Add Line Item

To add a new line item, submit a POST request with the data to be updated as a string of dictionary.

Add a new line item

PUT https://api.photoncommerce.com/api/v4/line-items

This method can be used to add one new line item at a time. The line item keys whose values can be added are listed in the code block after the following API method block.

Path Parameters

Name

Type

Description

photon_key

string

Photon Key of the JSON file that needs to be updated

Headers

Name

Type

Description

CLIENT-ID

string

Unique client-id provided upon user registration

AUTHORIZATION

string

Pass your username and api key in the form 'apikey <username>:<api-key>'

SECRET-KEY

string

Secret key provided as a string

PASSWORD

string

Password used during user registration

Content-Type

string

Set to "application/json"

Request Body

Name

Type

Description

data

string

String of dictionary containing fields to be updated with their corresponding values e.g {'SKU': '003', 'Description': 'MacBook', 'Price': 1299, 'Amount': 1299}

{"message":"Added line item successfully","status":"success"}

Line item keys that can be added:

"SKU":                 <string- parsed SKU code>,
"Description":         <string- raw item description>,
"Date":                <date of the line item as a string "YYYY-MM-DD">,
"Order":               <integer - Order of the item>,
"Reference":           <string- Reference ID for the item>,
"QTY":                 <decimal number of units>,
"Unit":                <unit of measure>,
"Price":               <decimal unit price>,
"Amount":              <decimal total pricing>,
"Discount":            <decimal line item discount amount>,
"Tax_Rate":            <the tax rate levied>,
"Tax",                 <decimal line item tax amount>,
"Type"                 <inferred product or service string>

Syntax for sending a POST request to add a new line item:

curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H "CLIENT-ID:<client-id>" -H "AUTHORIZATION:apikey <username>:<api-key>" -H 'PASSWORD:<password>' -H "SECRET-KEY:<secret-key>" -d '{'SKU': '003',  'Description': 'MacBook', 'Price': 1299, 'Amount': 1299}' "https://api.photoncommerce.com/api/v4/update/line-items?photon_key=<mention-the-photon-key-here>"

import requests

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'CLIENT-ID': '<client-id>',
    'AUTHORIZATION': 'apikey <username>:<api-key>',
    'PASSWORD': '<password>',
    'SECRET-KEY': '<secret-key>',
}

params = (
    ('photon_key', '<mention-the-photon-key-here>'),
)

data = '{"SKU": "003", "Description": "MacBook", "Price": 1299, "Amount": 1299}'

response = requests.put('https://api.photoncommerce.com/api/v4/update/line-items', headers=headers, params=params, data=data)

var request = require('request');

var headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'CLIENT-ID': '<client-id>',
    'AUTHORIZATION': 'apikey <username>:<api-key>',
    'PASSWORD': '<password>',
    'SECRET-KEY': '<secret-key>'
};

var dataString = '{SKU: 003, Description: MacBook, Price: 1299, Amount: 1299}';

var options = {
    url: 'https://api.photoncommerce.com/api/v4/update/line-items?photon_key=<mention-the-photon-key-here>',
    method: 'PUT',
    headers: headers,
    body: dataString
};

function callback(error, response, body) {
    if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
        console.log(body);
    }
}

request(options, callback);

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;

class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		URL url = new URL("https://api.photoncommerce.com/api/v4/update/line-items?photon_key=<mention-the-photon-key-here>");
		HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
		httpConn.setRequestMethod("PUT");

		httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
		httpConn.setRequestProperty("CLIENT-ID", "<client-id>");
		httpConn.setRequestProperty("AUTHORIZATION", "apikey <username>:<api-key>");
		httpConn.setRequestProperty("PASSWORD", "<password>");
		httpConn.setRequestProperty("SECRET-KEY", "<secret-key>");

		httpConn.setDoOutput(true);
		OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(httpConn.getOutputStream());
		writer.write("{SKU: 003, Description: MacBook, Price: 1299, Amount: 1299}");
		writer.flush();
		writer.close();
		httpConn.getOutputStream().close();

		InputStream responseStream = httpConn.getResponseCode() / 100 == 2
				? httpConn.getInputStream()
				: httpConn.getErrorStream();
		Scanner s = new Scanner(responseStream).useDelimiter("\\A");
		String response = s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
		System.out.println(response);
	}
}

PreviousUpdate Line Items NextDelete Line Item

Last updated 4 years ago

hashtagAdd a new line item

hashtagPath Parameters

hashtagHeaders

hashtagRequest Body

Add a new line item

Path Parameters

Headers

Request Body