Create an asset

curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Forklift",
  "asset_type": "EQUIPMENT",
  "original_value": 100000,
  "useful_life_months": 60,
  "accumulated_depreciation_account": "ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets"

payload = {
    "name": "Forklift",
    "asset_type": "EQUIPMENT",
    "original_value": 100000,
    "useful_life_months": 60,
    "accumulated_depreciation_account": "ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Forklift',
    asset_type: 'EQUIPMENT',
    original_value: 100000,
    useful_life_months: 60,
    accumulated_depreciation_account: 'ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION'
  })
};

fetch('https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Forklift',
    'asset_type' => 'EQUIPMENT',
    'original_value' => 100000,
    'useful_life_months' => 60,
    'accumulated_depreciation_account' => 'ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Forklift\",\n  \"asset_type\": \"EQUIPMENT\",\n  \"original_value\": 100000,\n  \"useful_life_months\": 60,\n  \"accumulated_depreciation_account\": \"ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Forklift\",\n  \"asset_type\": \"EQUIPMENT\",\n  \"original_value\": 100000,\n  \"useful_life_months\": 60,\n  \"accumulated_depreciation_account\": \"ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Forklift\",\n  \"asset_type\": \"EQUIPMENT\",\n  \"original_value\": 100000,\n  \"useful_life_months\": 60,\n  \"accumulated_depreciation_account\": \"ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION\"\n}"

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

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "name": "<string>",
    "asset_type": "EQUIPMENT",
    "ledger_account": {
      "type": "Single_Chart_Account",
      "id": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "name": "Current Assets",
      "account_number": "4000",
      "stable_name": {
        "type": "StableName",
        "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
      },
      "normality": "DEBIT",
      "account_type": {
        "value": "ASSET",
        "display_name": "Asset"
      },
      "account_subtype": {
        "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
        "display_name": "Current Assets"
      }
    },
    "transaction_tags": [
      {
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "key": "ExampleTagKey",
        "value": "ExampleTagValue",
        "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
        "value_display_name": "<string>",
        "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "accumulated_depreciation_account": {
      "type": "Single_Chart_Account",
      "id": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "name": "Current Assets",
      "account_number": "4000",
      "stable_name": {
        "type": "StableName",
        "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
      },
      "normality": "DEBIT",
      "account_type": {
        "value": "ASSET",
        "display_name": "Asset"
      },
      "account_subtype": {
        "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
        "display_name": "Current Assets"
      }
    },
    "original_value": 123,
    "salvage_value": 123,
    "useful_life_months": 123,
    "opening_balance": {
      "type": "Opening_Balance",
      "external_account_external_id": "0Br385JmgbTryJn8nEBnUb4A5ydv06U9Vbqqq",
      "external_account_source": "PLAID",
      "balance": 432100,
      "effective_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "transaction_tags": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "key": "ExampleTagKey",
          "value": "ExampleTagValue",
          "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
          "value_display_name": "<string>",
          "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
        }
      ],
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {
        "custom_field": "value",
        "any valid json": "below 1kb",
        "nested": {
          "meaning of life": 42,
          "array": []
        }
      },
      "reference_number": "<string>"
    },
    "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "memo": "<string>",
    "metadata": {},
    "reference_number": "<string>"
  }
}

POST

businesses

{businessId}

assets

Create an asset

curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Forklift",
  "asset_type": "EQUIPMENT",
  "original_value": 100000,
  "useful_life_months": 60,
  "accumulated_depreciation_account": "ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets"

payload = {
    "name": "Forklift",
    "asset_type": "EQUIPMENT",
    "original_value": 100000,
    "useful_life_months": 60,
    "accumulated_depreciation_account": "ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Forklift',
    asset_type: 'EQUIPMENT',
    original_value: 100000,
    useful_life_months: 60,
    accumulated_depreciation_account: 'ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION'
  })
};

fetch('https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Forklift',
    'asset_type' => 'EQUIPMENT',
    'original_value' => 100000,
    'useful_life_months' => 60,
    'accumulated_depreciation_account' => 'ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Forklift\",\n  \"asset_type\": \"EQUIPMENT\",\n  \"original_value\": 100000,\n  \"useful_life_months\": 60,\n  \"accumulated_depreciation_account\": \"ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Forklift\",\n  \"asset_type\": \"EQUIPMENT\",\n  \"original_value\": 100000,\n  \"useful_life_months\": 60,\n  \"accumulated_depreciation_account\": \"ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/assets")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Forklift\",\n  \"asset_type\": \"EQUIPMENT\",\n  \"original_value\": 100000,\n  \"useful_life_months\": 60,\n  \"accumulated_depreciation_account\": \"ACCUMULATED_DEPRECIATION\"\n}"

