# Bill routes: create, get, list

URL: /code/api/bill/records · Id: `page:code/api/bill/records`

> The Bill Verbs create, get, list as api.sb routes, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Bill](/business/nouns/bill), one group of [Bill routes](/code/api/bill).

### Bill.create
Creates a Bill. [Verb page](/business/nouns/bill/create?interface=api).

```text
POST /{namespace}/bills
```

Body, as JSON: the inputs. Emits `Bill.created`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `organization` | [Organization](/business/nouns/organization) | Yes | The Organization the Startup owes. |
| `amount` | `money` | Yes | What the Bill asks for, in its currency. |
| `dueOn` | `date` | Yes | The date payment is due; an approved Bill is paid on it. |
| `account` | `string` | No | The chart-of-accounts code it is coded to, such as `expense.hosting`. |
| `file` | [File](/business/nouns/file) | No | The File the Bill arrived as: an email attachment or an upload. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bill` | [Bill](/business/nouns/bill) | Yes | The Bill. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"organization":"organization_v0SkRLrXCN","amount":{"amount":29,"currency":"USD"},"dueOn":"2026-10-22"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "bill": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc",
    "$type": "Bill",
    "organization": "organization_v0SkRLrXCN",
    "amount": {
      "amount": 29,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "dueOn": "2026-10-22",
    "status": "received"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Bill.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

### Bill.get
Returns one Bill by id. [Verb page](/business/nouns/bill/get?interface=api).

```text
GET /{namespace}/bills/{id}
```

Path: `id`. Query: the other inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Bill. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bill` | [Bill](/business/nouns/bill) | Yes | The Bill. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Bill",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc",
  "bill": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc",
    "$type": "Bill",
    "organization": "organization_v0SkRLrXCN",
    "amount": {
      "amount": 29,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "dueOn": "2026-10-22",
    "status": "received"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc",
    "up": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills"
  },
  "actions": {
    "approve": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc/approve",
    "pay": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc/pay"
  }
}
```

### Bill.list
Returns Bills, newest first, one page at a time. [Verb page](/business/nouns/bill/list?interface=api).

```text
GET /{namespace}/bills
```

Query: the inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | At most this many records, up to 100. The default is 20. |
| `after` | `string` | No | The cursor from the previous page. |
| `where` | `string` | No | A filter over the properties, such as `paidAt = null and total.amount > 500`. |
| `sort` | `string` | No | Properties to sort by, comma-separated; a leading minus sorts descending. |
| `total` | `boolean` | No | True adds the match count as `meta.total`, exact up to 10,000 matches and estimated above. |
| `facets` | `string` | No | Properties to count by value, comma-separated, returned as `meta.facets`. |
| `fields` | `string` | No | Properties to return on each record, comma-separated; `$id` and `$type` always return. |
| `include` | `string` | No | Related records to embed in place of their URLs, comma-separated. |
| `depth` | `integer` | No | How many levels of related records to embed. The default is 1. |
| `q` | `string` | No | Words to match across the text properties, ranked by relevance. |
| `match` | `string` | No | Ranks the search by `words`, or `meaning`; words is the default. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bills` | list of [Bill](/business/nouns/bill) | Yes | One page of Bills. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills?limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Bill",
  "bills": [
    {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc",
      "$type": "Bill",
      "organization": "organization_v0SkRLrXCN",
      "amount": {
        "amount": 29,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "dueOn": "2026-10-22",
      "status": "received"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "limit": 20,
    "after": "bill_Zorj7Zkbtc"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills?limit=20",
    "next": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills?after=bill_Zorj7Zkbtc"
  }
}
```