items.create

Creates a new item.

Regarding item taxes, if the tax name is not found, no tax is applied to that item.

You call this method submitting an HTTP POST request to the following URL with the xml data of the new item on the request body:

https://screen-name.invoicexpress.net/items.xml

Example xml to be submitted with item data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
 <name>stuff</name>
 <description>good stuff</description>
 <unit_price>3</unit_price>
 <unit>unit</unit>
 <tax>
  <name>IVA20</name>
 </tax>
</item>

Parameters

Parameters are the data you will pass with the call.

api_key

Your secret identifier. You find your API Key under Account Overview in the Account section.
Rules: Required

name

Item name.
Rules: Required. Must be unique.

description

Item description.
Rules: Optional

unit_price

Item unit price.
Rules: Required. Needs to be greater than 0.0.

unit

Item unit of measure.
Rules: Required.

tax

Item tax.
Rules: Optional. If not present no tax is applied to the item

tax / name

Item tax name.
Rules: Optional. If not found no tax is applied to the item

Return Values

This is the result that will be passed back to you when you have sent a call.

Success

HTTP: 201 CREATED

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
 <id>26</id>
 <name>stuff</name>
 <description>good stuff</description>
 <unit_price>3.0</unit_price>
 <unit>unit</unit>
 <tax>
  <name>IVA20</name>
  <!-- tax value:20.0% -->
 </tax>
</item>

Error

HTTP: 401 Access denied
The API Key parameter is missing or incorrect.

HTTP: 422 Unprocessable Entity
Some parameters were incorrect.

Possible errors:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<errors>
 <error>Name has already been taken</error>
 <error>Unit price can't be blank</error>
 <error>Unit price is not a number</error>
 <error>Unit kg is not included in the list of accepted units</error>
 <error>Unit  is not included in the list of accepted units</error>
</errors>