500 error when creating an estimate item

1

I am posting the following:
{
“estimate_item”: {
“description”: “Testing”,
“quantity”: 2,
“price”: 12.5,
“second_sales_tax_rate”: 0,
“sales_tax_rate”: 20,
“item_type”: “-no unit-”,
“category”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/002”
},
“estimate”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimates/406077”
}

to https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimate_items, but getting a 500 error
back. The JSON is valid.

Any ideas?

2

Hi Mark,

I’m afraid setting the category on the estimate_item in this call is
causing the request to fail. This is a problem on our end that we need to
fix.
The category can be set fine when updating the original estimate though, so
a workaround would be to update the estimate with the new estimate item:

PUT https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimates/406077

{ “estimate”:
{
“estimate_items”: [
{
“description”: “Testing”,
“quantity”: 2,
“price”: 12.5,
“second_sales_tax_rate”: 0,
“sales_tax_rate”: 20,
“item_type”: “-no unit-”,
“category”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/002”
}
]
}
}

This will add an estimate item to the existing estimate 406077.

I’m sorry about this. Would the workaround work for you?

Regards,
T.J.On 30 September 2013 15:49, T.J. Sheehy tj@freeagent.com wrote:

Hi Mark,

Sorry for the delay. I’m looking into this now.

Regards,
T.J.

On 27 September 2013 01:56, Mark Brown mark@itpoint.co.uk wrote:

I am posting the following:
{
“estimate_item”: {
“description”: “Testing”,
“quantity”: 2,
“price”: 12.5,
“second_sales_tax_rate”: 0,
“sales_tax_rate”: 20,
“item_type”: “-no unit-”,
“category”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/002”
},
“estimate”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimates/406077”
}

to https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimate_items, but getting a 500 error
back. The JSON is valid.

Any ideas?

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3

Thanks, that worked. That’s actually the way we do it for invoice items,
so that’s fine.

Regards,
MarkOn Tuesday, 1 October 2013 11:47:48 UTC+1, T.J. Sheehy wrote:

Hi Mark,

I’m afraid setting the category on the estimate_item in this call is
causing the request to fail. This is a problem on our end that we need to
fix.
The category can be set fine when updating the original estimate though,
so a workaround would be to update the estimate with the new estimate item:

PUT https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimates/406077

{ “estimate”:
{
“estimate_items”: [
{
“description”: “Testing”,
“quantity”: 2,
“price”: 12.5,
“second_sales_tax_rate”: 0,
“sales_tax_rate”: 20,
“item_type”: “-no unit-”,
“category”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/002”
}
]
}
}

This will add an estimate item to the existing estimate 406077.

I’m sorry about this. Would the workaround work for you?

Regards,
T.J.

On 30 September 2013 15:49, T.J. Sheehy <t...@freeagent.com <javascript:>>wrote:

Hi Mark,

Sorry for the delay. I’m looking into this now.

Regards,
T.J.

On 27 September 2013 01:56, Mark Brown <ma...@itpoint.co.uk <javascript:> wrote:

I am posting the following:
{
“estimate_item”: {
“description”: “Testing”,
“quantity”: 2,
“price”: 12.5,
“second_sales_tax_rate”: 0,
“sales_tax_rate”: 20,
“item_type”: “-no unit-”,
“category”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/002”
},
“estimate”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimates/406077”
}

to https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimate_items, but getting a 500 error
back. The JSON is valid.

Any ideas?

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Hi Mark,

Sorry for the delay. I’m looking into this now.

Regards,
T.J.On 27 September 2013 01:56, Mark Brown mark@itpoint.co.uk wrote:

I am posting the following:
{
“estimate_item”: {
“description”: “Testing”,
“quantity”: 2,
“price”: 12.5,
“second_sales_tax_rate”: 0,
“sales_tax_rate”: 20,
“item_type”: “-no unit-”,
“category”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/categories/002”
},
“estimate”: “https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimates/406077”
}

to https://api.freeagent.com/v2/estimate_items, but getting a 500 error
back. The JSON is valid.

Any ideas?

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