# Accounting Expense Categories API - Unified Expense Categories Integration

> Unified Expense Categories API for Accounting integrations. Build once, integrate everywhere.

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# Accounting Expense Categories API
One unified API to sync expense categories across all major accounting platforms. Build once, integrate everywhere.

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## Unified Expense Categories Operations
Standard CRUD operations normalized across all platforms

ListGET
/expense-categoriesRetrieve all expense categories with pagination and filtering

GetGET
/expense-categories/{id}Fetch a single expense categorie by ID

CreatePOST
/expense-categoriesCreate a new expense categorie

UpdatePATCH
/expense-categories/{id}Update an existing expense categorie

## Quick Start
Start syncing expense categories in minutes

Node.js
import { Apideck } from '@apideck/unify'

const apideck = new Apideck({
 apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
 appId: 'YOUR_APP_ID',
 consumerId: 'user-123'
})

// List expense categories from any connected accounting platform
const response = await apideck.accounting.expensecategories.list()

// Returns normalized data regardless of the underlying platform
console.log(response.data)
// [
// { id: '123', ... },
// { id: '456', ... }
// ]

// Works the same for Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, etc.
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