Im creating an invoice from a Node server sending the payload;
“{“invoice”:{“contact”:“https://testaccount.freeagent.com/contacts/9431993",“dated_on”:“2020-09-06”,“payment_terms_in_days”:0,“invoice_items”:[{“description”:"Reduced Rate VAT”,“quantity”:1,“price”:29.99,“sales_tax_rate”:5}]}}”
but i get an error:
‘invoice_items’ parameter does not match expected type ‘array’
if i dont include the invoice_items parameter if successfully creates the invoice but wont create it with it. p
please help
Hi Daniel,
Ewa here from the Engineering Team at FreeAgent — thanks for your message on our forum and I’ll do my best to help out.
I’ve checked our application logs to take a closer look at your requests and this is the body we’re receiving (I’ve filtered out any potentially sensitive details):
{
"invoice": {
"contact": "https://[FILTERED].freeagent.com/contacts/9431993",
"dated_on": "2020-09-06",
"payment_terms_in_days": "[FILTERED]",
"invoice_items": {
"0": {
"description": "[FILTERED]",
"quantity": "1",
"price": "29.99",
"sales_tax_rate": "5"
},
"1": {
"description": "[FILTERED]",
"quantity": "1",
"price": "20",
"sales_tax_rate": "5"
}
}
}
}
Based on that, it looks like the value of "invoice_items" is an object rather than array, which would explain the error you encountered. The correct JSON format for this request would read:
{
"invoice": {
"contact": "https://[FILTERED].freeagent.com/contacts/9431993",
"dated_on": "2020-09-06",
"payment_terms_in_days": "[FILTERED]",
"invoice_items": [
{
"description": "[FILTERED]",
"quantity": "1",
"price": "29.99",
"sales_tax_rate": "5"
},
{
"description": "[FILTERED]",
"quantity": "1",
"price": "20",
"sales_tax_rate": "5"
}
]
}
}
From your original message it looks like this is what you’re aiming to send, but unfortunately this is not what our server is receiving from your application.
Best wishes,
Ewa