Report the day the other books are locked through

PUT /ledgers/{ledgerId}/lock

Report the day the other books are locked through, as the ledger's own app reads it there (the latest of the provider's lock dates), or none: only that app (403 NotALedgerApp, NotThisLedgersApp), for a connected ledger (409 LedgerDisconnected).

While the ledger is connected its lock counts toward the books' period lock (GET /books/lock): nothing dated on or before it changes in the general ledger, and what is unsent from before it is planned on the first open day. It moves either way, as the provider says. Appends accounting.ledger-lock-reported. Idempotent by content: the lock as it stands appends nothing.

Access

Requires financials:write.

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

Retries

Idempotent by content: the lock as it stands appends nothing.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

accounting.ledger-lock-reported

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. Only the ledger's own app, under its own token, connects its books, maps them, plans and answers their journals (NotALedgerApp for anyone else); an agent sends the merchant to the app's page under Apps instead.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X PUT 'https://accounting.getmanifold.io/ledgers/lgr_01a0f6b2-1c00-7f71-8a82-465768798a9b/lock' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "lockedThrough": "2026-09-30"
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://accounting.getmanifold.io/ledgers/lgr_01a0f6b2-1c00-7f71-8a82-465768798a9b/lock", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "lockedThrough": "2026-09-30"
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "lockedThrough": "2026-09-30"
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "id": "lgr_01a0f6b2-1c00-7f71-8a82-465768798a9b",
  "appId": "app_85cedb60-f616-4fe5-b9ea-dcd3689b4bc6",
  "externalId": "01a15897-023d-7b5f-9c7d-2e4f6a8b0c1d",
  "name": "Saltbush Homewares Pty Ltd",
  "baseCurrency": "AUD",
  "status": "connected",
  "settings": {
    "granularity": "daily-summary",
    "accounts": "map",
    "syncFrom": "2026-10-01"
  },
  "mappings": [
    {
      "account": "1200",
      "externalId": "01a15873-a19f-7e60-9a1d-3f8c2b6e4a10",
      "externalCode": "615",
      "externalName": "Trade debtors clearing",
      "created": false
    },
    {
      "account": "1400",
      "externalId": "01a1588b-d641-7a82-8b3f-5a1e4d8c6b32",
      "externalCode": "630",
      "externalName": "Inventory",
      "created": false
    },
    {
      "account": "2200",
      "externalId": "01a15892-5a94-7ca4-ad5b-7c3a6f1e8d54",
      "externalCode": "820",
      "externalName": "GST",
      "created": false
    },
    {
      "account": "4000",
      "externalId": "01a15858-a1fe-7ec6-8f7d-9e5c8b3a0f76",
      "externalCode": "200",
      "externalName": "Sales",
      "created": false
    },
    {
      "account": "5000",
      "externalId": "01a15869-63f8-7fe8-9b9f-1a7e0d5c2b98",
      "externalCode": "310",
      "externalName": "Cost of Goods Sold",
      "created": false
    },
    {
      "account": "2100",
      "externalId": "01a15898-dee7-70cc-a208-4e5b60552d26",
      "externalCode": "806",
      "externalName": "Goods received not invoiced",
      "created": false
    },
    {
      "account": "3900",
      "externalId": "01a15896-13e8-7708-b853-cd30590fd955",
      "externalCode": "975",
      "externalName": "Opening balances",
      "created": false
    }
  ],
  "connectedAt": "2026-10-01T02:14:05.000Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-01T02:14:05.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T04:10:00.000Z",
  "lockedThrough": "2026-09-30"
}

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
`NotALedgerApp`	Only a ledger app may call this.	Call it with the ledger app's token.
`NotThisLedgersApp` ledgerId	This ledger belongs to another app.	Call it with the app that connected the ledger.
`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.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`LedgerNotFound` ledgerId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`LedgerDisconnected` ledgerId	The ledger is disconnected.	Reconnect it first.
`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.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.