> This page is for Developers. > For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://zuora.ferndocs.com/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://zuora.ferndocs.com/_mcp/server. # Create an accounting period POST https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods Content-Type: application/json Creates an accounting period. Prerequisites ------------- * You must have Zuora Finance enabled on your tenant. * You must have the Create Accounting Period user permission. Limitations ----------- * When creating the first accounting period on your tenant, the start date must be equal to or earlier than the date of the earliest transaction on the tenant. * Start and end dates of accounting periods must be contiguous. For example, if one accounting period ends on January 31, the next period must start on February 1. * If you have the Revenue Recognition Package and have enabled the "Monthly recognition over time" revenue recognition model, the accounting period start date and end date must be on the first day and last day of the month, respectively. Note that the start and end dates do not necessarily have to be in the same month. Reference: https://zuora.ferndocs.com/developers/api-reference/zuora-api/finance/accounting-periods/post-accounting-period ## Authentication - `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use `Bearer {{token}}` in the `Authorization` header for authentication. ## Servers - `https://rest.test.zuora.com` (US Developer & Central Sandbox (incl. Test Drive), default) - `https://rest.sandbox.na.zuora.com` (US API Sandbox Cloud 1) - `https://rest.apisandbox.zuora.com` (US API Sandbox Cloud 2) - `https://rest.na.zuora.com` (US Production Cloud 1) - `https://rest.zuora.com` (US Production Cloud 2) - `https://rest.test.eu.zuora.com` (EU Developer & Central Sandbox) - `https://rest.sandbox.eu.zuora.com` (EU API Sandbox) - `https://rest.eu.zuora.com` (EU Production) - `https://rest.test.ap.zuora.com` (APAC Developer & Central Sandbox) - `https://rest.ap.zuora.com` (APAC Production) ## Request ### Headers - `Idempotency-Key` (string, optional) — Specify a unique idempotency key if you want to perform an idempotent POST or PATCH request. Do not use this header in other request types. With this header specified, the Zuora server can identify subsequent retries of the same request using this value, which prevents the same operation from being performed multiple times by accident. - `Accept-Encoding` (string, optional) — Include the `Accept-Encoding: gzip` header to compress responses as a gzipped file. It can significantly reduce the bandwidth required for a response. If specified, Zuora automatically compresses responses that contain over 1000 bytes of data, and the response contains a `Content-Encoding` header with the compression algorithm so that your client can decompress it. - `Content-Encoding` (string, optional) — Include the `Content-Encoding: gzip` header to compress a request. With this header specified, you should upload a gzipped file for the request payload instead of sending the JSON payload. - `Zuora-Track-Id` (string, optional) — A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you set a value for this header, Zuora returns the same value in the response headers. This header enables you to associate your system process identifiers with Zuora API calls, to assist with troubleshooting in the event of an issue. The value of this field must use the US-ASCII character set and must not include any of the following characters: colon (`:`), semicolon (`;`), double quote (`"`), and quote (`'`). - `Zuora-Entity-Ids` (string, optional) — An entity ID. If you have [Zuora Multi-entity](https://knowledgecenter.zuora.com/BB_Introducing_Z_Business/Multi-entity) enabled and the OAuth token is valid for more than one entity, you must use this header to specify which entity to perform the operation in. If the OAuth token is only valid for a single entity, or you do not have Zuora Multi-entity enabled, you should not set this header. - `Zuora-Org-Ids` (string, optional) — Comma separated IDs. If you have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you can use this header to specify which orgs to perform the operation in. If you do not have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you should not set this header. The IDs must be a sub-set of the user's accessible orgs. If you specify an org that the user does not have access to, the operation fails. This header is important in Multi-Org (MO) setups because it defines the organization context under which the API should operate—mainly used for read access or data visibility filtering. If the header is not set, the operation is performed in scope of the user's accessible orgs. - `Zuora-Version` (string, optional) — The minor API version. For a list of available minor versions, see [API upgrades](https://developer.zuora.com/v1-api-reference/api-upgrades/). ### Body (application/json) This endpoint expects a POSTAccountingPeriodType. - `endDate` (date, required) — The end date of the accounting period in yyyy-mm-dd