iterationlayer Extract Balance Sheet Data
Finance teams use this recipe to extract Balance Sheet line items and totals into structured JSON for reporting, analysis, and reconciliation workflows.
APIs Used
Document Extraction (1 credit per page)
Prerequisites
You need an Iteration Layer API key. Get one at platform.iterationlayer.com during the 7-day trial.
For full integration guidance (SDKs, auth, MCP, error handling), see the Iteration Layer Integration Guide.
Implementation
curl -X POST https://api.iterationlayer.com/document-extraction/v1/extract \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"files": [
{
"type": "url",
"name": "balance-sheet.pdf",
"url": "https://example.com/documents/balance-sheet-sample.pdf"
}
],
"schema": {
"fields": [
{
"name": "entity_name",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Company, organization, or fund name"
},
{
"name": "statement_type",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Type of financial statement"
},
{
"name": "period_start_date",
"type": "DATE",
"description": "Reporting period start date"
},
{
"name": "period_end_date",
"type": "DATE",
"description": "Reporting period end date"
},
{
"name": "line_items",
"type": "ARRAY",
"description": "Financial statement line items",
"fields": [
{
"name": "name",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Line item name"
},
{
"name": "current_period_amount",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Current period amount"
},
{
"name": "prior_period_amount",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Prior period or comparative amount"
}
]
},
{
"name": "total_assets_or_revenue",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Total assets, revenue, income, or budgeted amount"
},
{
"name": "total_liabilities_or_expenses",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Total liabilities, expenses, or cost amount"
},
{
"name": "currency",
"type": "CURRENCY_CODE",
"description": "Currency code"
}
]
}
}'
import { IterationLayer } from "iterationlayer";
const client = new IterationLayer({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });
const result = await client.extractDocument({
"files": [
{
"type": "url",
"name": "balance-sheet.pdf",
"url": "https://example.com/documents/balance-sheet-sample.pdf"
}
],
"schema": {
"fields": [
{
"name": "entity_name",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Company, organization, or fund name"
},
{
"name": "statement_type",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Type of financial statement"
},
{
"name": "period_start_date",
"type": "DATE",
"description": "Reporting period start date"
},
{
"name": "period_end_date",
"type": "DATE",
"description": "Reporting period end date"
},
{
"name": "line_items",
"type": "ARRAY",
"description": "Financial statement line items",
"fields": [
{
"name": "name",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Line item name"
},
{
"name": "current_period_amount",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Current period amount"
},
{
"name": "prior_period_amount",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Prior period or comparative amount"
}
]
},
{
"name": "total_assets_or_revenue",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Total assets, revenue, income, or budgeted amount"
},
{
"name": "total_liabilities_or_expenses",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Total liabilities, expenses, or cost amount"
},
{
"name": "currency",
"type": "CURRENCY_CODE",
"description": "Currency code"
}
]
}
});
from iterationlayer import IterationLayer
client = IterationLayer(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
result = client.extract_document(**{
"files": [
{
"type": "url",
"name": "balance-sheet.pdf",
"url": "https://example.com/documents/balance-sheet-sample.pdf"
}
],
"schema": {
"fields": [
{
"name": "entity_name",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Company, organization, or fund name"
},
{
"name": "statement_type",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Type of financial statement"
},
{
"name": "period_start_date",
"type": "DATE",
"description": "Reporting period start date"
},
{
"name": "period_end_date",
"type": "DATE",
"description": "Reporting period end date"
},
{
"name": "line_items",
"type": "ARRAY",
"description": "Financial statement line items",
"fields": [
{
"name": "name",
"type": "TEXT",
"description": "Line item name"
},
{
"name": "current_period_amount",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Current period amount"
},
{
"name": "prior_period_amount",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Prior period or comparative amount"
}
]
},
{
"name": "total_assets_or_revenue",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Total assets, revenue, income, or budgeted amount"
},
{
"name": "total_liabilities_or_expenses",
"type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
"description": "Total liabilities, expenses, or cost amount"
},
{
"name": "currency",
"type": "CURRENCY_CODE",
"description": "Currency code"
}
]
}
})
package main
import il "github.com/iterationlayer/sdk-go"
func main() {
client := il.NewClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
result, err := client.ExtractDocument(il.ExtractDocumentRequest{
Files: []il.FileInput{
il.FileInput{
Type: "url",
Name: "balance-sheet.pdf",
Url: "https://example.com/documents/balance-sheet-sample.pdf",
},
},
Schema: il.ExtractionSchema{
Fields: []any{
il.TextFieldConfig{
Name: "entity_name",
Type: "TEXT",
Description: "Company, organization, or fund name",
},
il.TextFieldConfig{
Name: "statement_type",
Type: "TEXT",
Description: "Type of financial statement",
},
il.DateFieldConfig{
Name: "period_start_date",
Type: "DATE",
Description: "Reporting period start date",
},
il.DateFieldConfig{
Name: "period_end_date",
Type: "DATE",
