# Get Transaction Type(s)

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/v2/finplus/debtmanagement/transactiontypes` `(/{id})`

Use this endpoint to retrieve the list of all the possible **transaction types** for the specified school (see [Financial Transactions Report](/v2/reference/finance+/debt-management/financial-transactions-report.md)).

{% hint style="info" %}
By default, this endpoint returns a **collection of records**, wrapped in a `data` array. To retrieve a **single record**, provide its **ID in the URL**, which will return a **single object** instead of a collection.
{% endhint %}

### Path Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="247">Name</th><th width="102">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>{id}</code></td><td>Integer</td><td>Optionally provide the <strong>Transaction Type ID</strong> for retrieving a single record.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request Headers

<table><thead><tr><th width="182.7427978515625">Name</th><th width="119.77142333984375">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>HTTP-X-USERNAME</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>String</td><td>As provided by d6</td></tr><tr><td><code>HTTP-X-PASSWORD</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>String</td><td>As provided by d6</td></tr><tr><td><code>HTTP-X-SCHOOLID</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>Integer</td><td>The unique identifier of the school for which the data is being queried.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Response Examples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Success - Collection (200 OK) " %}
**Status:** <mark style="color:green;">`200 OK`</mark>

```json
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "name": "General Journal"
        },
        {
            "id": "2",
            "name": "Receipt"
        },
        {
            "id": "3",
            "name": "Payment"
        },
        {
            "id": "4",
            "name": "Deposit"
        },
        ...
    ]
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Success - Resource (200 OK)" %}
**Status:** <mark style="color:green;">`200 OK`</mark>

```json
{
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Receipt"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="ID Not Found Error (404 Not Found)" %}
**Description:** The requested ID does not exist in the system.

**Status:** <mark style="color:red;">`404 Not Found`</mark>

```json
{
    "success": false,
    "message": "The transaction type does not exist"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Code Samples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

// API Credentials
$api_username = 'your_username';
$api_password = 'your_password';
$school_id = 'the_school_id';

// Base API endpoint
define('BASE_URL', 'https://integrate.d6plus.co.za/api/v2/finplus/debtmanagement/transactiontypes');

// Optional: Set an ID to fetch a specific type (or leave empty for all)
$id = '';

$url = BASE_URL;
if (!empty($id)) {
    $url .= '/' . $id;
}


// Initialize cURL
$curl = curl_init();

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL            => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 30,  // Set timeout to prevent hanging requests
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION   => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => 'GET',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        "HTTP-X-USERNAME: $api_username",
        "HTTP-X-PASSWORD: $api_password",
        "HTTP-X-SCHOOLID: $school_id"
    ],
]);

// Execute request
$response = curl_exec($curl);

// Check for errors
$error = curl_error($curl);
if ($error) {
    curl_close($curl);
    throw new Exception("cURL Error: $error");
}

// Close cURL and output response
curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --request GET 'https://integrate.d6plus.co.za/api/v2/finplus/debtmanagement/transactiontypes' \
     --header 'HTTP-X-USERNAME: your_username' \
     --header 'HTTP-X-PASSWORD: your_password' \
     --header 'HTTP-X-SCHOOLID: the_school_id'
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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