Create subscription
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.
Related information
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