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# Create a vendor bill

> <Note>Required API key scope: `purchasing:write`</Note>

Pass `suppress_gl=true` with the `migration:write` scope to skip the GL posting (migration loads only).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /vendor-bills
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Arcus ERP Public API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Arcus ERP public REST API. Designed for external integrations and data
    migration.


    **Authentication.** Bearer token (API key) via the `Authorization` header.

    Format: `Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>` (or
    `ark_test_*` for sandbox).

    API keys are issued per-entity in **Settings > Developers > API Keys**.


    **Entity scoping.** The entity is encoded in the API key prefix; routes are
    flat

    (e.g. `/v1/accounts`, `/v1/orders`, `/v1/products`). A small set of platform
    endpoints

    (migration, reconciliation, events, webhook endpoints, API keys) use the

    `/v1/entities/{entity_id}/...` form -- those are noted in their tags.


    **Key capabilities.**
      - Related-resource hydration via `?expand[]=` (see `x-arcus-expand` on each resource).
      - Cursor-based pagination (`starting_after` / `ending_before` / `limit`).
      - Idempotency via the `Idempotency-Key` header.
      - Webhook events for asynchronous notification.
      - Conditional requests / ETag for cache validation.
servers:
  - url: https://api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: Arcus ERP API (accepts both live `ark_live_*` and test `ark_test_*` keys)
  - url: https://dev-api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: >-
      Dev sandbox API (test-only data, accepts `ark_test_*` keys against dev
      RDS)
security: []
paths:
  /vendor-bills:
    post:
      tags:
        - Purchasing
      summary: Create a vendor bill
      description: >-
        <Note>Required API key scope: `purchasing:write`</Note>


        Pass `suppress_gl=true` with the `migration:write` scope to skip the GL
        posting (migration loads only).
      operationId: createVendorBillV1
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - vendor_id
                - bill_date
                - items
              properties:
                vendor_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                po_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                bill_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                due_date:
                  type: string
                  format: date
                notes:
                  type: string
                suppress_gl:
                  type: boolean
                  description: >-
                    Migration:write scope required. Skip GL posting for
                    historical import.
                items:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - description
                      - amount
                    properties:
                      description:
                        type: string
                      amount:
                        type: number
                      product_id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                      quantity:
                        type: number
                      unit_cost:
                        type: number
                      tax_rate:
                        type: number
                      gl_account_id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created vendor bill
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VendorBill'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    VendorBill:
      type: object
      description: A vendor invoice (AP). Posts to AP and inventory/expense on approval.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
            - vendor_bill
        entity_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        bill_number:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Sequential bill number per entity.
        vendor_invoice_number:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Vendor's invoice number.
        vendor_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        po_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - draft
            - pending_approval
            - approved
            - rejected
            - paid
            - partially_paid
            - voided
          readOnly: true
        bill_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        due_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
        subtotal:
          type: number
        tax_total:
          type: number
        shipping_total:
          type: number
        bill_total:
          type: number
        amount_paid:
          type: number
          readOnly: true
        balance_due:
          type: number
          readOnly: true
        currency:
          type: string
          default: USD
        payment_term_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
        notes:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        metadata:
          type: object
          nullable: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: |
        Canonical error response envelope. All API errors use this shape.
      required:
        - error
        - code
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error key
          example: not_found
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (often same as error)
          example: not_found
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - validation_error
            - permission_error
            - not_found
            - conflict
            - rate_limit
            - internal
            - expand_error
            - not_implemented
          example: not_found
        hint:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable one-sentence explanation (English)
          example: >-
            The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this
            entity.
        param:
          type: string
          description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
          example: expand[0]
        required:
          type: string
          description: The scope required (only on insufficient_scope errors)
          example: accounts:read
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Unique request ID for support tracing (maps to CloudWatch log
            stream)
          example: req_abc123
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response (400/401/403/404/409/422/429/500)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: |
        API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys.
        Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write).
        Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>
        Test keys use ark_test_ent_<code>_<random>. Both are issued per entity
        via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

````