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POST
/
v1
/
businesses
/
{businessId}
/
ledger
/
accounts
/
{accountId}
/
create-child-account
Create child ledger account
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/ledger/accounts/{accountId}/create-child-account \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Software Consulting",
  "account_number": "4010"
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "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"
    },
    "account_type": {
      "display_name": "Asset"
    },
    "account_subtype": {
      "display_name": "Current Assets"
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Headers

​
Content-Type
string

Content-Type must be set to application/json.

Path Parameters

​
businessId
string
required

The UUID of the business.

​
accountId
string
required

The ID or stable_name of the parent ledger account.

Body

application/json

Parameters for creating a child ledger account. The child inherits account_type, account_subtype, and normality from its parent.

​
name
string
required

Display name of the child ledger account.

Example:

"Software Consulting"

​
stable_name
object
​
account_number
string | null

Optional account number for the ledger account.

Example:

"4010"

Response

The created child ledger account.

​
data
object
required

A single ledger account without nested children.