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Create subscription (v1.0)

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Creates a webhook subscription for Business Central. Will be created only if handshake is successful.

HTTP request

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

POST businesscentralPrefix/subscriptions

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 subscription object.

Response (v1.0)

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

Example (v1.0)

Request

Here is an example of the request.

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

{
  "subscriptionId" :"{subscriptionId}",
  "notificationUrl": "https://{notificationUrl}",
  "resource": "/api/v1.0/companies(f64eba74-dacd-4854-a584-1834f68cfc3a)/customers",
  "clientState": "{optionalValueOf2048}"
}

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.

{
  "subscriptionId": "c670ea73cacb459bb51dc1740da2f1db",
  "notificationUrl": "https://contoso.com/myCallbacks",
  "resource": "/api/v1.0/companies(f64eba74-dacd-4854-a584-1834f68cfc3a)/customers",
  "userId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2018-10-12T12:32:35Z",
  "clientState": "optionalvalueof2048",
  "expirationDateTime": "2018-10-15T12:32:35Z"
}

Important

Handshake is mandatory when creating a subscription and renewing a subscription. See Working with Webhooks.

See also

Tips for working with the APIs
Error Codes
Subscription Resource Type
Get subscriptions
Update subscriptions
Delete subscriptions
Microsoft REST API Guidelines