Create items

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

HTTP request

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

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/items

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 item, the item will not be updated.

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of a request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/items
Content-type: application/json

{
    "number": "1896-S",
    "displayName": "ATHENS Desk",
    "type": "Inventory",
    "itemCategoryId": "e21a6a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "itemCategoryCode": "TABLE",
    "blocked": false,
    "gtin": "",
    "unitPrice": 1000.8,
    "priceIncludesTax": false,
    "unitCost": 780.7,
    "taxGroupId": "9f196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "taxGroupCode": "FURNITURE",
    "baseUnitOfMeasureId": "5ca6738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "baseUnitOfMeasureCode": "PCS"

}

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": "fca5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "number": "1896-S",
    "displayName": "ATHENS Desk",
    "displayName2": "",
    "type": "Inventory",
    "itemCategoryId": "e21a6a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "itemCategoryCode": "TABLE",
    "blocked": false,
    "gtin": "",
    "inventory": 0,
    "unitPrice": 1000.8,
    "priceIncludesTax": false,
    "unitCost": 780.7,
    "taxGroupId": "9f196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "taxGroupCode": "FURNITURE",
    "baseUnitOfMeasureId": "5ca6738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "baseUnitOfMeasureCode": "PCS",
    "generalProductPostingGroupId": "019b8ec1-d83d-ee11-be71-6045bde9cbf2",
    "generalProductPostingGroupCode": "RETAIL",
    "inventoryPostingGroupId": "039e8ec1-d83d-ee11-be71-6045bde9cbf2",
    "inventoryPostingGroupCode": "RESALE",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-08-21T00:24:19.347Z"
}

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