> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shoply.gg/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get what an expense can be > What an expense is made from: the store's expense categories, who it has paid before, the ways of paying, the currencies an amount can be sent in, and every limit. Refused with `business_details_required` until the store has its business details. Needs the `expenses.read` permission (Read Expenses). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /stores/{storeId}/expenses/setup openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Shoply API version: '1' description: >- Everything a store's own server can do with a secret API key: its catalogue, orders, customers, marketing, finance and the rest of what the dashboard does. And the Customer API, which a buyer's own device asks with a token of theirs. servers: - url: https://api.shoply.gg/v1 security: - apiKey: [] tags: - name: API key - name: Store - name: Domain - name: Payment methods - name: Analytics - name: Storefronts - name: Storefront code - name: Payment Routing - name: Custom payment methods - name: Products - name: Product pictures - name: Stock - name: Categories - name: Upsells - name: Subscriptions - name: Orders - name: Invoices - name: Reviews - name: Coupons - name: Coupon categories - name: Coupon pop-up - name: Sales - name: Blog - name: Search settings - name: Redirects - name: Sitemap - name: Cart Recovery - name: Email Marketing - name: Email Templates - name: Customers - name: Affiliates - name: Support Tickets - name: Blacklist - name: Fraud protection - name: Disputes - name: Finance - name: Tax - name: Expenses - name: Expense setup - name: API requests - name: Webhook endpoints - name: Webhook deliveries - name: Customer API paths: /stores/{storeId}/expenses/setup: get: tags: - Expenses summary: Get what an expense can be description: >- What an expense is made from: the store's expense categories, who it has paid before, the ways of paying, the currencies an amount can be sent in, and every limit. Refused with `business_details_required` until the store has its business details. Needs the `expenses.read` permission (Read Expenses). operationId: expenses.setup parameters: - name: storeId in: path required: true description: >- The store's ID. A key reaches the store it was made in: `GET /key` answers which. schema: type: string responses: '200': description: It worked. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: success: type: boolean message: nullable: true code: nullable: true data: type: object properties: currency: type: string currencies: type: - array - object categories: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string icon: type: string updatedAt: type: string icons: type: array items: type: string payees: type: array items: type: object properties: payee: type: string categoryId: type: string method: type: string methods: type: array items: type: object properties: key: type: string name: type: string receipts: type: object properties: enabled: type: boolean maxSize: type: integer types: type: array items: type: string limits: type: object properties: categories: type: integer recurring: type: integer rules: type: integer importRows: type: integer payee: type: integer note: type: integer reference: type: integer amount: type: integer category: type: integer phrase: type: integer example: success: true message: null code: null data: currency: USD currencies: [] categories: - id: 2022abcc-ad2e-45ba-8e73-9e1652d701b7 name: Hosting and domains icon: server updatedAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:20.020Z' - id: 9ab3016c-5857-49ba-809a-0960800d9f59 name: Advertising icon: megaphone updatedAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:20.011Z' icons: - tag - megaphone payees: - payee: Hetzner categoryId: 2022abcc-ad2e-45ba-8e73-9e1652d701b7 method: card methods: - key: card name: Card - key: bank name: Bank transfer receipts: enabled: false maxSize: 10485760 types: - pdf - png limits: categories: 50 recurring: 100 rules: 100 importRows: 500 payee: 120 note: 255 reference: 160 amount: 350000 category: 60 phrase: 80 '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/NoKey' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotAllowed' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooMany' x-codeSamples: - lang: javascript label: Node.js source: | import Shoply from "@shoplygg/node"; const shoply = new Shoply({ apiKey: process.env.SHOPLY_API_KEY }); const result = await shoply.expenses.setup(); - lang: php label: PHP source: | getenv('SHOPLY_API_KEY')]); $result = $shoply->expenses->setup(); - lang: python label: Python source: | import shoply client = shoply.Client() # reads SHOPLY_API_KEY result = client.expenses.setup() components: responses: NoKey: description: >- No API key was sent, or the one sent is not a live key: `api_key_required`, `invalid_api_key`. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' NotAllowed: description: >- The key is real and may not do this: `missing_scope` (with `requiredScope`), `ip_not_allowed`, `account_unavailable`, or `dashboard_only` for something only a person in the dashboard may do. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' NotFound: description: >- There is no such thing in this store: `not_found`. A store that is not the key's own is answered the same way. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' TooMany: description: >- The key has used up its budget for now: `rate_limited`. `Retry-After` says how many seconds to wait. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal' schemas: Refusal: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: false message: type: string description: What is wrong, in words for a person. code: type: string description: What is wrong, as a word that does not change. data: nullable: true errors: type: object description: >- For `validation_failed`: what is wrong with each field, by the field's name. additionalProperties: type: string required: - success - message - code securitySchemes: apiKey: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- A secret API key, made under Developers in the dashboard: `Authorization: Bearer shoply_sk_...` ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.