Create customers (v1.0)

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05/01/2024

Create a customer object in Business Central.

HTTP request (v1.0)

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

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/customers

Request headers (v1.0)

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body (v1.0)

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

Response (v1.0)

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

Example (v1.0)

Request

Here is an example of a request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v1.0/companies({id})/customers
Content-type: application/json

{
  "number": "10000",
  "displayName": "Coho Winery",
  "type": "Company",
  "address": {
    "street": "192 Market Square",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "countryLetterCode": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772"
  },
  "phoneNumber": "",
  "email": "jim.glynn@cronuscorp.net",
  "website": "",
  "taxLiable": true,
  "taxAreaId": "taxAreaId-value",
  "taxAreaDisplayName": "tax area",
  "taxRegistrationNumber": "28012001T",
  "currencyId": "currencyId-value",
  "currencyCode": "USD",
  "paymentTermsId": "3bb5b4b6-ea4c-43ca-ba1c-3b69e29a6668",
  "shipmentMethodId": "shipmentMethodId-value",
  "shipmentMethod": null,
  "paymentMethodId": "paymentMethodId-value",
  "paymentMethod": {
    "code": "BANK",
    "description": "Bank Transfer"
  },
  "blocked": " ",
  "overdueAmount": 0,
  "totalSalesExcludingTax": 0,
}

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

{
  "id": "id-value",
  "number": "10000",
  "displayName": "Coho Winery",
  "type": "Company",
  "address": {
    "street": "192 Market Square",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "countryLetterCode": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772"
  },
  "phoneNumber": "",
  "email": "jim.glynn@cronuscorp.net",
  "website": "",
  "taxLiable": true,
  "taxAreaId": "taxAreaId-value",
  "taxAreaDisplayName": "tax area",
  "taxRegistrationNumber": "28012001T",
  "currencyCode": "USD",
  "paymentTermsId": "3bb5b4b6-ea4c-43ca-ba1c-3b69e29a6668",
  "shipmentMethod": null,
  "paymentMethod": {
    "code": "BANK",
    "description": "Bank Transfer"
  },
  "blocked": " ",
  "balance": 0,
  "overdueAmount": 0,
  "totalSalesExcludingTax": 0,
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-03-07T00:35:28.983Z"
}

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