Create Credit Memo

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.meetcampfire.com/coa/api/v1/credit-memo \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "lines": [
    {
      "tags": [
        {
          "id": "7736",
          "name": "Other"
        }
      ],
      "product": "3679",
      "product_name": "Annual Subscription",
      "account": "169208",
      "account_name": "Subscription fees",
      "department": "35",
      "department_name": "Engineering",
      "description": "Credit for overpayment on annual subscription",
      "amount": 1000.23
    }
  ],
  "entity": "54",
  "entity_name": "Top Level",
  "entity_currency": "USD",
  "currency": "USD",
  "client": "33973",
  "client_name": "Client A",
  "credit_memo_date": "2025-07-01",
  "exchange_rate_book": 1,
  "exchange_rate": 1,
  "credit_account": "41905",
  "credit_account_name": "5230 - Cloud Credits",
  "message_on_credit_memo": "Credit memo for annual subscription overpayment. Thank you for your business."
}
'

{
  "id": 4258,
  "lines": [
    {
      "id": 5449,
      "account_number": "4107",
      "account_name": "4107 - Subscription fees",
      "product_name": "Annual Subscription",
      "department_name": "Engineering",
      "tags": [
        {
          "id": 7736,
          "parent_name": null,
          "parent": null,
          "name": "Other",
          "created_at": "2025-06-18T21:09:34+0000",
          "last_modified_at": "2025-06-18T21:09:34+0000",
          "group": null
        }
      ],
      "description": "Credit for overpayment on annual subscription",
      "amount": 1000.23,
      "created_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
      "last_modified_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
      "product": 3679,
      "account": 169208,
      "department": 35
    }
  ],
  "payments": [],
  "total_amount": 1000.23,
  "amount_used": 0,
  "amount_remaining": 1000.23,
  "entity_name": "Top Level",
  "entity_currency": "USD",
  "client_name": "Client A",
  "credit_account_name": "5230 - Cloud Credits",
  "attachments": [],
  "credit_memo_number": "CM-0000008",
  "voided_date": null,
  "ref_number": null,
  "credit_memo_date": "2025-07-01",
  "applied_date": null,
  "message_on_credit_memo": "Credit memo for annual subscription overpayment. Thank you for your business.",
  "application_status": "open",
  "currency": "USD",
  "exchange_rate": 1,
  "exchange_rate_book": 1,
  "created_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
  "last_modified_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
  "customer": 2,
  "entity": 54,
  "client": 33973,
  "credit_account": 41905,
  "journal_entry": 7491953,
  "contract": null,
  "voided_journal_entry": null
}

Accounts Receivable

Create Credit Memo

Creates a new accounting credit memo with line items and automatic journal entry generation.

This endpoint allows for comprehensive credit memo creation with:

Multiple line items with different products, accounts, amounts, and departmental allocations
Automatic journal entry creation following double-entry bookkeeping principles
Multi-currency support with exchange rate handling
Client and entity relationship management
Contract associations for revenue recognition tracking
Product-based line item categorization with tax handling
Tag-based transaction categorization and reporting

POST

coa

api

credit-memo

Create Credit Memo

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.meetcampfire.com/coa/api/v1/credit-memo \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "lines": [
    {
      "tags": [
        {
          "id": "7736",
          "name": "Other"
        }
      ],
      "product": "3679",
      "product_name": "Annual Subscription",
      "account": "169208",
      "account_name": "Subscription fees",
      "department": "35",
      "department_name": "Engineering",
      "description": "Credit for overpayment on annual subscription",
      "amount": 1000.23
    }
  ],
  "entity": "54",
  "entity_name": "Top Level",
  "entity_currency": "USD",
  "currency": "USD",
  "client": "33973",
  "client_name": "Client A",
  "credit_memo_date": "2025-07-01",
  "exchange_rate_book": 1,
  "exchange_rate": 1,
  "credit_account": "41905",
  "credit_account_name": "5230 - Cloud Credits",
  "message_on_credit_memo": "Credit memo for annual subscription overpayment. Thank you for your business."
}
'

{
  "id": 4258,
  "lines": [
    {
      "id": 5449,
      "account_number": "4107",
      "account_name": "4107 - Subscription fees",
      "product_name": "Annual Subscription",
      "department_name": "Engineering",
      "tags": [
        {
          "id": 7736,
          "parent_name": null,
          "parent": null,
          "name": "Other",
          "created_at": "2025-06-18T21:09:34+0000",
          "last_modified_at": "2025-06-18T21:09:34+0000",
          "group": null
        }
      ],
      "description": "Credit for overpayment on annual subscription",
      "amount": 1000.23,
      "created_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
      "last_modified_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
      "product": 3679,
      "account": 169208,
      "department": 35
    }
  ],
  "payments": [],
  "total_amount": 1000.23,
  "amount_used": 0,
  "amount_remaining": 1000.23,
  "entity_name": "Top Level",
  "entity_currency": "USD",
  "client_name": "Client A",
  "credit_account_name": "5230 - Cloud Credits",
  "attachments": [],
  "credit_memo_number": "CM-0000008",
  "voided_date": null,
  "ref_number": null,
  "credit_memo_date": "2025-07-01",
  "applied_date": null,
  "message_on_credit_memo": "Credit memo for annual subscription overpayment. Thank you for your business.",
  "application_status": "open",
  "currency": "USD",
  "exchange_rate": 1,
  "exchange_rate_book": 1,
  "created_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
  "last_modified_at": "2025-07-25T21:04:38+0000",
  "customer": 2,
  "entity": 54,
  "client": 33973,
  "credit_account": 41905,
  "journal_entry": 7491953,
  "contract": null,
  "voided_journal_entry": null
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Token-based authentication with required prefix "Token"

