Create an Expense

This endpoint is used to add an expense for a specific user.

Endpoint: https://cashboard-f5x2.onrender.com/expense/add
Query: User’s UUID

The request body should be a JSON object that includes:

• desc (string): Description of the expense
• category (string): Category of the expense
• account (string): The Account ID that paid for the expense
• date (date): Date of the expense
• amount (number): Amount of the expense

The response to this request will be a JSON schema, with an array of the user’s expenses including the new entry.

Each expense object in the array will have the following properties:

• desc (string): Description of the expense
• category (string): Category of the expense
• date (string): Date of the expense
• account (string): Account associated with the expense
• amount (number): Amount of the expense
• _id (string): Unique identifier for the expense

POST /expense/add

Create an Expense

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://cashboard-f5x2.onrender.com/expense/add \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "desc": "Electricity bill",
  "category": "Utility",
  "account": "662fbf9eac827e370c18d4b9",
  "date": "2/04/2024",
  "amount": 1000
}
'

200

{
  "expenses": [
    {
      "desc": "Electricity bill",
      "category": "Utility",
      "date": "2024-02-04T00:00:00.000Z",
      "account": "662fbf9eac827e370c18d4b9",
      "amount": 1000,
      "_id": "662fce008f1d17198913a0ab"
    }
  ]
}

Query Parameters

user · string

required

Body

application/json

The body is of type object.

Response

200

application/json

OK

The response is of type object.