---
title: "Update Expense Entry"
method: PATCH
path: "/expense_entries/{id}"
tags: ["Expense Entries"]
---

# Update Expense Entry

`PATCH /expense_entries/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://secure.fleetio.com/api`
- URL: `https://secure.fleetio.com/api/expense_entries/{id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization` and API key in header `Account-Token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/fleetio/apis/fleetio-developer-api/docs/expense_entries/:id/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Update a Expense Entry

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `vehicle_id` integer
  - `expense_entry_type_id` integer
  - `vendor_id` integer
  - `total_amount_cents` integer: The total amount of this Expense Entry, in cents.
  - `occurred_at` string, date-time: Date and time of the expense. We recommend using [ISO-8601](/docs/overview/date-formatting) formatted dates to avoid ambiguity.
  - `notes` string: Additional comments.
  - `custom_fields` CustomFields, nullable: *Full details on working with Custom Fields [here](/docs/overview/custom-fields).
  - `documents_attributes` object[]: An array of one or more document objects to add to the record. Follow our [Attaching Documents and Images](/docs/overview/attaching-documents-and-images) guide to upload to our third party storage provider in order to obtain `file_url`.
    - `name` string: The name to give the file which will be shown in the UI.
    - `file_url` string: The URL obtained from our storage provider that points to the file.
    - `file_mime_type` string: The MIME type of the file. For example, `application/pdf`.
    - `file_name` string: The name of the file.
    - `file_size` integer: The size of the file in bytes.
  - `images_attributes` object[]: An array of one or more image objects to add to the record. Follow our [Attaching Documents and Images](/docs/overview/attaching-documents-and-images) guide to upload to our third party storage provider in order to obtain `file_url`.
    - `name` string: The name to give the image which will be shown in the UI.
    - `file_url` string: The URL obtained from our storage provider that points to the image.
    - `file_mime_type` string: The MIME type of the image. For example, `image/png`.
    - `file_name` string: The name of the image.
    - `file_size` integer: The size of the image file in bytes.

## Response `204`

OK

## Other responses

- `401`: Request could not be authenticated
- `403`: Insufficient permission to perform this operation
- `404`: The requested resource could not be located
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `500`: Something unexpected happened

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