POST

Expenses.CategoriesList

Alias of ExpensesCategories.List. Return expense categories for the Expenses New modal SELECT CATEGORY / SUB CATEGORY dropdowns.

Permissions

User must be logged in with a valid bearer token.
The user must be from the same company domain as the request Host (call the API on that account subdomain or allowed custom domain). A token from another company returns success=0, error user_not_in_company.
Returned or changed records are limited by the user permissions, team access, folder access, and account settings.

Action

Runs the Expenses.CategoriesList function and returns JSON.

Push Service

No push is sent because this function only reads data or returns helper information.

Automation

No automation is run for this function.

Special Instructions

On a company subdomain (e.g. https://{user_domain}.bull36.com) the user must match that Host — Login and protected APIs reject another company with success=0, error user_not_in_company. On a main brand host (bull36.com, biz1.co.il, mastrocrm.com, …) the company domain gate is skipped.
SELECT CATEGORY: POST /app/ExpensesCategories.List (default parent_id=0). Use data[].id as Expenses.Add category_id.
SELECT SUB CATEGORY: send parent_id with the selected category id from the first call.
Other (id=0) is a synthetic dashboard option. Prefer a real category id for Expenses.Add.
Aliases: Expenses.CategoriesList. Not the same as Categories.List (ec_categories / products).

Required Parameters

No body parameters are required for this function.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Sample	What it gives
`parent_id` post	int	`0`	Filter by parent. Default 0 = top-level categories (SELECT CATEGORY). Send a category id to list its sub-categories (SELECT SUB CATEGORY). Aliases: parent, parent_category_id.
`parents_only` post	int	`1`	When 1, forces parent_id=0. Alias: top_level.
`all` post	int	`0`	When 1, returns every category (parents and sub-categories) without parent filter.
`include_other` post	int	`1`	When listing top-level categories, default 1 prepends Other (id=0) like the dashboard. Send 0 to skip. Alias: include_others.
`search` post	string	`root`	Search name_en / name_he. Aliases: name, name_en, name_he, category_name, filter_data, search[value].
`start` post	int	`0`	First row offset for paging. Alias: offset.
`limit` post	int	`25`	Maximum rows to return. Values above 25 are capped. Aliases: length, per_page.
`order_by` post	string	`id`	Order column: id, name_en, name_he, parent_id. Default id.
`order_dir` post	string	`asc`	Order direction: asc or desc. Default asc.

Authentication

Send the bearer token returned by Login in the request header. The user must be from the same company domain as this Host — a token from another company is rejected (user_not_in_company).

Authorization: Bearer YOUR TOKEN

Sample Request

{
    "url": "\/app\/Expenses.CategoriesList",
    "method": "POST",
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR TOKEN"
    },
    "body": {
        "limit": "25"
    },
    "url_user": "https:\/\/{user}.bull36.com\/app\/Expenses.CategoriesList",
    "url_domain": "https:\/\/{domain}\/app\/Expenses.CategoriesList"
}

Endpoint

POST /app/Expenses.CategoriesList
POST https://{user}.bull36.com/app/Expenses.CategoriesList
POST https://{domain}/app/Expenses.CategoriesList

Sample Output

{
    "success": 1,
    "count": 3,
    "recordsTotal": 3,
    "recordsFiltered": 3,
    "total_record": 3,
    "start": 0,
    "limit": 25,
    "include_other": 1,
    "parent_id": 0,
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 0,
            "category_id": 0,
            "name": "Other",
            "name_en": "Other",
            "name_he": "אחרים",
            "parent_id": 0,
            "is_parent": true,
            "is_other": true
        },
        {
            "id": 12,
            "category_id": 12,
            "name": "new expense",
            "name_en": "new expense",
            "name_he": "new expense",
            "parent_id": 0,
            "is_parent": true,
            "is_other": false
        },
        {
            "id": 15,
            "category_id": 15,
            "name": "root expense",
            "name_en": "root expense",
            "name_he": "root expense",
            "parent_id": 0,
            "is_parent": true,
            "is_other": false
        }
    ]
}

Count Only

Use the matching count route with the same filters when the UI only needs total rows for paging.

{
    "url": "\/app\/Expenses.CategoriesList",
    "url_user": "https:\/\/{user}.bull36.com\/app\/Expenses.CategoriesList",
    "url_domain": "https:\/\/{domain}\/app\/Expenses.CategoriesList",
    "method": "POST",
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR TOKEN"
    },
    "body": [],
    "sample_output": {
        "success": 1,
        "count": 123
    },
    "notes": {
        "route": "ExpensesCategories.Count",
        "max_limit": 25
    }
}

Count JavaScript

const token = 'YOUR TOKEN';
const body = new URLSearchParams();

const res = await fetch('https://{domain}/app/Expenses.CategoriesList', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
  body
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.count);

JavaScript Example

const token = 'YOUR TOKEN';
// SELECT CATEGORY
const body = new URLSearchParams({ limit: '25' });
const res = await fetch('/app/Expenses.CategoriesList', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token },
  body
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.data);
// SELECT SUB CATEGORY for chosen category:
const sub = new URLSearchParams({ parent_id: String(data.data[1].id), include_other: '0', limit: '25' });
const subRes = await fetch('/app/Expenses.CategoriesList', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token },
  body: sub
});
console.log(await subRes.json());

Error Example

{
    "success": "0",
    "error": "bearer_token_required",
    "message": "Authorization bearer token is required. Send header: Authorization: Bearer YOUR TOKEN"
}