# Journal Attachment

The Journal Attachment object allows users to upload attachments to billing objects through an online link or file upload. It inherits from the abstract File base object.

This object contains the following attributes:

<table><thead><tr><th width="134">Field Name</th><th width="144">Data Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>URL</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The external link to the attachment.</p><p>Example: https://address.to.journal.file.com/file.xlsx</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>id</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The primary identifier for the billing attachment.</p><p>Example: BIA-1234-1234</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>type</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The type of billing attachment.</p><p>Example: File</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Example response

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```json
{
  "id": "BIA-1234-1234",
  "name": "29 Nov 2024 #1 - journal data",
  "href": "/billing/journals/BJO-1234-5678/attachments/BIA-1234-1234",
  "type": "File",
  "contentType": "text/csv",
  "description": "Journal charges for Microsoft 365",
  "filename": "charges.csv",
  "audit": {
    "created": {
      "at": "2024-12-02T17:00:00Z",
      "by": { ... }
    }
  }
}
```

{% endcode %}


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