Reckon One API v2

API change history

This is version 2 of the Reckon One API.

Attaches one or more documents to an expense claim line item.

Note that this endpoint will return 200 OK as the response. Be sure to check the response body for the response for each document that was sent.

Attach a single document, passing the file contents as binary content in the body.

POST /5af6572c-9771-4b86-995d-3374d3bc683c/expenseclaims/b581a643-10dd-4d09-9a63-356654339795/lineitems/907f8858-91c5-47f7-ba92-42d4b4b27973/attachments?filename=file.pdf

Attach up to 3 documents using a MIME multipart request.

POST /5af6572c-9771-4b86-995d-3374d3bc683c/expenseclaims/b581a643-10dd-4d09-9a63-356654339795/lineitems/907f8858-91c5-47f7-ba92-42d4b4b27973/attachments

Try it

Request

Request URL

Request parameters

  • string

    Format - guid. The book's id.

  • string

    Format - guid. The expense claim's id.

  • string

    Format - guid. The id of the line item to attach the document(s) to.

  • (optional)
    string

    The name of the file when passing a single document in the body of the request.

Request headers

  • string
    Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.

Request body

Responses

200 OK

A list of document attachment responses.

Representations

{
  "list": [
    {
      "fileName": "file.pdf",
      "code": 201,
      "error": "The document could not be attached.",
      "id": "9c9c4ad0-df3c-4790-970a-5ee1cba3076f",
      "url": "(The full URL to download the document.)"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "list": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "fileName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The name of the document.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "file.pdf"
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "The HTTP status code for this particular document.",
            "format": "int32",
            "example": 201
          },
          "error": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The error message if a document could not be attached.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "The document could not be attached."
          },
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The attached document's id.",
            "format": "guid",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "9c9c4ad0-df3c-4790-970a-5ee1cba3076f"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The URL to retrieve the document.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "(The full URL to download the document.)"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "A response that contains the outcome of a document attachment request."
      },
      "description": "The list of responses for each document in the request.",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "A list of document attachment responses."
}

400 Bad Request

The document could not be added as the request contains invalid data.

Representations

{
  "message": "Something went wrong.",
  "code": 400,
  "errorCode": "General.NotFound",
  "errors": [
    {
      "location": "password",
      "message": "The value entered is not a valid password.",
      "errorCode": "General.DuplicateValue"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "Something went wrong."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 400
    },
    "errorCode": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The error code.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "General.NotFound"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "location": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The location/path of the source of the error.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "password"
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The description of what was wrong at this location.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "The value entered is not a valid password."
          },
          "errorCode": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The error code.",
            "nullable": true,
            "example": "General.DuplicateValue"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Details of a specific error."
      },
      "description": "An array of specific errors where relevant.",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when an error occurs."
}

401 Unauthorized

The authentication token is missing, expired or invalid.

Representations

{
  "message": "Authorization has been denied for this request.",
  "code": 401
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 401
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when a 401 Unauthorized error occurs."
}

403 Forbidden

The user does not have permission to add documents to expense claims.

Representations

{
  "message": "User does not have permission to access this resource.",
  "code": 403
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "User does not have permission to access this resource."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 403
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when a 403 Forbidden error occurs."
}

404 Not Found

The specified book, expense claim or line item does not exist.

Representations

{
  "message": "Resource not found.",
  "code": 404
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The description of the error.",
      "nullable": true,
      "example": "Resource not found."
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The HTTP status code of the error.",
      "format": "int32",
      "example": 404
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response sent when a 404 Forbidden error occurs."
}

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X POST "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments?fileName={string}"
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"

--data-ascii "{body}" 

using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");

            // Request parameters
            queryString["fileName"] = "{string}";
            var uri = "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments?" + queryString;

            HttpResponseMessage response;

            // Request body
            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");

            using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
            {
               content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
               response = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
            }

        }
    }
}	
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments");

            builder.setParameter("fileName", "{string}");

            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
            request.setHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
            "fileName": "{string}",
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
            },
            type: "POST",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                         @"fileName={string}",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}

<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
    'fileName' => '{string}',
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'fileName': '{string}',
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.reckon.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'fileName': '{string}',
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.reckon.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineitems/{lineItemId}/attachments')

query = URI.encode_www_form({
    # Request parameters
    'fileName' => '{string}'
})

if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
    uri.query += '&' + query
else
    uri.query = query
end

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body