How to correctly make POST request to add an invoice?

Self-Hosted | v5
#1

Hi! :slight_smile:

I am trying to POST a new invoice via InvoiceNinja API:
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/5.3.28#/invoices/storeInvoice

I correctly set up request headers (I can GET data from API, etc).

But when I POST to /api/v1/invoices with body:

{
    "client_id": "Wkwvk1soJn",
    "design_id": "1VDtbOa5UA",
    "line_items": [
        {
            "product_key": "Product key",
            "cost": 54,
            "quantity": "6.5",
        },
        ...
    ]
}

I get:

{"message"=>"The given data was invalid.", "errors"=>{"client_id"=>["The client id field is required."]}}

There is client_id in the request body, but API says it’s required. I don’t see what I am doing wrong. Could anybody please help?

#2

What headers are you passing in with the request?

Also if you are using PHP, check out our SDK which abstracts away all these issues

#3

Thanks for the answer, David!

I am using Ruby.

Headers:

accept-encoding: gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3
accept: */*
user-agent: Ruby
host: invoiceninja.site.com
x-api-secret: xxx
x-api-token: xxx
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest"

Am I missing something? :thinking:

#4

Added headers (like in InvoiceNinja SwaggerHub):

Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

Response changed:

{"message"=>"The given data was invalid.", "errors"=>{"is_amount_discount"=>["The is amount discount field must be true or false."], "discount"=>["The discount must be a number."]}}

I think I am fine at this point.

Thank you, David!