# entries.update

Edit an entry using id, expectedRevision, idempotencyKey, merchant, date, amountMinor, currency, categoryId, paymentAccountId, type, status and notes. Closed periods cannot be changed. A matched entry keeps its amount, currency and account, and its type must follow the bank movement: money in is income, refund or transfer; money out is expense, fee, income_refund or transfer. Pass learn: false when putting an earlier value back, as Undo does, so the correction isn't retained as vendor learning.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/entries.update`

Permissions: `accounting:read`, `accounting:write` · Roles: admin, finance · Idempotency key required · Send `expectedRevision`

Not available over MCP: Accountants' corrections grant isn't offered over MCP yet: phase 1 is read and comment only.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string (ID) | Yes | The record's ID. |
| `expectedRevision` | integer | Yes | The record's current revision, from the last time you read it. If someone changed the record since, the request is refused with a conflict so you can reload and check before trying again. at most 9007199254740991; greater than 0. |
| `idempotencyKey` | string | Yes | Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match. 8–200 characters. |
| `receiptReviewSource` | object |  | No other fields. |
| `receiptReviewSource.submissionId` | string (ID) | Yes | The ID of an upload, returned by uploads.prepare or uploads.inline. |
| `receiptReviewSource.sourceFactIndex` | integer | Yes | 0 to 19. |
| `receiptReviewSource.sourceExtractionRevision` | integer | Yes | The related record's current revision, from the last time you read it. at most 9007199254740991; greater than 0. |
| `receiptReviewSource.sourceFact` | map | Yes |  |
| `duplicateDecision` | enum |  | One of: `keep_separate`. |
| `merchant` | string |  | 1–500 characters. |
| `date` | string |  | A date, as YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `currency` | string |  | Three-letter currency code, such as CAD or USD. |
| `amountMinor` | string |  | An amount in cents (the currency's smallest unit), written as a whole-number string such as "1250" for $12.50. Whole number written as a string. |
| `taxMinor` | string |  | An amount in cents (the currency's smallest unit), written as a whole-number string such as "1250" for $12.50. Whole number written as a string. |
| `categoryId` | string (ID) or null |  | The ID of a category, from categories.list. |
| `paymentAccountId` | string (ID) or null |  | The card or account the purchase was paid with, from accounts.list. |
| `type` | enum |  | One of: `expense`, `income`, `income_refund`, `refund`, `transfer`, `fee`. |
| `status` | enum |  | Only include records with this status. One of: `needs_review`, `reviewed`. |
| `notes` | string |  | Notes kept with the record. at most 10000 characters. |
| `splits` | array of objects |  | at most 50 items. |
| `splits[].categoryId` | string (ID) | Yes | The ID of a category, from categories.list. |
| `splits[].amountMinor` | string | Yes | An amount in cents (the currency's smallest unit), written as a whole-number string such as "1250" for $12.50. Whole number written as a string. |
| `learn` | boolean |  |  |

## Example request

```bash
curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.update \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "id": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
  "expectedRevision": 3
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/entries.update