The journal's position at a moment

GET /events/head

The journal's position at a moment: the last sequence the database had recorded for this organization at at (absent when it held nothing yet), by the database's own clock rather than the service's.

Replaying with upTo=<sequence> then gives the journal exactly as it stood then; a set of heads taken at one at is a consistent cut across journals. Appends nothing: a read of facts already journalled.

Access

Requires financials:read.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. Where a journal stood at a moment, for a consumer cutting journals to replay them as of then; agents read history through the audit trail (audit_trail).

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X GET 'https://accounting.getmanifold.io/events/head?at=2026-10-21T04%3A05%3A00.000Z' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN"

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://accounting.getmanifold.io/events/head?at=2026-10-21T04%3A05%3A00.000Z", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "at": "2026-10-21T04:05:00.000Z",
  "sequence": 58
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: accounting-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://accounting.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Try again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Procure to pay, step 14: Cut the ledgers' journal at one moment