# Statement routes

URL: /code/api/statement · Id: `page:code/api/statement`

> Every Statement Verb as an api.sb route, with its inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Statement](/business/nouns/statement).

| Noun | System | Run by |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Statement](/business/nouns/statement) | [Ledger](/systems/ledger) | [Finance Lead](/agents/finance/finance-lead) |

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

```text
GET /{namespace}/statements/{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 Statement. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

**Returns**

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

**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/statements/statement_q6edL5GLVN \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Statement",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements/statement_q6edL5GLVN",
  "statement": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements/statement_q6edL5GLVN",
    "$type": "Statement",
    "kind": "profitAndLoss",
    "period": "period_VEVuYACTsH",
    "scope": "startup",
    "lines": {}
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements/statement_q6edL5GLVN",
    "up": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements"
  }
}
```

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

```text
GET /{namespace}/statements
```

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `statements` | list of [Statement](/business/nouns/statement) | Yes | One page of Statements. |

**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/statements?limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Statement",
  "statements": [
    {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements/statement_q6edL5GLVN",
      "$type": "Statement",
      "kind": "profitAndLoss",
      "period": "period_VEVuYACTsH",
      "scope": "startup",
      "lines": {}
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "limit": 20,
    "after": "statement_q6edL5GLVN"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements?limit=20",
    "next": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/statements?after=statement_q6edL5GLVN"
  }
}
```