Reckon One API v2
API change historyThis is version 2 of the Reckon One API.
Creates a new line item within an existing expense claim.
Create a new line item within the specified book and expense claim.
POST /5af6572c-9771-4b86-995d-3374d3bc683c/expenseclaims/b581a643-10dd-4d09-9a63-356654339795/lineitems
Request
Request URL
Request parameters
-
string
Format - guid. The book's id.
-
string
Format - guid. The expense claim's id.
Request headers
-
(optional)stringMedia type of the body sent to the API.
Request body
Details of the new line item.
{
"lineNumber": 2,
"date": "2020-02-01T12:00:00Z",
"project": "The project from the expense claim header",
"supplier": "null",
"customer": "The customer from the expense claim header",
"isBillable": false,
"billableStatus": "Unbillable",
"itemDetails": "null",
"accountDetails": "null",
"description": "null",
"taxAmount": "null",
"taxRate": "null",
"taxIsModified": false,
"notes": "null"
}
{
"required": [
"lineNumber",
"date"
],
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lineNumber": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The line number.",
"format": "int32",
"example": 2
},
"date": {
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string",
"description": "The date of the line item.",
"format": "date-time",
"example": "2020-02-01T12:00:00Z"
},
"project": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The id or full name of the project that the line item relates to.\nNote that the full name includes the name(s) of any parent project(s) separated by colons.",
"default": "The project from the expense claim header",
"nullable": true,
"example": "Project A:Project B:Project C"
},
"supplier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The supplier that the line item relates to.",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": "Supplier A"
},
"customer": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The customer that the line item relates to.",
"default": "The customer from the expense claim header",
"nullable": true,
"example": "Customer B"
},
"isBillable": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the line item is billable to the customer.",
"default": false,
"nullable": true,
"example": false
},
"billableStatus": {
"oneOf": [
{
"enum": [
"Unbillable",
"Billable",
"Invoiced",
"Billed"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "The billable status.",
"x-enumNames": [
"Unbillable",
"Billable",
"Invoiced",
"Billed"
]
}
],
"description": "The billable status of the line item.",
"default": "Unbillable",
"nullable": true,
"example": "Unbillable"
},
"itemDetails": {
"oneOf": [
{
"required": [
"item"
],
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"item": {
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string",
"description": "The id or full name of the item that the expense claim line relates to.\nNote that the full name includes the name(s) of any parent item(s) separated by colons.",
"example": "Parent item:Child item"
},
"price": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The price of each item.",
"format": "decimal",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": 5.5
},
"quantity": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The quantity sold.",
"format": "decimal",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": 1.0
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Details of an item used on an expense claim line item."
}
],
"description": "Details of an item used on an expense claim line item.\nThis must be omitted if `accountDetails` have been provided.",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true
},
"accountDetails": {
"oneOf": [
{
"required": [
"ledgerAccount"
],
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ledgerAccount": {
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string",
"description": "The id or full name of the ledger account that the expense claim line relates to.\nNote that the full name includes the name(s) of any parent account(s) separated by colons.",
"example": "Income:Sub income"
},
"quantity": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The quantity purchased.",
"format": "decimal",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": 1.0
},
"amount": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The amount including or excluding tax (depending on the expense claim's `amountTaxStatus`).",
"format": "decimal",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": 110.0
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Details of an account used on an expense claim line item."
}
],
"description": "Details of an account used on an expense claim line item.\nThis must be omitted if `itemDetails` have been provided.",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The description of the expense.",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": "This is my new line"
},
"taxAmount": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The tax amount.",
"format": "decimal",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": 10.0
},
"taxRate": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The tax rate.",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": "NCG"
},
"taxIsModified": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the tax amount has been modified.",
"default": false,
"nullable": true,
"example": false
},
"notes": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Notes relating to the expense.",
"default": "null",
"nullable": true,
"example": "Notes about this line."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Details of an expense claim line item to create or update."
}
Responses
201 Created
The id of the line item that has been created.
Representations
{
"id": "4914677a-e30e-4cfb-aef7-15ac09c697e6"
}
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The resource's id as guid.",
"format": "guid"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "A response that contains the resource's id.",
"example": {
"id": "4914677a-e30e-4cfb-aef7-15ac09c697e6"
}
}
400 Bad Request
The line item could not be created 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 line items 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 or expense claim 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"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-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}");
var uri = "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineItems?" + 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");
URI uri = builder.build();
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
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
};
$.ajax({
url: "https://api.reckon.com/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineItems?" + $.param(params),
beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
// Request headers
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
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";
NSArray* array = @[
// Request parameters
@"entities=true",
];
NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];
NSLog(@"%@", path);
NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
[_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
// Request headers
[_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
[_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');
$url = $request->getUrl();
$headers = array(
// Request headers
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
);
$request->setHeader($headers);
$parameters = array(
// Request parameters
);
$url->setQueryVariables($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
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}
params = urllib.urlencode({
})
try:
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.reckon.com')
conn.request("POST", "/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineItems?%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
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}
params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
})
try:
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.reckon.com')
conn.request("POST", "/r1/v2/{bookId}/expenseclaims/{expenseClaimId}/lineItems?%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')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
# 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