Create purchaseOrders

Creates a purchase order in Business Central.

HTTP request

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

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/purchaseOrders({id})

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 purchaseOrder, the purchaseOrder will not be updated.

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/purchaseOrders
Content-type: application/json
{
   "orderDate": "2021-01-01",
   "postingDate": "2021-01-01",
   "dueDate": "2021-01-01",
   "vendorId": "",
   "vendorNumber": "20000",
   "payToVendorId": "Evan McIntosh",
   "payToVendorNumber": "20000",
   "shipToName": "First Up Consultants",
   "shipToContact": "Evan McIntosh",
   "buyFromAddressLine1": "100 Day Drive",
   "buyFromAddressLine2": "",
   "buyFromCity": "Chicago",
   "buyFromCountry": "US",
   "buyFromState": "IL",
   "buyFromPostCode": "61236",
   "shipToAddressLine1": "100 Day Drive",
   "shipToAddressLine2": "",
   "shipToCity": "Chicago",
   "shipToCountry": "US",
   "shipToState": "IL",
   "shipToPostCode": "61236",
   "currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
   "currencyCode": "USD",
   "pricesIncludeTax": false,
   "paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
   "shipmentMethodId": "93f5638a-55e3-jk22-aa32-211d3a2fdce5",
   "purchaser": "First Up Consultants",
   "requestedReceiptDate": "2021-01-01",
   "discountAmount": 0
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
   "id": "5d115c9c-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
   "number": "108001",
   "orderDate": "2021-01-01",
   "postingDate": "2021-01-01",
   "dueDate": "2021-01-01",
   "vendorId": "",
   "vendorNumber": "20000",
   "vendorName": "First Up Consultants",
   "payToName": "First Up Consultants",
   "payToVendorId": "Evan McIntosh",
   "payToVendorNumber": "20000",
   "shipToName": "First Up Consultants",
   "shipToContact": "Evan McIntosh",
   "buyFromAddressLine1": "100 Day Drive",
   "buyFromAddressLine2": "",
   "buyFromCity": "Chicago",
   "buyFromCountry": "US",
   "buyFromState": "IL",
   "buyFromPostCode": "61236",
   "shipToAddressLine1": "100 Day Drive",
   "shipToAddressLine2": "",
   "shipToCity": "Chicago",
   "shipToCountry": "US",
   "shipToState": "IL",
   "shipToPostCode": "61236",
   "payToAddressLine1": "100 Day Drive",
   "payToAddressLine2": "",
   "payToCity": "Chicago",
   "payToCountry": "US",
   "payToState": "IL",
   "payToPostCode": "61236",
   "currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
   "currencyCode": "USD",
   "pricesIncludeTax": false,
   "paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
   "shipmentMethodId": "93f5638a-55e3-jk22-aa32-211d3a2fdce5",
   "purchaser": "First Up Consultants",
   "requestedReceiptDate": "2021-01-01",
   "discountAmount": 0,
   "discountAppliedBeforeTax": false,
   "totalAmountExcludingTax": 0,
   "totalTaxAmount": 0,
   "totalAmountIncludingTax": 0,
   "fullyReceived": false,
   "status": "Draft",
   "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-01-01T00:26:53.793Z"
}

See Also

Tips for working with the APIs
purchaseOrder
GET purchaseOrder
DELETE purchaseOrder
PATCH purchaseOrder