Create customers
Create a customer object in Business Central.
HTTP request
Replace the URL prefix for Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.
POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/customers
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Content-Type | application/json |
If-Match | Required. When this request header is included and the eTag provided does not match the current tag on the customer, the customer will not be updated. |
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of customers object.
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created
response code and a customers object in the response body.
Example
Request
Here is an example of a request.
POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/customers
Content-type: application/json
{
"displayName": "Adatum Corporation",
"type": "Company",
"addressLine1": "192 Market Square",
"addressLine2": "",
"city": "Atlanta",
"state": "GA",
"country": "US",
"postalCode": "31772",
"phoneNumber": "",
"email": "robert.townes@contoso.com",
"website": "",
"taxLiable": true,
"taxAreaId": "90196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"taxRegistrationNumber": "",
"currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"currencyCode": "USD",
"paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"shipmentMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"paymentMethodId": "3b196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"blocked": " "
}
Response
Here is an example of the response.
Note
The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
"number": "10000",
"displayName": "Adatum Corporation",
"type": "Company",
"addressLine1": "192 Market Square",
"addressLine2": "",
"city": "Atlanta",
"state": "GA",
"country": "US",
"postalCode": "31772",
"phoneNumber": "",
"email": "robert.townes@contoso.com",
"website": "",
"taxLiable": true,
"taxAreaId": "90196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"taxRegistrationNumber": "",
"currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"currencyCode": "USD",
"paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"shipmentMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
"paymentMethodId": "3b196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
"blocked": " "
}
Related information
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