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Create a sales order object in Business Central.

HTTP request

Replace the URL prefix for Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/salesOrders

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 salesOrder, the salesOrder will not be updated.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a salesOrders object.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a salesOrders object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of a request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/salesOrders
Content-type: application/json

{
  "orderDate": "2023-09-01",
  "customerNumber": "GL00000008",
  "currencyCode": "GBP",
  "paymentTermsId": "3bb5b4b6-ea4c-43ca-ba1c-3b69e29a6668"
}

Response

Here is an example of a 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

{
    "id": "b6f4017a-b749-ee11-ad0b-a1422c0f7f1f",
    "number": "101005",
    "externalDocumentNumber": "",
    "orderDate": "2023-09-01",
    "postingDate": "2023-09-02",
    "customerId": "c04c550b-593f-ee11-be74-6045bdc8c285",
    "customerNumber": "10000",
    "customerName": "Adatum Corporation",
    "billToName": "Adatum Corporation",
    "billToCustomerId": "c04c550b-593f-ee11-be74-6045bdc8c285",
    "billToCustomerNumber": "10000",
    "shipToName": "Adatum Corporation",
    "sellToAddressLine1": "Station Road, 21",
    "billToAddressLine1": "Station Road, 21",
    "shipToAddressLine1": "Station Road, 21",
    "shortcutDimension1Code": "",
    "shortcutDimension2Code": "MEDIUM",
    "currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "currencyCode": "GBP",
    "pricesIncludeTax": false,
    "paymentTermsId": "0e8b5305-593f-ee11-be74-6045bdc8c285",
    "shipmentMethodId": "774c550b-593f-ee11-be74-6045bdc8c285",
    "salesperson": "JO",
    "partialShipping": true,
    "requestedDeliveryDate": "0001-01-01",
    "discountAmount": 0,
    "discountAppliedBeforeTax": false,
    "totalAmountExcludingTax": 0,
    "totalTaxAmount": 0,
    "totalAmountIncludingTax": 0,
    "fullyShipped": false,
    "status": "Draft",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2023-09-02T17:38:08.537Z",
    "phoneNumber": "",
    "email": "robert.townes@contoso.com",
    "documentLines": [
       {
          "lineType": "Item",
          "lineNo": 1000,
          "itemNo": "ITEM001",
          "quantity": 10,
          "unitOfMeasureCode": "EA"
       }
    ]
}

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