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AUTH_CODE

ITEM_ID

INVOICE_ID

ACCOUNT_ID

CLIENT_ID

CONTACT_ID

INVOICE_NUMBER

PAYMENT_ID

EXPENSE_ID

CODE

ITEM_TO_DELETE

IMAGE_URL

REFRESH_TOKEN

EXPIRY

Gain insights into using FreshBooks API in Python. Learn about endpoints, creating, updating customer records, generating invoices, and updating payment and expense records efficiently.

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FreshBooks is an accounting platform for small and medium businesses.

This course is a comprehensive introduction to using the FreshBooks API. In this course, you’ll learn about the API and its various endpoints. You’ll learn how to create, update, and transfer customer and client records. You’ll also learn how to generate invoices and use the Freshbooks API to update payment and expense records.

Bookkeeping with FreshBooks API in Python

# Overview
The endpoints of the expenses require the `user:expenses:read` and `user:expenses:write` scope permissions to perform the job. The following two endpoints are discussed in this lesson:

- List expense categories: `{base_url}/accounting/account/{ACCOUNT_ID}/expenses/categories`
- Create an expense: `{base_url}/accounting/account/{ACCOUNT_ID}/expenses/expenses`



# List expense categories
FreshBooks offers some default categories and sub-categories for grouping expenses, so tracking them becomes easier.

This section explains how we can get a list of all the default categories available for expenses. We use the `https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{ACCOUNT_ID}/expenses/categories` endpoint to get a list of expense categories.

## Request parameters
This endpoint does not take any request parameters. However, we can add query parameters using `include[]`. The syntax to use include is as follows:
```
/expenses/categories?include[]=<VALUE>
```
We have two values that can be passed as a query parameter to `include`. These are as follows:
- `expense_usage_all_time`: This parameter adds the expense usage in the category for all time.
- `expense_usage_this_year`: This parameter includes the expense usage in the category for the current year.

Learn what are the expense categories and how to create an expense using the FreshBooks API.

List Expense Categories and Create an Expense

Introduction

Clients

Invoices

Expenses

APIs Integration in Django

Conclusion

Appendix

List Expense Categories and Create an Expense

Overview

List expense categories