Create subscription

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04/03/2023

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

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 subscriptions, the subscriptions will not be updated.

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

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

{
  "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": "2021-10-15T12:32:35Z",
  "systemCreatedAt": "2017-01-23T00:24:31.766Z",
  "systemCreatedBy": "f2a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
  "systemModifiedAt": "2020-08-21T00:24:31.777Z",
  "systemModifiedBy": "f2a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1"
}

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": "2021-10-15T12:32:35Z",
  "systemCreatedAt": "2017-01-23T00:24:31.766Z",
  "systemCreatedBy": "f2a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
  "systemModifiedAt": "2020-08-21T00:24:31.777Z",
  "systemModifiedBy": "f2a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1"
}

Important

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