Create a payable from a file

Create a payable from a file. The contents of the file will be processed and the payable will be created.

POST /v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file

Create a payable from a file

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form acting_user_id=123 \
  --form file='@example-file'

import requests

url = "https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file"

files = { "file": ("example-file", open("example-file", "rb")) }
payload = { "acting_user_id": "123" }
headers = {"Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>"}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, files=files, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const form = new FormData();
form.append('acting_user_id', '123');
form.append('file', '<string>');

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>'}};

options.body = form;

fetch('https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"acting_user_id\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file"

	payload := strings.NewReader("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"acting_user_id\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
  .body("-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"acting_user_id\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.dots.dev/api/v2/accounts-payable/payables/upload-from-file")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request.body = "-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"acting_user_id\"\r\n\r\n123\r\n-----011000010111000001101001\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"example-file\"\r\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n<string>\r\n-----011000010111000001101001--"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "action_history": [
    {
      "comment": "<string>",
      "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "user_id": 123,
      "user_name": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "amount": 123,
  "ap_payment_method_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "ap_payment_method_name": "<string>",
  "ap_vendor_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "ap_vendor_name": "<string>",
  "api_app_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "approval_steps": [
    {
      "completed": true,
      "completed_timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "num_approvals_required": 123,
      "user_approvals": [
        {
          "approval_comment": "<string>",
          "approval_given": true,
          "approval_timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "name": "<string>",
          "user_id": 123
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "created": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "currency": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "external_id": "<string>",
  "file_url": "<string>",
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "items": [
    {
      "amount": 2,
      "description": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "quantity": 2,
      "unit_price": 2
    }
  ],
  "number": "<string>",
  "status": "<string>",
  "status_history": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "transfer_history": [
    {
      "created_timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "idempotency_key": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "transfer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
    }
  ],
  "transfer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "updated": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Body

multipart/form-data

acting_user_id · integer · required

The ID of the user performing this action. This will be displayed in the developer dashboard.

file · file · required

PDF file to be uploaded

Response

200 - application/json

OK

action_history · object[]

Show child attributes

amount · number

Total payable amount in cents.

funding_source · enum<string>

Available options: dots_balance, ach

ap_payment_method_id · string<uuid>

ap_payment_method_name · string

ap_vendor_id · string<uuid>

ap_vendor_name · string

api_app_id · string<uuid>

approval_steps · object[]

Show child attributes

created · string<date-time>

currency · string

description · string | null

external_id · string | null

file_url · string<uri> | null

id · string<uuid>

items · object[]

Show child attributes

number · string

status · string

status_history · object[]

Show child attributes

transfer_history · object[]

Show child attributes

transfer_id · string<uuid>

updated · string<date-time>