Bill routes: approve, pay · StartupBuilder

Reference for Bill, one group of Bill routes.

Bill.approve

Approve accepts a coded Bill for payment within the approver’s Mandate and schedules it for its due date. Verb page.

Text

POST /{namespace}/bills/{bill}/approve

Path: bill. Emits Bill.approved.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`bill`	Bill	required	The coded Bill.

Returns

Output	Type	Required	Description
`bill`	Bill	required	The approved Bill, scheduled for its due date.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	None.

Example

Terminal

curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/bills/bill_Zorj7Zkbtc/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"

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.approve",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}

Bill.pay

Pay sends an approved Bill’s amount to its Organization on the due date and reconciles the payment to Entries. Verb page.