> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.equated.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a manual document > Create a manual document (BILL or INVOICE) without an uploaded file. The document lands in DRAFT with a DRAFT accrual journal entry (AP for bills, AR for invoices), ready for posting edits and confirm_document. To create a document FROM a file (receipt image, bill/invoice PDF), use `POST /documents/upload-urls` then `POST /documents/ingest` instead. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json post /api/documents openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Equated API version: 1.0.0 description: >- Agent-facing accounting API. Authenticate with a bearer token issued from Settings → API Tokens, or via the in-app session cookie when called from the web client. servers: - url: https://app.equated.co description: API server security: [] paths: /api/documents: post: tags: - Documents summary: Create a manual document description: >- Create a manual document (BILL or INVOICE) without an uploaded file. The document lands in DRAFT with a DRAFT accrual journal entry (AP for bills, AR for invoices), ready for posting edits and confirm_document. To create a document FROM a file (receipt image, bill/invoice PDF), use `POST /documents/upload-urls` then `POST /documents/ingest` instead. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateDocumentInput' responses: '201': description: Created document content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: document: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document' required: - document security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: CreateDocumentInput: oneOf: - type: object properties: amount: type: string pattern: ^\d+(\.\d+)?$ currency: type: string enum: - CAD - USD - EUR - GBP - AUD dueDate: type: string nullable: true pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ documentNumber: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 80 displayTitle: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 200 idempotencyKey: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 documentType: type: string enum: - BILL vendorOrgMerchantId: type: integer minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true vendorName: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 lineItems: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ManualDocumentLineItem' isRecurring: type: boolean recurringInterval: type: integer minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true recurringFrequency: type: string enum: - WEEK - MONTH - YEAR required: - amount - documentType - type: object properties: amount: type: string pattern: ^\d+(\.\d+)?$ currency: type: string enum: - CAD - USD - EUR - GBP - AUD dueDate: type: string nullable: true pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ documentNumber: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 80 displayTitle: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 200 idempotencyKey: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 documentType: type: string enum: - INVOICE customerOrgMerchantId: type: integer minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true customerName: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 200 issueDate: type: string nullable: true pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ terms: type: string nullable: true enum: - DUE_ON_RECEIPT - NET_15 - NET_30 - NET_60 - null note: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 2000 lineItems: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ManualDocumentLineItem' required: - amount - documentType Document: type: object properties: id: type: integer minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true documentType: type: string lifecycle: type: string amount: type: string nullable: true currency: type: string nullable: true displayTitle: type: string nullable: true documentNumber: type: string nullable: true dueDate: type: string nullable: true createdAt: type: string orgMerchantId: type: integer nullable: true minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true orgMerchant: type: object nullable: true properties: id: type: integer minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true name: type: string website: type: string nullable: true imageUrl: type: string nullable: true logo: type: string nullable: true required: - id - name - website - imageUrl - logo additionalProperties: nullable: true amountBase: type: string nullable: true baseCurrency: type: string nullable: true derivedSettlementStatus: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SettlementStatus' derivedOutstandingAmount: type: string nullable: true description: Unapplied balance in the document currency. payerAccountId: type: integer nullable: true minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true description: >- Reimbursement liability/equity payer account; retained on unconfirm and null until selected. resolution: type: string nullable: true enum: - unresolved - matched - null description: >- Receipts only: unresolved (not linked to a transaction) or matched (linked to one); null for other document types. required: - id - documentType - lifecycle - amount - currency - displayTitle additionalProperties: nullable: true ManualDocumentLineItem: type: object properties: name: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 200 description: type: string nullable: true maxLength: 500 amount: type: number categoryAccountId: type: integer nullable: true minimum: 0 exclusiveMinimum: true quantity: type: number unitPrice: type: number required: - amount SettlementStatus: type: string enum: - open - partially_closed - closed securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: API token issued from the Equated app under Settings → API Tokens. ````