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GET
/
v1
/
businesses
/
{businessId}
/
bank-transactions
/
{bankTransactionId}
Fetch bank transaction
curl --request GET \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/bank-transactions/{bankTransactionId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "source": "UNIT",
  "source_transaction_id": "g4DlKyjXqGH3Kp5XlaWMtwLRrE4Z9AiE8B4Ko",
  "source_account_id": "Aaoy8G7VXZHVeqNoL1GvcmkPdqpLRWi9NArdG",
  "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "direction": "CREDIT",
  "amount": 123,
  "counterparty_name": "WeWork",
  "description": "WeWork monthly rent payment",
  "account_name": "Plaid Checking",
  "categorizationStatus": "PENDING",
  "category": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "stable_name": "RENT",
    "category": "RENT",
    "display_name": "Rent"
  },
  "categorization_method": "SMS",
  "projected_income_category": "REVENUE",
  "suggested_matches": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "matchType": "TRANSFER",
      "details": {
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "amount": 123,
        "date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "description": "Transfer from SavingsAccount to CheckingAccount"
      }
    }
  ],
  "match": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "match_type": "TRANSFER",
    "bank_transaction": {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "source": "UNIT",
      "source_transaction_id": "g4DlKyjXqGH3Kp5XlaWMtwLRrE4Z9AiE8B4Ko",
      "source_account_id": "Aaoy8G7VXZHVeqNoL1GvcmkPdqpLRWi9NArdG",
      "imported_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "direction": "CREDIT",
      "amount": 123,
      "counterparty_name": "WeWork",
      "description": "WeWork monthly rent payment",
      "account_name": "Plaid Checking",
      "categorizationStatus": "PENDING",
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {
        "custom_field": "value",
        "any valid json": "below 1kb",
        "nested": {
          "meaning of life": 42,
          "array": []
        }
      },
      "reference_number": "<string>"
    },
    "details": {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "amount": 123,
      "date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "description": "Transfer from SavingsAccount to CheckingAccount"
    }
  },
  "transaction_tags": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "key": "ExampleTagKey",
      "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
      "value": "ExampleTagValue",
      "value_display_name": "<string>",
      "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "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>"
}

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 to fetch the bank transaction for

​
bankTransactionId
string
required

The UUID of the bank transaction to fetch

Response

​
id
string<uuid>

Unique identifier of the bank transaction

​
business_id
string<uuid>

Unique identifier of the business the bank transaction is associated with

​
source
enum<string>

Source of the transaction.

Available options:
UNIT,
PLAID,
API,
STRIPE,
CUSTOM
​
source_transaction_id
string

External transaction ID from the source platform (e.g, Plaid transaction ID)

Example:

"g4DlKyjXqGH3Kp5XlaWMtwLRrE4Z9AiE8B4Ko"

​
source_account_id
string

External account ID from the source platform (e.g, Plaid account ID)

Example:

"Aaoy8G7VXZHVeqNoL1GvcmkPdqpLRWi9NArdG"

​
imported_at
string<date-time>

Timestamp when the transaction was imported

​
date
string<date-time>

Date of the transaction

​
direction
enum<string>

Direction of the transaction.

Available options:
CREDIT,
DEBIT
​
amount
integer

Transaction amount in cents

​
counterparty_name
string | null

Name of the transaction counterparty

Example:

"WeWork"

​
description
string | null

Description of the transaction.

Example:

"WeWork monthly rent payment"

​
account_name
string | null

Name of the bank account

Example:

"Plaid Checking"

​
categorizationStatus
enum<string>

The status of the transaction’s categorization in Layer’s systems.

Available options:
PENDING,
READY_FOR_INPUT,
CATEGORIZED,
SPLIT,
LAYER_REVIEW,
JOURNALING,
MATCHED
​
category
object

The category assigned to the transaction. Only populated for transactions that have a finalized category.

  • Account
  • Exclusion
  • Split
  • AccountNested
  • OptionalAccountNested
  • ExclusionNested
​
categorization_method
enum<string>

The method used to classify the transaction.

Available options:
SMS,
API,
LAYER_AUTO,
LAYER_MANUAL
​
projected_income_category
enum<string>
Available options:
REVENUE,
EXPENSE,
EXCLUDE
​
suggested_matches
object[]
​
match
object
​
transaction_tags
object[]
​
memo
string | null

Memo for any text you would like to associate with the bank transaction (for example, to display to end users).

​
metadata
object

Arbitrary custom metadata in JSON format with a size limit of 1KB

Example:
{
  "custom_field": "value",
  "any valid json": "below 1kb",
  "nested": { "meaning of life": 42, "array": [] }
}
​
reference_number
string | null

Any (typically user-visible) identifier you would like to associate with the bank transaction. Can be used to filter when listing bank transactions.