Create Expense

Creates a new expense in Splitwise.

POST

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

number

Splitwise category ID for the expense.

stringrequired

Decimal amount as a string with up to 2 decimal places.

string

Splitwise currency code for the expense.

date

When the expense took place.

stringrequired

Short description of the expense.

string

Additional notes for the expense.

numberrequired

Splitwise group ID to assign the expense to.

string

Expense recurrence interval.

booleanrequired

When true, Splitwise will create an equal split within the group.

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/splitwise/0.0.7/actions/create-expense" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "cost": "",
  "description": "",
  "splitEqually": false
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "errors": {},
      "expenses": [
        {}
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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