---
title: "Upload a receipt image for asynchronous OCR"
method: POST
path: "/v1/receipts"
tags: ["Receipt OCR"]
---

# Upload a receipt image for asynchronous OCR

`POST /v1/receipts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.nashboard.ai`
- URL: `https://api.nashboard.ai/v1/receipts`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Required scope: `receipts:write`. Accepts multipart/form-data with fields: `image` (JPEG/PNG/WebP, max 10 MB), `external_user_id` (required), `captured_at` (ISO-8601, optional), `currency_hint` (ISO 4217, optional), `locale` (BCP47, optional). Returns 202 with the receipt ID. Poll GET /v1/receipts/{id} or use webhooks for the parsed result.

## Headers

- `X-Nashboard-Version` '2026-06-13'

## Response `202`

Receipt accepted and queued for OCR.

- ReceiptQueued
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `status` 'queued', required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request (invalid JSON, invalid ID, invalid cursor, etc.)
- `401`: Missing, malformed, or invalid API key.
- `403`: Insufficient scope or scope escalation attempt.
- `404`: Resource not found.
- `409`: Conflict (e.g. email already taken).
- `413`: Request body too large.
- `415`: Unsupported media type.
- `422`: Request body failed schema validation.
- `429`: Rate limited, quota exceeded, or DP budget exhausted.
- `500`: Internal server error.
- `502`: Upstream dependency error (e.g. receipt image storage unavailable — code storage_failure).

---

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