POST /:document-type.json
Creates a new shipping guide, transport guide or devolution guide.
Creating new clients or items along with the guide
This method also allows to create a new client and/or new items in the same request with the following behavior:
- If the client name does not exist a new one is created.
- If items do not exist with the given names, new ones will be created.
- If item name already exists, the item is updated with the new values.
Taxes
Regarding item taxes, if the tax name is not found, the default tax is applyed to that item. Portuguese accounts should also send the IVA exemption reason if the guide contains exempt items (IVA 0%).
Example URL
You can find your ACCOUNT_NAME and API_KEY here: https://www.app.invoicexpress.com/users/api
Example Request
curl
curl --request POST \
--url 'https://account_name.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '{"shipping":{"date":"03/12/2017","due_date":"03/12/2017","loaded_at":"02/12/2017 19:00:00","address_from":{"detail":"Rua 5","city":"Lisboa","postal_code":"1000-555","country":"Portugal"},"address_to":{"detail":"Avenida 10","city":"Porto","postal_code":"2000-555","country":"Portugal"},"client":{"name":"Client Name","code":"A1"},"items":[{"name":"Item Name","description":"Item Description","unit_price":"100","quantity":"5"}]}}'
Ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://account_name.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"shipping\":{\"date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"due_date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"loaded_at\":\"02/12/2017 19:00:00\",\"address_from\":{\"detail\":\"Rua 5\",\"city\":\"Lisboa\",\"postal_code\":\"1000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"address_to\":{\"detail\":\"Avenida 10\",\"city\":\"Porto\",\"postal_code\":\"2000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"client\":{\"name\":\"Client Name\",\"code\":\"A1\"},\"items\":[{\"name\":\"Item Name\",\"description\":\"Item Description\",\"unit_price\":\"100\",\"quantity\":\"5\"}]}}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
Node
var http = require("https");
var options = {
"method": "POST",
"hostname": "account_name.app.invoicexpress.com",
"port": null,
"path": "/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE",
"headers": {
"accept": "application/json",
"content-type": "application/json"
}
};
var req = http.request(options, function (res) {
var chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on("end", function () {
var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
});
req.write(JSON.stringify({ shipping:
{ date: '03/12/2017',
due_date: '03/12/2017',
loaded_at: '02/12/2017 19:00:00',
address_from:
{ detail: 'Rua 5',
city: 'Lisboa',
postal_code: '1000-555',
country: 'Portugal' },
address_to:
{ detail: 'Avenida 10',
city: 'Porto',
postal_code: '2000-555',
country: 'Portugal' },
client:
{ name: 'Client Name',
code: 'A1'},
items:
[ { name: 'Item Name',
description: 'Item Description',
unit_price: '100',
quantity: '5' } ] } }));
req.end();
Python
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("account_name.app.invoicexpress.com")
payload = "{\"shipping\":{\"date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"due_date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"loaded_at\":\"02/12/2017 19:00:00\",\"address_from\":{\"detail\":\"Rua 5\",\"city\":\"Lisboa\",\"postal_code\":\"1000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"address_to\":{\"detail\":\"Avenida 10\",\"city\":\"Porto\",\"postal_code\":\"2000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"client\":{\"name\":\"Client Name\",\"code\":\"A1\"},\"items\":[{\"name\":\"Item Name\",\"description\":\"Item Description\",\"unit_price\":\"100\",\"quantity\":\"5\"}]}}"
headers = {
'accept': "application/json",
'content-type': "application/json"
}
conn.request("POST", "/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
PHP
