The Company API allows you to retrieve, create and delete client Companies on the platform.
This enables scenarios where Companies created/maintained in other systems (e.g. SAP, Salesforce) can be replicated to the platform automatically.
On our Cloud service, this API is available via SSL secured HTTPS connection using the REST GET, POST and PUT verbs.
The format query string parameter controls the desired response format. Specify either xml or json.
POST Request
You may use either JSON or XML formats in your request.
You indicate this by setting the ContentType HTTP header as "application/json" or "application/xml". If no ContentType is specified, XML format is assumed.
The required and optional parameters for a POST to the Company API are outlined below.
Note that if you wish to automatically create a support user for your internal use with this Company, you should set the AddSupportUser property on Company to be True.
| Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
| Company | Company | Yes | The Company that you wish to create. See the Company type definition from the GET documentation topic. |
POST Response
The data returned from a Company POST is provided as follows:
Company Response (<CompanyResponse>)
| Field Name | Data Type | Description |
| Company | Company | The Company created. |
| SupportUser | User | The support User created (if any). See User documentation for full details of this structure. |
| ResponseStatus | ResponseStatus | Details of any errors that may have occurred |
Company (<Company>) Response Fields
The Company returned is only populated with the following fields:
| Field Name | Data Type | Description |
| Id | Integer | Unique identifier of the new Company |
| Status | String | The Company current status i.e. Active |
| IntegrationKey | String | The new Company unique integration key |
| VendorId | Integer | The Master Vendor Id to which the new Company belongs |
API Usage Example
Given that the API is REST based, you can access the API directly via your web browser to test it. Obviously for actual integration works, you will need to make a web request to the given REST URL and then parse the response.
Below is a simple POST example which creates a new Company for the specified Vendor, using XML format.
XML
<Company> <ActiveDevices>0</ActiveDevices> <ActiveUsers>0</ActiveUsers> <AddSupportUser>True</AddSupportUser> <Country>GB</Country> <Description>Test Org</Description> <DateFormat>dd-MMM-yyyy</DateFormat> <DefaultSenderEmail>test@myorg.com</DefaultSenderEmail> <DefaultSenderName>Test Company</DefaultSenderName> <DeviceLimit>0</DeviceLimit> <GlobalFormPOSTURL></GlobalFormPOSTURL> <GlobalHostedGETURL></GlobalHostedGETURL> <GlobalTaskPOSTURL></GlobalTaskPOSTURL> <IntegrationKey>xxx</IntegrationKey> <Name>Test Company</Name> <VendorId>1</VendorId> <TimeFormat>HH:mm</TimeFormat> <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone> <UserLimit>0</UserLimit> </Company>
XML Response:
XML
<CompanyResponse> <ResponseStatus /> <Company> <Id>2</Id> <IntegrationKey>xxx</IntegrationKey> <Status>Active</Status> <VendorId>1</VendorId> </Company> <SupportUser> <Email>2$test@myorg.com</Email> <FirstName>Test Company</FirstName> <Id>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</Id> <LastActivity>0001-01-01T00:00:00</LastActivity> <LastName>Support</LastName> <CompanyId>2</CompanyId> <Status>Invited</Status> </SupportUser> </CompanyResponse>