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Parties

A Party represents an individual or organization participating in financial operations.

Party Types

TypeDescription
EMPLOYEEAn employee of the organization
CUSTOMERA customer who pays the organization
VENDORA vendor/supplier who receives payments
BANKA financial institution
BUSINESSThe organization itself or another business entity

Party Accounts

Each party can have one or more accounts for receiving/sending payments:

Account TypeDescription
WIREBank wire transfer account
CRYPTOCryptocurrency wallet
CASHCash payments

Party in Entries

Each entry has two party references:

  • fromParty — the party sending money
  • toParty — the party receiving money

For an EXPENSE entry, fromParty is typically the organization and toParty is the vendor. For an INCOME entry, fromParty is the customer and toParty is the organization.

Managing Parties

Parties are typically created automatically via external integrations (SDK, Ingest API). However, they can also be managed manually:

  • Create: POST /parties — requires party.create permission
  • Update: PATCH /parties/{id} — requires party.edit permission

The UI provides forms for creating new parties (from the Parties list) and editing existing parties (from Party detail page).