Control account mappings
Create or update a control account mapping
Map a control account (net pay, PAYE, NI, pension and other liabilities) to a nominal code on a template.
PUT
/
templates
/
{templateId}
/
control-account-mappings
/
{account}
Create or update a control account mapping
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account} \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"accountCode": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"taxCode": "<string>",
"groupAs": "<string>",
"creditAccountCode": "<string>",
"creditGroupAs": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}"
payload = {
"accountCode": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"taxCode": "<string>",
"groupAs": "<string>",
"creditAccountCode": "<string>",
"creditGroupAs": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"X-Auth-Token": "<api-key>",
"X-Org-Id": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {
'X-Auth-Token': '<api-key>',
'X-Org-Id': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
accountCode: '<string>',
description: '<string>',
taxCode: '<string>',
groupAs: '<string>',
creditAccountCode: '<string>',
creditGroupAs: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'accountCode' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>',
'taxCode' => '<string>',
'groupAs' => '<string>',
'creditAccountCode' => '<string>',
'creditGroupAs' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-Auth-Token: <api-key>",
"X-Org-Id: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"accountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"taxCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"groupAs\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditAccountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditGroupAs\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}")
.header("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"accountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"taxCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"groupAs\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditAccountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditGroupAs\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["X-Auth-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Org-Id"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"accountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"taxCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"groupAs\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditAccountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditGroupAs\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {
"organisationId": "<string>",
"templateId": "<string>",
"accountCode": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"taxCode": "<string>",
"groupAs": "<string>",
"createdBy": "<string>",
"createdDate": "<string>",
"updatedBy": "<string>",
"updatedDate": "<string>",
"creditAccountCode": "<string>",
"creditGroupAs": "<string>"
},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "<string>",
"dateTimeFormat": "<string>",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
}
]
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": null,
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "<string>",
"dateTimeFormat": "<string>",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
}
]
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": null,
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "<string>",
"dateTimeFormat": "<string>",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
}
]
}Authorizations
FlowPayroll JWT (raw token, no Bearer prefix)
Organisation to scope the request to. Required when the principal can access more than one organisation; optional for single-organisation principals (the authorizer resolves it automatically).
Path Parameters
The control account kind, matched case-insensitively. Any other value — including withdrawn kinds such as StatutoryRecoverySsp (removed 2026-08-07: SSP is not recoverable) — is rejected with a 400 envelope.
Available options:
Paye, EeNi, ErNi, ErNiClass1A, EePensionTotal, EePensionNetPayArrangement, EePensionReliefAtSource, EePensionSalarySacrifice, ErPension, StudentLoan, PostgraduateLoan, NetPay, StatutoryRecoverySmp, StatutoryRecoverySpp, StatutoryRecoveryShpp, StatutoryRecoverySap, StatutoryRecoverySpbp, StatutoryRecoverySncp, StatutoryRecoveryCompensation, ApprenticeshipLevy, EmploymentAllowance, CourtOrderAdminFee, ApprenticeshipLevyAllowance Body
application/json
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Create or update a control account mapping
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account} \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Auth-Token: <api-key>' \
--header 'X-Org-Id: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"accountCode": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"taxCode": "<string>",
"groupAs": "<string>",
"creditAccountCode": "<string>",
"creditGroupAs": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}"
payload = {
"accountCode": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"taxCode": "<string>",
"groupAs": "<string>",
"creditAccountCode": "<string>",
"creditGroupAs": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"X-Auth-Token": "<api-key>",
"X-Org-Id": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {
'X-Auth-Token': '<api-key>',
'X-Org-Id': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
accountCode: '<string>',
description: '<string>',
taxCode: '<string>',
groupAs: '<string>',
creditAccountCode: '<string>',
creditGroupAs: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'accountCode' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>',
'taxCode' => '<string>',
'groupAs' => '<string>',
'creditAccountCode' => '<string>',
'creditGroupAs' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-Auth-Token: <api-key>",
"X-Org-Id: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"accountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"taxCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"groupAs\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditAccountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditGroupAs\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}")
.header("X-Auth-Token", "<api-key>")
.header("X-Org-Id", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"accountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"taxCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"groupAs\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditAccountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditGroupAs\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.sandbox.flowpayroll.ai/v1/journal/templates/{templateId}/control-account-mappings/{account}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["X-Auth-Token"] = '<api-key>'
request["X-Org-Id"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"accountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"taxCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"groupAs\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditAccountCode\": \"<string>\",\n \"creditGroupAs\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": {
"organisationId": "<string>",
"templateId": "<string>",
"accountCode": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"taxCode": "<string>",
"groupAs": "<string>",
"createdBy": "<string>",
"createdDate": "<string>",
"updatedBy": "<string>",
"updatedDate": "<string>",
"creditAccountCode": "<string>",
"creditGroupAs": "<string>"
},
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "<string>",
"dateTimeFormat": "<string>",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
}
]
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": null,
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "<string>",
"dateTimeFormat": "<string>",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
}
]
}{
"message": {
"text": "<string>",
"token": "<string>",
"tokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
},
"content": {
"data": null,
"metadata": {
"dateFormat": "<string>",
"dateTimeFormat": "<string>",
"paginationToken": "<string>"
}
},
"validationIssues": [
{
"field": "<string>",
"reason": "<string>",
"reasonToken": "<string>",
"reasonTokenArguments": [
{
"name": "<string>",
"value": null
}
]
}
]
}