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

{
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "name": "<string>",
    "asset_type": "EQUIPMENT",
    "ledger_account": {
      "type": "Single_Chart_Account",
      "id": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "name": "Current Assets",
      "account_number": "4000",
      "stable_name": {
        "type": "StableName",
        "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
      },
      "normality": "DEBIT",
      "account_type": {
        "value": "ASSET",
        "display_name": "Asset"
      },
      "account_subtype": {
        "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
        "display_name": "Current Assets"
      }
    },
    "transaction_tags": [
      {
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "key": "ExampleTagKey",
        "value": "ExampleTagValue",
        "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
        "value_display_name": "<string>",
        "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "accumulated_depreciation_account": {
      "type": "Single_Chart_Account",
      "id": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "name": "Current Assets",
      "account_number": "4000",
      "stable_name": {
        "type": "StableName",
        "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
      },
      "normality": "DEBIT",
      "account_type": {
        "value": "ASSET",
        "display_name": "Asset"
      },
      "account_subtype": {
        "value": "BANK_ACCOUNTS",
        "display_name": "Current Assets"
      }
    },
    "original_value": 123,
    "salvage_value": 123,
    "useful_life_months": 123,
    "opening_balance": {
      "type": "Opening_Balance",
      "external_account_external_id": "0Br385JmgbTryJn8nEBnUb4A5ydv06U9Vbqqq",
      "external_account_source": "PLAID",
      "balance": 432100,
      "effective_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "transaction_tags": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "key": "ExampleTagKey",
          "value": "ExampleTagValue",
          "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
          "value_display_name": "<string>",
          "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
        }
      ],
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {
        "custom_field": "value",
        "any valid json": "below 1kb",
        "nested": {
          "meaning of life": 42,
          "array": []
        }
      },
      "reference_number": "<string>"
    },
    "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "memo": "<string>",
    "metadata": {},
    "reference_number": "<string>"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

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

Path Parameters

businessId

string<uuid>

required

The UUID of the business.

Body

application/json

The asset to create.

Parameters for creating a fixed asset. Creates a dedicated ledger account for the asset under the parent account (defaults to Fixed Assets).

name

string

required

Name of the asset.

asset_type

enum<string>

required

The type of fixed asset.

Available options:

RIGHT_OF_USE_ASSET,

VEHICLE,

EQUIPMENT,

GOODWILL

Example:

"EQUIPMENT"

external_id

string | null

Unique ID of the asset in your system for linking purposes. Creating an asset with an external_id that already exists upserts the existing asset.

parent_ledger_account_identifier

Account ID · object

Parent ledger account under which the asset's dedicated account is created. Defaults to Fixed Assets.

Account ID
Account Stable Name

Show child attributes

accumulated_depreciation_account

Account ID · object

Accumulated depreciation account for the asset. Required before recording DEPRECIATION_AMORTIZATION value updates.

Account ID
Account Stable Name

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original_value

integer<int64> | null

Original purchase value, in cents.

salvage_value

integer<int64> | null

Estimated salvage (residual) value, in cents.

useful_life_months

integer<int32> | null

Useful life of the asset, in months.

opening_balance

object | null

Opening balance for the asset, posted against Opening Balance Equity. Omit if the asset has no opening balance.

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memo

string | null

Internal note about the asset.

metadata

object | null

Arbitrary JSON object you can attach for your own use. Layer stores and returns it unchanged.

reference_number

string | null

Reference number for the asset.

Response

201 - application/json

Asset created successfully.

data

object

required

A fixed asset held by a business. Each asset has a dedicated ledger account.

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Businesses

Financial Activity

Accounting Reports

Platform Configuration

Platform reporting

Integrations

Create an asset

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response