canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/swaggerhub.valenceapi/artledger-api

# Valenceapi ArtLedger API

ArtLedger API provides programmatic access to finance functionality. The API exposes 2 endpoints.

## For AI agents

Programmatically import artwork csv file, list imported artworks. Covers 2 operations.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for finance and accounting only.

## Capabilities

- Import artwork CSV file
- List imported artworks
- Integrate ArtLedger API into automated workflows
- Query and filter ArtLedger API records by parameters
- Monitor ArtLedger API operational status and events

## Use cases

### Finance and Accounting Operations

Use the ArtLedger API to perform finance operations programmatically. The API provides 2 endpoints covering core functionality including import artwork csv file, list imported artworks.

Example prompt: Call POST `/artwork/import` to import artwork csv file

### Data Retrieval and Monitoring

Query ArtLedger API resources on a schedule to track changes, generate alerts, or feed downstream dashboards. Agents poll relevant endpoints, compare against previous state, and trigger actions when thresholds are crossed.

Example prompt: Poll the primary ArtLedger API endpoint, compare response to last known state, and alert if changed

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call ArtLedger API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle none tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'import artwork csv file', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | `/artwork/import` | Import artwork CSV file |
| GET | `/artwork` | List imported artworks |

## Key resources

- **artwork** — Artwork

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the ArtLedger API by hand means coding its artwork import and listing calls against its AWS us-east-1 host and handling its open (no-auth) access yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the ArtLedger API from the API Directory, store any needed config once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** The ArtLedger API targets artwork through the request body and query, not a resource in the URL path, so limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as listing artwork with GET /artwork. You choose the operations it may call, so importing artwork with POST `/artwork/import` is not included unless you add it.
- **Credential handling:** This API requires no credential, and any config your setup needs is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'import an artwork CSV file' or 'list stored artwork', and Jentic returns the matching ArtLedger API operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Plaid** — Alternative finance API
- **Xero** — Alternative finance API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the ArtLedger API use?

The ArtLedger API uses no authentication. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I import artwork csv file with the ArtLedger API?

Yes. Use the POST `/artwork/import` endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the ArtLedger API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I import artwork csv file through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'import artwork csv file'. Jentic returns the matching ArtLedger API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the ArtLedger API have?

The ArtLedger API exposes 2 endpoints covering artwork operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the ArtLedger API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, you decide which ArtLedger API operations your agent may call, so you can grant read-only access to GET /artwork for listing stored artwork while withholding POST `/artwork/import.` The agent only gets an operation when you add it, so it cannot import a new artwork CSV file unless you explicitly allow that call. Since ArtLedger targets artwork through the request body and query rather than a path resource, you control access at the operation level under your own rules.