# List vendors

Operation ID: `vendors`

Group: Accounting › Vendors

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/lensing/v1/endpoints/vendors)

`GET /accounting/vendors`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists vendors. To filter by name, contact email, or legal entity, use POST accounting/vendors/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
- `vendorNumber` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `vendorType` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `vendorSubType` — 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
- `paymentTerms` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `preferredCurrency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `independentContractor` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `externalVendorId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `origin` — 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, vendorNumber, vendorType, vendorSubType, status, paymentTerms, preferredCurrency, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, vendorName, vendorNumber, vendorType, vendorSubType, status, paymentTerms, preferredCurrency, independentContractor, externalVendorId, origin, mainContactEmail, mainContactName, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of vendorsRow:

| 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. |
| `vendorName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The legal or trading name of the vendor. |
| `vendorNumber` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The vendor number, for example 'V-2041'. Absent until one has been assigned. |
| `vendorType` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The kind of vendor. Possible values: 'supplier', 'contractor', 'tax', 'benefits', 'payrollProvider', 'healthInsurance'. |
| `vendorSubType` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | A finer classification within the vendor type. Possible values: 'direct', 'indirect'. |
| `status` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The lifecycle status of the vendor. Possible values: 'active', 'inactive'. An inactive vendor stays readable so historical documents still resolve, and is not offered for new ones. |
| `paymentTerms` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The default payment-terms key applied to this vendor's bills, for example 'net30' or 'dueOnReceipt'. Stored as supplied. |
| `preferredCurrency` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The currency the vendor prefers to be paid in. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. |
| `independentContractor` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | Whether the vendor is an independent contractor. Possible values: 'yes', 'no', 'unsure'. |
| `externalVendorId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The identifier this vendor has in an external system. It is not unique. |
| `origin` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | no | The source system that created the vendor, for example 'app'. |
| `mainContactEmail` | string \| null | no | no | no | The email address of the vendor's main contact. |
| `mainContactName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the vendor's main contact. |
| `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 last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "vendorName": "<vendorName>",
      "vendorNumber": "<vendorNumber>",
      "vendorType": "<vendorType>",
      "vendorSubType": "<vendorSubType>",
      "status": "<status>",
      "paymentTerms": "<paymentTerms>",
      "preferredCurrency": "<preferredCurrency>",
      "independentContractor": "<independentContractor>",
      "externalVendorId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "origin": "<origin>",
      "mainContactEmail": "<mainContactEmail>",
      "mainContactName": "<mainContactName>",
      "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