Body

lines

object[]

required

Show child attributes

lines.account

integer

required

lines.credit_memo

integer

lines.description

string | null

lines.amount

number<double>

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

lines.product

integer | null

lines.department

integer | null

credit_memo_date

string<date>

required

entity

integer

required

credit_memo_number

string

migrated_journal_id

integer | null

ref_number

string | null

Maximum string length: 120

applied_date

string<date> | null

message_on_credit_memo

string | null

application_status

open - Open
partially_used - Partially Used
used - Used
voided - Voided

Available options:

open,

partially_used,

used,

voided

currency

string

Maximum string length: 3

exchange_rate

number<double> | null

Required range: -100000000000000 < x < 100000000000000

exchange_rate_book

number<double> | null

Required range: -100000000000000 < x < 100000000000000

last_sent_at

string<date-time> | null

anrok_transaction_id

string | null

ID of the negation transaction in Anrok for this credit memo

Maximum string length: 255

total_amount

number<double>

Sum of all line item amounts

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

amount_used

number<double>

Sum of all non-voided payment amounts

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

client

integer | null

credit_account

integer | null

journal_entry

integer | null

contract

integer | null

voided_journal_entry

integer | null

anrok_connection

integer | null

Response

201 - application/json

integer

required

lines

object[]

required

Show child attributes

lines.id

integer

required

lines.account_number

string

required

lines.account_name

string

required

Combines account number and name in the format "number - name"

lines.product_name

string

required

lines.department_name

string

required

lines.tags

object[]

required

Show child attributes

lines.tags.id

integer

required

lines.tags.group_name

string

required

lines.tags.parent_name

string | null

required

lines.tags.is_deleted

boolean

default:false

required

lines.tags.deleted_at

string<date-time> | null

required

lines.tags.name

string | null

required

Maximum string length: 250

lines.tags.created_at

string<date-time>

required

lines.tags.last_modified_at

string<date-time>

required

lines.tags.customer

integer

required

lines.tags.parent

integer | null

lines.tags.group

integer | null

lines.created_at

string<date-time>

required

lines.last_modified_at

string<date-time>

required

lines.customer

integer

required

lines.account

integer

required

lines.description

string | null

lines.amount

number<double>

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

lines.product

integer | null

lines.department

integer | null

payments

object[]

required

Show child attributes

payments.id

integer

required

payments.payment_journal_entry_order

string

required

payments.invoice

string

required

payments.created_at

string<date-time>

required

payments.last_modified_at

string<date-time>

required

payments.customer

integer

required

payments.credit_memo

integer

required

payments.payment_journal_entry

integer

required

payments.currency

string

Maximum string length: 3

payments.amount

number<double>

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

payments.payment_date

string<date> | null

payments.voided_date

string<date> | null

payments.payment_transaction

integer | null

payments.voided_journal_entry

integer | null

amount_remaining

number<double>

required

Calculate amount remaining from database fields

entity_name

string

required

entity_currency

string

required

client_name

string

required

client_email

string

required

contract_name

string

required

credit_account_number

string

required

credit_account_name

string

required

Combines account number and name in the format "number - name"

attachments

object[]

required

Show child attributes

attachments.id

integer

required

attachments.customer

integer

required

attachments.created_at

string<date-time>

required

attachments.created_by

integer | null

required

attachments.created_by_name

string

required

attachments.created_by_email

string

required

attachments.last_modified_at

string<date-time>

required

attachments.name

string

required

attachments.url

string

required

attachments.s3_path

string

required

attachments.app

string

required

attachments.model

string

required

attachments.is_deleted

boolean

default:false

required

attachments.deleted_at

string<date-time> | null

required

attachments.s3_content_type

string | null

attachments.s3_content_length

integer | null

Required range: 0 <= x <= 2147483647

attachments.object_id

integer | null

Required range: 0 <= x <= 2147483647

voided_date

string<date>

required

voided_journal_entry_order

string

required

last_modified_at

string<date-time>

required

is_deleted

boolean

default:false

required

deleted_at

string<date-time> | null

required

search_vector

string | null

required

search_text

string | null

required

credit_memo_date

string<date>

required

created_at

string<date-time>

required

customer

integer

required

entity

integer

required

credit_memo_number

string

ref_number

string | null

Maximum string length: 120

applied_date

string<date> | null

message_on_credit_memo

string | null

application_status

open - Open
partially_used - Partially Used
used - Used
voided - Voided

Available options:

open,

partially_used,

used,

voided

currency

string

Maximum string length: 3

exchange_rate

number<double> | null

Required range: -100000000000000 < x < 100000000000000

exchange_rate_book

number<double> | null

Required range: -100000000000000 < x < 100000000000000

last_sent_at

string<date-time> | null

anrok_transaction_id

string | null

ID of the negation transaction in Anrok for this credit memo

Maximum string length: 255

total_amount

number<double>

Sum of all line item amounts

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

amount_used

number<double>

Sum of all non-voided payment amounts

Required range: -1000000000000000000 < x < 1000000000000000000

client

integer | null

credit_account

integer | null

journal_entry

integer | null

contract

integer | null

voided_journal_entry

integer | null

anrok_connection

integer | null

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