accounting posting status, defined by the accounting subsystem, for example 'notPosted', 'posted' or 'postingFailed'. |
| `paymentTerms` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The payment-terms key applied to this bill, for example 'net30', 'net60' or 'dueOnReceipt'. |
| `total` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The total bill amount, gross, in the bill currency. |
| `amountPaid` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The cumulative amount paid against this bill so far, in the bill currency. |
| `openAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The outstanding amount still owed, total minus amountPaid, in the bill currency. |
| `payableAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | Amount owed to the vendor, in the bill currency (see `currency`): the bill lines — a reverse-charge line at its net amount, any other at its gross amount — less withholding tax. An AP aging starts from it. |
| `markAsPaid` | boolean \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | no | True when the bill was marked as paid without a recorded payment. An AP aging leaves such bills out. |
| `externalVendorBillId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The identifier this bill has in the upstream system that produced it. It is not unique. |
| `vendorName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the vendor this bill is from. |
| `vendorId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The vendor the bill is from. |
| `entityName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the legal entity this bill is posted under. |
| `entityId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The legal entity the bill is addressed to. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date and time the vendor bill last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "vendorBillNumber": "<vendorBillNumber>",
      "billNumber": "<billNumber>",
      "billDate": "2026-01-15",
      "serviceDate": "2026-01-15",
      "dueDate": "2026-01-15",
      "currency": "<currency>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "paymentStatus": "<paymentStatus>",
      "postingStatus": "<postingStatus>",
      "paymentTerms": "<paymentTerms>",
      "total": "19.99",
      "amountPaid": "19.99",
      "openAmount": "19.99",
      "payableAmount": "19.99",
      "markAsPaid": true,
      "externalVendorBillId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "vendorName": "<vendorName>",
      "vendorId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "entityName": "<entityName>",
      "entityId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "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