Update Manual Journal | Papertracc Docs

curl -X PATCH https://api.papertracc.com/v1/journal/entries/id \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <apiKey>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "transaction_date": "2026-06-18T10:00:00.000Z",
  "currency_code": "NGN",
  "lines": [
    {
      "account_id": "d037d299-3029-4dc7-8e72-172f80f23c4f",
      "amount": 150000,
      "type": "DEBIT",
      "description": "Office rent - June"
    },
    {
      "account_id": "2b0d1461-e52e-4a1a-a69c-11801431c2c9",
      "amount": 150000,
      "type": "CREDIT",
      "description": "Office rent - June"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Office rent - June (corrected)"
}'

{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Successfully updated manual journal draft",
  "data": {
    "id": "45c6e26d-e132-4548-8e2e-5bfc467cf94a",
    "created_by": "6d7a1b2e-6f0a-4b8e-9a3a-1a9f9a2b3c4d",
    "approved_by": null,
    "journal_entry_id": null,
    "project_id": "spruce-demo",
    "reference": "ORG-0001",
    "transaction_reference": "JOU-0001",
    "currency_code": "NGN",
    "exchange_rate": "1.00",
    "description": "Office rent - June",
    "rejection_reason": null,
    "is_test": false,
    "status": "DRAFT",
    "approved_at": null,
    "transaction_date": "2026-06-18T10:00:00Z",
    "created_at": "2026-06-18T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-06-18T10:00:00Z",
    "lines": [
      {
        "id": "7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7",
        "account_id": "d037d299-3029-4dc7-8e72-172f80f23c4f",
        "tax_id": null,
        "account_name": "Rent Expense",
        "account_code": "6100",
        "contact_id": null,
        "staff_id": null,
        "description": "Office rent - June",
        "debit": "150000.00",
        "credit": "0.00",
        "forex_debit": "150000.00",
        "forex_credit": "0.00",
        "tax_amount": "0.00"
      },
      {
        "id": "16fd2706-8baf-433b-82eb-8c7fada847da",
        "account_id": "2b0d1461-e52e-4a1a-a69c-11801431c2c9",
        "tax_id": null,
        "account_name": "Cash and Cash Equivalents",
        "account_code": "1000",
        "contact_id": null,
        "staff_id": null,
        "description": "Office rent - June",
        "debit": "0.00",
        "credit": "150000.00",
        "forex_debit": "0.00",
        "forex_credit": "150000.00",
        "tax_amount": "0.00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Replaces the transaction date, currency, exchange rate, description, and lines of a DRAFT manual journal. Total debits must equal total credits or the request is rejected with 422. Only journals in DRAFT status can be updated.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

identitystring

The identity for the active project.

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

transaction_datedatetimeRequired

currency_codestringRequired

lineslist of objectsRequired

exchange_ratedoubleOptional

descriptionstringOptional

Response

statusboolean

messagestring

dataobject