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_URL => "https://account_name.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"shipping\":{\"date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"due_date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"loaded_at\":\"02/12/2017 19:00:00\",\"address_from\":{\"detail\":\"Rua 5\",\"city\":\"Lisboa\",\"postal_code\":\"1000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"address_to\":{\"detail\":\"Avenida 10\",\"city\":\"Porto\",\"postal_code\":\"2000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"client\":{\"name\":\"Client Name\",\"code\":\"A1\"},\"items\":[{\"name\":\"Item Name\",\"description\":\"Item Description\",\"unit_price\":\"100\",\"quantity\":\"5\"}]}}",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
"accept: application/json",
"content-type: application/json"
),
));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
url := "https://account_name.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\"shipping\":{\"date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"due_date\":\"03/12/2017\",\"loaded_at\":\"02/12/2017 19:00:00\",\"address_from\":{\"detail\":\"Rua 5\",\"city\":\"Lisboa\",\"postal_code\":\"1000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"address_to\":{\"detail\":\"Avenida 10\",\"city\":\"Porto\",\"postal_code\":\"2000-555\",\"country\":\"Portugal\"},\"client\":{\"name\":\"Client Name\",\"code\":\"A1\"},\"items\":[{\"name\":\"Item Name\",\"description\":\"Item Description\",\"unit_price\":\"100\",\"quantity\":\"5\"}]}}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(res)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Path Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
document-type | String | Required | The type of document you want to create. For example: shippings, transports or devolutions. | shippings |
Request Body
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
shipping | Object | Required | Guide data to be created |
date | String | Required | The guide date. Must be in format dd/mm/yyyy ex.: 03/12/2015. If format is invalid, date will be set to current date. |
due_date | String | Required | The guide due date. Must be in format dd/mm/yyyy ex.: 03/12/2015. If format is invalid, date will be set to current date. |
loaded_at | String | Required | The date and time that this guide will be used. Must be greater than or equal to the current date and time. |
license_plate | String | The license plate of the vehicle using this guide. | |
address_from | Object | Required | The starting point of this guide. |
detail | String | Required | The address of the starting point of this guide. |
city | String | Required | The city of the starting point of this guide. |
postal_code | String | Required | The postal code of the starting point of this guide. |
country | String | Required | The country of the starting point of this guide. |
address_to | Object | Required | The address of the ending point of this guide. |
detail | String | Required | The address of the ending point of this guide. |
city | String | Required | The city of the ending point of this guide. |
postal_code | String | Required | The postal code of the ending point of this guide. |
country | String | Required | The country of the ending point of this guide. |
reference | String | The guide purchase order reference field. | |
observations | String | guide observations, these will be printed with the invoice. | |
retention | Number | Withholding tax percentage (%). Must be a number between 0 and 99.99. | |
tax_exemption | String | Depends | Portuguese IVA exemption code. Required for portuguese accounts on transport-guides with IVA exempt items (0%). Refer to the Appendix for the complete list of “IVA Exemption Codes”. |
sequence_id | String | Id of the sequence you want to use with this guide. If missing, the default sequence will be used. | |
manual_sequence_number | String | Depends | Required for non portuguese accounts with manual sequence numbering. |
client | Object | Required | Client’s information. |
name | String | Required | The guide’s client. If the client doesn’t exist, a new one is created. If it exists, the remaining client fields will be ignored. |
code | String | Required | The client’s unique code. If the client doesn’t exist, a new one is created. If it exists, the remaining client fields will be ignored. |
email | String | Client email address. Must be a valid email address ex: foo@bar.com | |
address | String | Client company address. | |
city | String | Client’s city. | |
postal_code | String | Client’s postal code for it’s company address. | |
country | String | Country, normally used for a company country. Although country is optional, when supplied, it should match one of the country list on the Appendix of this Documentation. | |
fiscal_id | String | The client fiscal ID (Número de Contribuinte). | |
website | String | The client web address. | |
phone | String | The client phone number. | |
fax | String | The client fax number. | |
observations | String | The client default observations. This is added to the observations field of all the invoices sent to this client. | |
items | Array | Required | An array of invoice items. If items with the given names do not exist, they are created. If an item already exists, it is updated with the new values. At least one is required. |
name | String | Required | Name of the item. Must be unique. |
description | String | Required | Item’s description. |
unit_price | Number | Required | Item’s unit price. Must be a number equal or greater than 0.0. |
quantity | Number | Required | Quantity. Must be a number equal or greater than 0. |
unit | String | The item unit of measure. | |
discount | Number | The item discount percentage(%). Defaults to 0.0. Must be a value between 0.0 and 100.0 inclusive. | |
tax | Object | The tax applied to the item line. If not present the default tax is applied to the item. | |
name | String | The tax name to be used on this item line. If not found the default tax is applied to the line item. | |
tax_exemption_reason | String | Used when updating a document and removing all tax exempt items. The code M00 means ‘Without tax exemption’. | |
load_site | String | The starting point of this guide. | |
delivery_site | String | The ending point of this guide. |
Example Request Body
{
"shipping": {
"date": "03/12/2017",
"due_date": "03/12/2017",
"loaded_at": "02/12/2017 19:00:00",
"license_plate": "11-AA-22",
"address_from": {
"detail": "Rua 5",
"city": "Lisboa",
"postal_code": "1000-555",
"country": "Portugal"
},
"address_to": {
"detail": "Avenida 10",
"city": "Porto",
"postal_code": "2000-555",
"country": "Portugal"
},
"reference": "999",
"observations": "Observations",
"retention": "0",
"tax_exemption": "M01",
"sequence_id": "12345",
"manual_sequence_number": "1",
"client": {
"name": "Client Name",
"code": "A1",
"email": "foo@bar.com",
"address": "Saldanha",
"city": "Lisbon",
"postal_code": "1050-555",
"country": "Portugal",
"fiscal_id": "508000000",
"website": "www.website.com",
"phone": "910000000",
"fax": "210000000",
"observations": "Observations"
},
"items": [
{
"name": "Item Name",
"description": "Item Description",
"unit_price": "100",
"quantity": "5",
"unit": "service",
"discount": "50",
"tax": {
"name": "IVA23"
}
}
],
"tax_exemption_reason": "M00",
"load_site": "Lisbon, Portugal",
"delivery_site": "Madrid, Spain"
}
}
Responses
201 | SUCCESS Guide was created successfully. | Guides Get |
401 | ACCESS DENIED The API Key parameter is missing or is incorrectly entered. | (Empty Response) |
422 | UNPROCESSABLE ENTITY Some parameters were incorrect. | (Empty Response) |
Example Success Body Response
{
"shipping": {
"id": 541797,
"status": "final",
"archived": false,
"type": "Shipping",
"sequence_number": "1/D",
"inverted_sequence_number": "D/1",
"atcud": "ABCD1234-28",
"date": "13/07/2017",
"due_date": "foo",
"reference": "foo",
"observations": "foo",
"retention": "foo",
"permalink": "https://www.app.invoicexpress.com/documents/541797d75bbee48911934cbd4a4294946a324295f52b08",
"saft_hash": "vaDf",
"sum": 1,
"discount": 0,
"before_taxes": 1,
"taxes": 0.07,
"total": 1.07,
"currency": "Euro",
"address_from": {
"country": "Portugal",
"postal_code": "1050-083",
"detail": "Avenida Duque D'Avila, 46 - 3ºA",
"city": "Lisboa"
},
"address_to": {
"country": "Portugal",
"postal_code": "4000-327",
"detail": "Avenida dos Aliados",
"city": "Porto"
},
"client": {
"id": 1310176,
"name": "John",
"country": "Portugal"
},
"items": [
{
"name": "iPhone",
"description": "foo",
"unit_price": "1.0",
"unit": "foo",
"quantity": "1.0",
"tax": {
"id": 31597,
"name": "IVA7",
"value": 7
},
"discount": 0,
"subtotal": 1,
"tax_amount": 0.07,
"discount_amount": 0,
"total": 1.07
}
],
"sequence_id": "12345",
"tax_exemption": "M01",
"at_doc_code_id": "999",
"license_plate": "11-AA-22"
}
}