Description: "Reporting period end date",
},
il.ArrayFieldConfig{
Name: "line_items",
Type: "ARRAY",
Description: "Financial statement line items",
Fields: []any{
il.TextFieldConfig{
Name: "name",
Type: "TEXT",
Description: "Line item name",
},
il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
Name: "current_period_amount",
Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
Description: "Current period amount",
},
il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
Name: "prior_period_amount",
Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
Description: "Prior period or comparative amount",
},
},
},
il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
Name: "total_assets_or_revenue",
Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
Description: "Total assets, revenue, income, or budgeted amount",
},
il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
Name: "total_liabilities_or_expenses",
Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
Description: "Total liabilities, expenses, or cost amount",
},
il.CurrencyCodeFieldConfig{
Name: "currency",
Type: "CURRENCY_CODE",
Description: "Currency code",
},
},
},
})
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
_ = result
}
{
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"name": "Overview"
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"id": "extract-balance-sheet-data-trigger",
"name": "Manual Trigger"
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{
"parameters": {
"resource": "documentExtraction",
"schemaInputMode": "rawJson",
"schemaJson": "{\n \"fields\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"entity_name\",\n \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n \"description\": \"Company, organization, or fund name\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"statement_type\",\n \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n \"description\": \"Type of financial statement\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"period_start_date\",\n \"type\": \"DATE\",\n \"description\": \"Reporting period start date\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"period_end_date\",\n \"type\": \"DATE\",\n \"description\": \"Reporting period end date\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"line_items\",\n \"type\": \"ARRAY\",\n \"description\": \"Financial statement line items\",\n \"fields\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"name\",\n \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n \"description\": \"Line item name\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"current_period_amount\",\n \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n \"description\": \"Current period amount\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"prior_period_amount\",\n \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n \"description\": \"Prior period or comparative amount\"\n }\n ]\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"total_assets_or_revenue\",\n \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n \"description\": \"Total assets, revenue, income, or budgeted amount\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"total_liabilities_or_expenses\",\n \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n \"description\": \"Total liabilities, expenses, or cost amount\"\n },\n {\n \"name\": \"currency\",\n \"type\": \"CURRENCY_CODE\",\n \"description\": \"Currency code\"\n }\n ]\n}",
"files": {
"fileValues": [
{
"fileInputMode": "url",
"fileName": "balance-sheet.pdf",
"fileUrl": "https://example.com/documents/balance-sheet-sample.pdf"
}
]
}
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"Manual Trigger": {
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[
{
"node": "Extract Data",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
}
}
Extract balance sheet data from the file at [file URL]. Use the extract_document tool with these fields:
- entity_name (TEXT): Company, organization, or fund name
- statement_type (TEXT): Type of financial statement
- period_start_date (DATE): Reporting period start date
- period_end_date (DATE): Reporting period end date
- line_items (ARRAY): Each with name (TEXT), current_period_amount (CURRENCY_AMOUNT), prior_period_amount (CURRENCY_AMOUNT)
- total_assets_or_revenue (CURRENCY_AMOUNT): Total assets, revenue, income, or budgeted amount
- total_liabilities_or_expenses (CURRENCY_AMOUNT): Total liabilities, expenses, or cost amount
- currency (CURRENCY_CODE): Currency code
Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"entity_name": {
"value": "Entity Name",
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"ENTITY NAME"
]
},
"statement_type": {
"value": "Statement Type",
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"STATEMENT TYPE"
]
},
"period_start_date": {
"value": "2026-04-15",
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"15 Apr 2026"
]
},
"period_end_date": {
"value": "2026-04-15",
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"15 Apr 2026"
]
},
"line_items": {
"value": [
{
"name": {
"value": "Name",
"confidence": 0.96,
"citations": [
"NAME"
]
},
"current_period_amount": {
"value": {
"amount": "1234.56",
"currency": "EUR"
},
"confidence": 0.96,
"citations": [
"EUR 1,234.56"
]
},
"prior_period_amount": {
"value": {
"amount": "1234.56",
"currency": "EUR"
},
"confidence": 0.96,
"citations": [
"EUR 1,234.56"
]
}
}
],
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"LINE ITEMS"
]
},
"total_assets_or_revenue": {
"value": {
"amount": "1234.56",
"currency": "EUR"
},
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"EUR 1,234.56"
]
},
"total_liabilities_or_expenses": {
"value": {
"amount": "1234.56",
"currency": "EUR"
},
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"EUR 1,234.56"
]
},
"currency": {
"value": "EUR",
"confidence": 0.97,
"citations": [
"CURRENCY"
]
}
}
}