Dext Clients API

Practice client data-health metrics and activity statistics

Operations 3

GET /clients List clients #
GET /clients/{clientId} Get client detail #
GET /clients/{clientId}/activity-stats Get client activity statistics #

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OpenAPI Specification

dext-clients-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dext Data Health & Insights Clients API
  version: '1.0'
  description: Read-only REST API for accounting/bookkeeping practices to extract client data-health metrics and activity statistics from Dext. Authenticate with a bearer token created in Practice settings > Data Health > API tokens. Rate limited to 60 requests per minute.
  contact:
    name: Dext Support
    url: https://help.dext.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.precision.dext.com
  description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Clients
  description: Practice client data-health metrics and activity statistics
paths:
  /clients:
    get:
      tags:
      - Clients
      operationId: listClients
      summary: List clients
      description: Returns a summarised list of all clients the token has access to.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A summarised list of clients.
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Request ceiling per minute (60).
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              schema:
                type: integer
              description: Requests remaining in the current window.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClientSummary'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /clients/{clientId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Clients
      operationId: getClient
      summary: Get client detail
      description: Returns detailed information for a single client, including data-health metrics, VAT details, and bank reconciliation data.
      parameters:
      - name: clientId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Detailed client record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClientDetail'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
        '404':
          description: Client not found or not accessible to this token.
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /clients/{clientId}/activity-stats:
    get:
      tags:
      - Clients
      operationId: getClientActivityStats
      summary: Get client activity statistics
      description: Returns rolling annual, monthly-average, and quarterly-average activity statistics for a single client.
      parameters:
      - name: clientId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Rolling activity statistics for the client.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActivityStats'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid bearer token.
        '404':
          description: Client not found or not accessible to this token.
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    ClientSummary:
      type: object
      description: Summarised client record as returned by the list endpoint. Field names are not enumerated in the public documentation.
    ClientDetail:
      type: object
      description: Detailed client record including data-health metrics, VAT details, and bank reconciliation data. Field names are not enumerated in the public documentation.
    ActivityStats:
      type: object
      description: Rolling annual, monthly-average, and quarterly-average activity statistics. Field names are not enumerated in the public documentation.
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded (more than 60 requests per minute).
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          schema:
            type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API token created in Practice settings > Data Health > API tokens, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. The token value is shown once on creation and cannot be retrieved afterwards.'