When selling goods to a business you are typically required to create a “Sales invoice”. According to the myDATA specifications, sales invoices are further divided into three invoice types, depending on the country that the client operates in.
This guide demonstrates how to create invoices for clients located in the European Union, excluding Greece (myDATA document type “1.2 Sales Invoice / Intra Community Supplies”)
- The guide assumes you’re working on a new Elorus organization, so this step can be omitted.
First lets create a contact so there is someone to bill. In a business context, contacts are individuals or businesses whom you transact with; typically your clients, leads, suppliers and partners. Since Elorus will let you manage your sales as well as your expenses, a contact may represent either a client or a supplier (or even both).
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Token ~Your-API-key~" -H "X-Elorus-Organization: ~Your-Organization-ID~" https://api.elorus.com/v1.1/contacts/ -d '{"client_type": "1", "company":"Elorus FC", "vat_number":"0123456789", "addresses":[{"address":"Theofilopoulou 13", "city":"Athens", "zip":"11743", "country": "GR", "ad_type": "bill"}], "is_client": true, "is_supplier":false}'
Filter e.g. by “company”, to get the contact ID. Retrieved contact ID in this case is “2480647926494267071”.
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Token ~Your-API-key~" -H "X-Elorus-Organization: ~Your-Organization-ID~" https://api.elorus.com/v1.1/contacts/?company="Elorus FC"
In this case, a “Sales Invoice” document type will be needed. There is a “Sales Invoice” document type pre-created.
Default title is “Τιμολόγιο”. Search by “title”, to get the document type ID. Retrieved document type ID in this case is “2480655983945188366”.
In case the title is changed or the document type is missing, use the Elorus UI to create a new one.
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Token ~Your-API-key~" -H "X-Elorus-Organization: ~Your-Organization-ID~" https://api.elorus.com/v1.1/documenttypes/?search="Τιμολόγιο"&search_fields=title
By default there are some taxes preset in Elorus. Usually 24% tax is used for Greece “Sales Invoice” so the preset tax will be retrieved and used. In case there is a need for a new tax to be created, use of Elorus' UI is mandatory.
Optional steps to create new tax:
Search by “percentage”, to get the tax ID. Retrieved tax ID in this case is “2476911428611605999”. Make sure that “aade_type”:1 is in the response packet.
curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Token ~Your-API-key~" -H "X-Elorus-Organization: ~Your-Organization-ID~" https://api.elorus.com/v1.1/taxes/?search="24"&search_fields=percentage
The final step, is to create the Invoice itself. The list below describes all the needed fields.
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Token ~Your-API-key~" -H "X-Elorus-Organization: ~Your-Organization-ID~" https://api.elorus.com/v1.1/invoices/ -d '{"calculator_mode": "total", "currency_code": "EUR", "exchange_rate": "1.000000", "client": "2480647926494267071", "date": "2022-5-18", "draft": true, "documenttype": "2480655983945188366", "mydata_document_type": "1.2", "items": [{"title": "Γάντια Εργασίας", "unit_total": "12.4", "quantity": "1", "taxes": ["2476911428611605999"], "mydata_classification_category": "category1_2", "mydata_classification_type": "E3_561_005"}], "paid_on_receipt": "12.4", "payment_method": "3"}'