---
title: "Create a manual expense"
method: POST
path: "/Expenses"
tags: ["Expenses"]
---

# Create a manual expense

`POST /Expenses`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business`
- URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business/Expenses`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/docs/Expenses/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Request body

- CreateExpenseDto
  - `amount` union
    - number, double
    - string, double
  - `category` string
  - `date` string, date
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `vendorName` string, nullable
  - `referenceNumber` string, nullable

## Response `201`

Created

- ExpenseDto
  - `id` string
  - `amount` union
    - number, double
    - string, double
  - `category` string
  - `date` string, date
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `vendorName` string, nullable
  - `referenceNumber` string, nullable
  - `source` integer: Source of an expense record for auto-population deduplication.
  - `sourceReferenceId` string, nullable
  - `recurringExpenseId` string, nullable
  - `createdById` string, nullable
  - `createdByName` string, nullable
  - `createdAt` string, date-time
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/revisions/099cf36186e0?raw)