format, for example, "2016-02-19". - `fiscalYear` (integer, required) — Fiscal year of the accounting period in yyyy format, for example, "2016". - `name` (string, required) — Name of the accounting period. Accounting period name must be unique. Maximum of 100 characters. - `startDate` (date, required) — The start date of the accounting period in yyyy-mm-dd format, for example, "2016-02-19". - `fiscalQuarter` (integer, optional) — Fiscal quarter of the accounting period. One number between 1 and 4. - `notes` (string, optional) — Notes about the accounting period. Maximum of 255 characters. - `organizationLabels` (list of PostAccountingPeriodTypeOrganizationLabelsItems, optional) — The organization that the accounting period belongs to. For each item in the array, either the `organizationId` or the `organizationName` field is required. This field is only required when you have already turned on Multi-Org feature. ## Response ### 200 OK - `id` (string, optional) — ID of the newly-created accounting period. - `success` (boolean, optional) — Returns `true` if the request was processed successfully. ## Errors ### 500 Internal Server Error Internal Server Error - `reasons` (list of ErrorResponseReasonsItems, optional) ### 400 Client Request Error Request Errors - `processId` (string, optional) — The ID of the process that handles the operation. - `reasons` (list of CommonResponseReasonsItems, optional) — The container of the error code and message. This field is available only if the `success` field is `false`. - `requestId` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of the request. - `success` (boolean, optional) — Indicates whether the call succeeded. ## Types ### PostAccountingPeriodTypeOrganizationLabelsItems - `organizationId` (string, optional) — The organization ID. - `organizationName` (string, optional) — The organization name. ### ErrorResponseReasonsItems - `code` (string, optional) — The error code of response. - `message` (string, optional) — The detail information of the error response ### CommonResponseReasonsItems - `code` (string, optional) — The error code of response. - `message` (string, optional) — The detail information of the error response ## Examples **Request** ```json { "endDate": "2016-06-30", "fiscalYear": 2016, "name": "Jun 2016", "startDate": "2016-06-01" } ``` **Response** ```json { "id": "7b7181ae547aac1e01547efb61f20162", "success": true } ``` **SDK Code** ```python response import requests url = "https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods" payload = { "endDate": "2016-06-30", "fiscalYear": 2016, "name": "Jun 2016", "startDate": "2016-06-01" } headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Content-Type": "application/json" } response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript response const url = 'https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods'; const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"endDate":"2016-06-30","fiscalYear":2016,"name":"Jun 2016","startDate":"2016-06-01"}' }; try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` ```go response package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods" payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"endDate\": \"2016-06-30\",\n \"fiscalYear\": 2016,\n \"name\": \"Jun 2016\",\n \"startDate\": \"2016-06-01\"\n}") req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer ") req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```ruby response require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer ' request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\n \"endDate\": \"2016-06-30\",\n \"fiscalYear\": 2016,\n \"name\": \"Jun 2016\",\n \"startDate\": \"2016-06-01\"\n}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java response import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.post("https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods") .header("Authorization", "Bearer ") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\n \"endDate\": \"2016-06-30\",\n \"fiscalYear\": 2016,\n \"name\": \"Jun 2016\",\n \"startDate\": \"2016-06-01\"\n}") .asString(); ``` ```php response request('POST', 'https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods', [ 'body' => '{ "endDate": "2016-06-30", "fiscalYear": 2016, "name": "Jun 2016", "startDate": "2016-06-01" }', 'headers' => [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp response using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n \"endDate\": \"2016-06-30\",\n \"fiscalYear\": 2016,\n \"name\": \"Jun 2016\",\n \"startDate\": \"2016-06-01\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift response import Foundation let headers = [ "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Content-Type": "application/json" ] let parameters = [ "endDate": "2016-06-30", "fiscalYear": 2016, "name": "Jun 2016", "startDate": "2016-06-01" ] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://rest.test.zuora.com/v1/accounting-periods")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "POST" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ```