Create items (v1.0)

Create an item in Business Central for use on invoices, quotes, etc.

HTTP request (v1.0)

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

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/items

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 an items object.

Response (v1.0)

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

Example (v1.0)

Request

Here is an example of a request.

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

{
  "number": "1896-S",
  "displayName": "ATHENS Desk",
  "type": "Inventory",
  "blocked": false,
  "baseUnitOfMeasure": {
    "unitCode": "PCS",
    "unitName": "Piece",
    "symbol": "",
    "unitConversion": null
  },
  "gtin": "",
  "itemCategory": {
    "categoryId": "TABLE", 
    "description": "Assorted Tables"
  },
  "inventory": 0,
  "unitPrice": 1000.8,
  "priceIncludesTax": false,
  "unitCost": 780.7,
  "taxGroupCode": "FURNITURE"
} 

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.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "id-value",
  "number": "1896-S",
  "displayName": "ATHENS Desk",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-11-09T02:14:32Z"
}

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