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# Create a spend requisition

POST https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/
Content-Type: application/json

Create a spend requisition.

Create a spend requisition for a hirer. Spend requisitions are pre-contract funding requests that flow through approvals. You can include custom fields configured on your client account and optionally set an external ID for idempotency and later lookup.

Note: Spend Requisition was previously named Spend Request. Some programmatic names use the old terminology.

Reference: https://docs.yunojuno.com/client-api/spend-requisitions/spend-requests-create

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreateSpendRequest.

- `hirer` (string, required) — The identifier or the email address of the hirer creating the spend requisition.
- `title` (string, required) — The title of the spend requisition.
- `description` (string, required) — A detailed description of the spend requisition.
- `amount` (string, required) — The amount of money requested.
- `amount_type` (enum, required) — The type of the amount requested. * `DAY_RATE` - Day rate * `TOTAL` - Total
  - Allowed values: `DAY_RATE`, `TOTAL`
- `currency` (enum, required) — The currency in which the amount is specified. * `AUD` - $ AUD * `CAD` - $ CAD * `CHF` - ₣ CHF * `CZK` - Kč CZK * `DKK` - kr DKK * `EUR` - € EUR * `GBP` - £ GBP * `HKD` - $ HKD * `INR` - ₹ INR * `NOK` - kr NOK * `NZD` - $ NZD * `PLN` - zł PLN * `SEK` - kr SEK * `SGD` - $ SGD * `AED` - د.إ AED * `USD` - $ USD * `ZAR` - R ZAR
  - Allowed values: `AUD`, `CAD`, `CHF`, `CZK`, `DKK`, `EUR`, `GBP`, `HKD`, `INR`, `NOK`, `NZD`, `PLN`, `SEK`, `SGD`, `AED`, `USD`, `ZAR`
- `custom_fields` (list of CustomField, optional) — An array of custom fields specific to the spend requisition.
- `external_id` (string, optional, default: ) — An external identifier for the spend requisition, optional.
- `spend_request_configuration` (string, optional, default: ) — The identifier of the configuration to create the spend requisition against.

## Response

### 201

- `data` (SpendRequest, required) — The spend requisition object. This object represents a request to commit spend on the YunoJuno platform. Spend Requisition was previously named Spend Request in the API documentation; some programmatic names use the old terminology.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request body does not match the expected shape: a required field is missing or blank, amount is not a decimal with at most two decimal places, or amount_type is not a supported value.

- `error` (Error, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

The access token is missing or invalid.

- `error` (Error, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Something the request refers to does not exist for your client account: the hirer, or the spend requisition configuration you named. You also get this when you omit spend_request_configuration and your account has no active configuration at all.

- `error` (Error, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

You have already created a spend requisition with this external_id. Use it to look up the existing one rather than creating another.

- `error` (Error, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

The request is well-formed but cannot be applied: the currency is not enabled for your account, the hirer is not activated, a custom field is unknown to the configuration or missing a required value, or you omitted spend_request_configuration while your account has more than one active configuration to choose between.

- `error` (Error, required)

## Types

### CustomField

Represents a single custom field.

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the custom field.
- `value` (string, required) — The value of the custom field.

### SpendRequest

The spend requisition object. This object represents a request to commit spend on the YunoJuno platform. Spend Requisition was previously named Spend Request in the API documentation; some programmatic names use the old terminology.

- `spend_request_id` (string, required)
- `url` (string, required, nullable)
- `external_id` (string, required, nullable)
- `title` (string, required)
- `description` (string, required)
- `amount` (string, required)
- `amount_type` (enum, required) — * `DAY_RATE` - Day rate * `TOTAL` - Total
  - Allowed values: `DAY_RATE`, `TOTAL`
- `currency` (enum, required) — * `AUD` - $ AUD * `CAD` - $ CAD * `CHF` - ₣ CHF * `CZK` - Kč CZK * `DKK` - kr DKK * `EUR` - € EUR * `GBP` - £ GBP * `HKD` - $ HKD * `INR` - ₹ INR * `NOK` - kr NOK * `NZD` - $ NZD * `PLN` - zł PLN * `SEK` - kr SEK * `SGD` - $ SGD * `AED` - د.إ AED * `USD` - $ USD * `ZAR` - R ZAR
  - Allowed values: `AUD`, `CAD`, `CHF`, `CZK`, `DKK`, `EUR`, `GBP`, `HKD`, `INR`, `NOK`, `NZD`, `PLN`, `SEK`, `SGD`, `AED`, `USD`, `ZAR`
- `custom_fields` (list of CustomField, required)
- `approval_flow` (ApprovalFlowReference, required, nullable)
- `attachment_url` (string, required, nullable)

### Error

- `code` (string, required) — A machine-readable code, such as AUTH_TOKEN_INVALID.
- `message` (string, required) — A description you can show to a person.
- `details` (list of ErrorDetail, optional) — Present on validation errors, one entry per failing field.
- `sentry_id` (string, optional) — Present on server errors. Quote it when you contact support.

### ApprovalFlowReference

- `approval_flow_id` (string, required)
- `current_approval_step` (CurrentApprovalStepReference, required, nullable)

### ErrorDetail

One field-level problem, listed on a validation error.

- `code` (string, required) — A machine-readable code, such as VALIDATION_REQUIRED.
- `field` (string, required) — The input field at fault. Nested fields and list indexes are dot-separated, such as data.1.contract.
- `message` (string, required) — What is wrong with the field.

### CurrentApprovalStepReference

- `approval_step_id` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "hirer": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "amount": "string",
  "amount_type": "DAY_RATE",
  "currency": "AUD"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "spend_request_id": "string",
    "url": "string",
    "external_id": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "amount": "string",
    "amount_type": "DAY_RATE",
    "currency": "AUD",
    "custom_fields": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "value": "string",
        "metadata": null
      }
    ],
    "approval_flow": {
      "approval_flow_id": "string",
      "current_approval_step": {
        "approval_step_id": "string"
      }
    },
    "attachment_url": "string"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/"

payload = {
    "hirer": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "amount": "string",
    "amount_type": "DAY_RATE",
    "currency": "AUD"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"hirer":"string","title":"string","description":"string","amount":"string","amount_type":"DAY_RATE","currency":"AUD"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"hirer\": \"string\",\n  \"title\": \"string\",\n  \"description\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": \"string\",\n  \"amount_type\": \"DAY_RATE\",\n  \"currency\": \"AUD\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"hirer\": \"string\",\n  \"title\": \"string\",\n  \"description\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": \"string\",\n  \"amount_type\": \"DAY_RATE\",\n  \"currency\": \"AUD\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"hirer\": \"string\",\n  \"title\": \"string\",\n  \"description\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": \"string\",\n  \"amount_type\": \"DAY_RATE\",\n  \"currency\": \"AUD\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/', [
  'body' => '{
  "hirer": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "amount": "string",
  "amount_type": "DAY_RATE",
  "currency": "AUD"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"hirer\": \"string\",\n  \"title\": \"string\",\n  \"description\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": \"string\",\n  \"amount_type\": \"DAY_RATE\",\n  \"currency\": \"AUD\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "hirer": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "amount": "string",
  "amount_type": "DAY_RATE",
  "currency": "AUD"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.yunojuno.com/spend_requests/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```