---
title: books.export | Doing Work API
description: Owner or office: one month (or from and to) of the shop's money as a ZIP for a bookkeeper or for QuickBooks Online by hand: a ledger CSV of every invoice, 
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/books-export/
---

# books.export

Owner or office: one month (or from and to) of the shop's money as a ZIP for a bookkeeper or for QuickBooks Online by hand: a ledger CSV of every invoice, void, payment, refund, fee and payout, QuickBooks Online invoice import files, and QuickBooks Online bank upload files for a clearing account. Use this only when the shop has no agent QuickBooks sync; the sync (sync.changes) is the main way. The same period gives the same file and sha256 every time. You get download_url (60 minutes, 5 downloads; anyone with the link can download, so do not share it) or, with delivery inline, zip_base64 up to 5 MB.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `POST /v1/books/export` |
| MCP tool | `books_export` |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | [Shop](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#shop) |

## When to use it

If your agent syncs QuickBooks, use the sync above; it keeps every invoice, payment and fee matched. books.export is the fallback for a bookkeeper or for a shop that imports by hand: pick a month (or from and to) and you get one ZIP with a ledger CSV of every invoice, void, payment, refund, fee and payout, QuickBooks Online invoice import files and QuickBooks Online bank upload files for a clearing account, plus a README that says how to import each one.

## What to tell the owner

Say what you did in plain words and what happens next.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `shop_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `month` | string | no |
| `from` | string (date) | no |
| `to` | string (date) | no |
| `include_imported` | boolean | no |
| `delivery` | string (one of link, inline) | no |

## Example

```http
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/books/export
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...

{
  "shop_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}
```

## Output

JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are `{code, message, status}`.

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |