curl --request POST \
--url https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"business_entity_id": "<id>",
"payroll_id": "<id>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry"
payload = {
"business_entity_id": "<id>",
"payroll_id": "<id>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({business_entity_id: '<id>', payroll_id: '<id>'})
};
fetch('https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'business_entity_id' => '<id>',
'payroll_id' => '<id>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"business_entity_id\": \"<id>\",\n \"payroll_id\": \"<id>\"\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(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"business_entity_id\": \"<id>\",\n \"payroll_id\": \"<id>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry")
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 \"business_entity_id\": \"<id>\",\n \"payroll_id\": \"<id>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "<id>",
"object": "report",
"data": {
"type": "journal-entry",
"business_entity": {
"id": "<id>",
"object": "business_entity",
"links": {
"self": "/business_entities/<id>"
}
},
"pay_schedule": null,
"payroll": {
"id": "<id>",
"object": "payroll",
"links": {
"self": "/payrolls/<id>"
}
},
"filters": {
"payroll_type": [
"regular",
"off_cycle",
"historical",
"correction"
],
"payroll_status": [
"paid"
],
"pay_date_from": null,
"pay_date_to": null,
"year": null
},
"has_results": true,
"format": null,
"sheet": null,
"created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
},
"links": {
"self": "/reports/<id>"
}
}Create journal entry report
When a Journal Entry Report is created, the report content will be created asynchronously. It may then be retrieved asynchronously from the GET endpoint using an “accept: text/csv”, or “accept: application/vnd.ms-excel”, header.
curl --request POST \
--url https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"business_entity_id": "<id>",
"payroll_id": "<id>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry"
payload = {
"business_entity_id": "<id>",
"payroll_id": "<id>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({business_entity_id: '<id>', payroll_id: '<id>'})
};
fetch('https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'business_entity_id' => '<id>',
'payroll_id' => '<id>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"business_entity_id\": \"<id>\",\n \"payroll_id\": \"<id>\"\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(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"business_entity_id\": \"<id>\",\n \"payroll_id\": \"<id>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll/reports/journal-entry")
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 \"business_entity_id\": \"<id>\",\n \"payroll_id\": \"<id>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "<id>",
"object": "report",
"data": {
"type": "journal-entry",
"business_entity": {
"id": "<id>",
"object": "business_entity",
"links": {
"self": "/business_entities/<id>"
}
},
"pay_schedule": null,
"payroll": {
"id": "<id>",
"object": "payroll",
"links": {
"self": "/payrolls/<id>"
}
},
"filters": {
"payroll_type": [
"regular",
"off_cycle",
"historical",
"correction"
],
"payroll_status": [
"paid"
],
"pay_date_from": null,
"pay_date_to": null,
"year": null
},
"has_results": true,
"format": null,
"sheet": null,
"created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
},
"links": {
"self": "/reports/<id>"
}
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Response
Created
The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
The type of the object in Nmbr ("report").
Hide child attributes
Hide child attributes
cra-remittance, ei-cpp-balance, ei-qpp-qpip-balance, employer-health-tax, journal-entry, journal-entry-line-item, liability, payroll-register, rl1-preview, rq-remittance, t4-preview, vacation-accrual, workers-compensation, year-end-forms, year-to-date The output format set at creation for /download. One of csv or xlsx. null when no format was specified — required to use /download.
csv, pdf, xlsx 255The sheet selected at creation for multi-sheet reports (e.g. summary or detail for Payroll Register). null when the report has a single sheet or no sheet was specified.
255The date and time the object was created in Nmbr.
The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr.

