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# Post Manual Journal

PATCH https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/{id}/post

Posts a DRAFT manual journal to the general ledger. Rejected with 423 if the transaction date falls in a locked accounting period.

Reference: https://api-docs.papertracc.com/papertracc/journals/post-manual-journal

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.
- `identity` header (required) — The identity for the active project.

## Servers

- `https://api.papertracc.com/v1` (Production, default)
- `https://api.papertracc.com/rc-1` (Release Candidate 1)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `status` (boolean, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Successfully posted manual journal to ledger"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
import requests

url = "https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <apiKey>"}

response = requests.patch(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
const url = 'https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post';
const options = {method: 'PATCH', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Journals_Post Manual Journal_example
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id/post")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```