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Create a customer object in Business Central.

HTTP request

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

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/customers

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type application/json

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here's an example of a request.

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

{
    "displayName": "Adatum Corporation",
    "type": "Company",
    "addressLine1": "192 Market Square",
    "addressLine2": "",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772",
    "phoneNumber": "",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "website": "",
    "taxLiable": true,
    "taxAreaId": "90196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "taxRegistrationNumber": "",
    "currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "currencyCode": "USD",
    "paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "shipmentMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "paymentMethodId": "3b196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "blocked": " "
}

Response

Here's 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

{
    "number": "10000",
    "displayName": "Adatum Corporation",
    "type": "Company",
    "addressLine1": "192 Market Square",
    "addressLine2": "",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772",
    "phoneNumber": "",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "website": "",
    "taxLiable": true,
    "taxAreaId": "90196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "taxRegistrationNumber": "",
    "currencyId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "currencyCode": "USD",
    "paymentTermsId": "04a5738a-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "shipmentMethodId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "paymentMethodId": "3b196a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "blocked": " "
}

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