---
title: "Create an allocation"
method: POST
path: "/accounting/allocations/{invoiceType}"
tags: ["Allocations"]
---

# Create an allocation

`POST /accounting/allocations/{invoiceType}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.clearbooks.co.uk/v1`
- URL: `https://api.clearbooks.co.uk/v1/accounting/allocations/{invoiceType}`
- Auth: OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://secure.clearbooks.co.uk/account/action/oauth/`, token URL `https://api.clearbooks.co.uk/oauth/token`, scopes: `accounting.allocations:write`)

> **Payments and credit notes that use a different currency to the base currency of the Clear Books account, can only be allocated to invoices and bills of the same currency.**

## Path parameters

- `invoiceType` 'sales' | 'purchases', required

## Headers

- `X-Business-ID` integer

## Request body

- union
  - Payment (unresolved $ref)
  - CreditNote (unresolved $ref)

## Response `201`

Allocation created

- union
  - Payment (unresolved $ref)
  - CreditNote (unresolved $ref)

## Other responses

- `400`: The request was malformed or missing required parameters
- `401`: A valid authorisation token is required to perform this action
- `403`: No permission was granted to perform this action
- `422`: The request was well formed, but could not be actioned due to business rule constraints
- `429`: The application is making too many requests and has been rate limited

---

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