POST/journals

Create a new journal

Store a newly created journal.

Request bodyrequired

Field	Type	Description
`code`required	string	Unique code within ledger
`name`required	string
`description`	string nullable
`status`	string enum: active \| closed · default: "active"
`metadata`	object nullable

Responses

201Journal created

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "01997c1e-4d2a-7c3e-9a1b-2f0e8c6d4b5a",
    "ledger_id": "01997c1e-4d2a-7c3e-9a1b-2f0e8c6d4b5a",
    "code": "SALES",
    "name": "Sales Journal",
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}

401Unauthenticated

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

403Forbidden

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

409Journal code already exists

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

422Validation error

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Validation failed",
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

Examples

curl -X POST https://ledga.io/api/v1/journals \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_xxxxxxxx_your_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "code": "SALES",
  "name": "Sales Journal",
  "status": "active"
}'

use Ledga\Api\LedgaClient;

$ledga = new LedgaClient('sk_xxxxxxxx_your_secret');

$journal = $ledga->journals->create(['code' => 'SALES', 'name' => 'Sales journal']);

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