Penny Docs
Transactions

Get Transaction

GET
/v1/households/{household_id}/transactions/{transaction_id}

Retrieves a transaction with its account, category, merchant, tags, native amount, and amount converted to the household's reporting currency.

Hidden, deleted, and split-parent transactions can be retrieved by ID. Transactions on deleted accounts are unavailable; restore the account before retrieving them.

Authorization

PersonalApiToken
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Use your personal API token (penny_pat_…) as the bearer credential. Enter the token only; the client adds the Bearer prefix. Read-only tokens permit read requests. Read/write tokens remain limited by your current household membership and role. See https://penny.finance/docs/api#authentication for setup.

In: header

Path Parameters

household_id*Household Id
transaction_id*Transaction Id

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://example.com/v1/households/string/transactions/string"
{  "id": "Tx3fJ9mS6vBa",  "original_name": "BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE #047",  "user_name": "Morning coffee",  "amount": {    "amount": "68.42",    "currency": "USD"  },  "native_amount": {    "amount": "68.42",    "currency": "USD"  },  "lat": 37.7764,  "lon": -122.4231,  "pending": false,  "penny_taxonomy": "FOOD_AND_DRINK_COFFEE",  "account": {    "id": "Ac7kP2mN9qRs",    "mask": "4821",    "name": "Everyday Checking",    "type": "depository",    "current_balance": {      "amount": "68.42",      "currency": "USD"    },    "currency": "USD",    "household_id": "Hh4vK8pQ2sLm",    "user_name": "Daily spending"  },  "household_finance_category": {    "id": "Ct5nR8wY1jFu",    "name": "Coffee & Dining",    "emoji": "☕️",    "category_type": "income",    "group_id": "Cg2mV7pL4zXe"  },  "merchant": {    "id": "Mr9dL3xT6bQa",    "name": "Blue Bottle Coffee",    "website": "https://www.bluebottlecoffee.com/",    "image_url": "https://cdn.penny.finance/merchants/blue-bottle-coffee.png",    "default_image_url": "https://cdn.penny.finance/merchants/default-coffee.png",    "transaction_count": 18  },  "image_url": "https://cdn.penny.finance/merchants/blue-bottle-coffee.png",  "image_kind": "merchant",  "tags": [    {      "id": "Tg8qN1cK5rWd",      "name": "Work meals",      "color": "#6D5BD0"    }  ],  "is_deleted": false,  "is_hidden": false,  "pending_transaction_id": "Tx3fJ9mS6vBa",  "date": "2019-08-24",  "need_review": false,  "possible_duplicate_ids": [    "Tx3fJ9mS6vBa"  ],  "notes": "Coffee with Sam before work",  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",  "name": "Morning coffee",  "split_from_transaction_id": "Tx3fJ9mS6vBa",  "split_child_ids": [    "Tx3fJ9mS6vBa"  ],  "is_recurring": false}