Catalog Items Example Calls

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Create Sample Item

In this example we are creating an item.

We posted it to the URL: https://<instance>.coupahost.com/api/items

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
   <active>true</active>
   <description>Example API Created Item</description>
   <item-number>ExpAPI1001</item-number>
   <name>Example API Item 1001</name>
   <commodity>
      <name>IT</name>
   </commodity>
   <uom>
      <code>EA</code>
   </uom>
   <reorder-alerts />
</item>

Below is the response that I received back when I posted the above:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
   <id type="integer">51</id>
   <active type="boolean">true</active>
   <created-at type="datetime">2011-04-05T09:01:49-07:00</created-at>
   <description>Example API Created Item</description>
   <item-number>ExpAPI1001</item-number>
   <name>Example API Item 1001</name>
   <updated-at type="datetime">2011-04-05T09:01:49-07:00</updated-at>
   <test-text-field type="string" />
   <commodity>
      <active type="boolean">true</active>
      <created-at type="datetime">2008-10-27T20:04:00Z</created-at>
      <id type="integer">2</id>
      <name>IT</name>
      <updated-at type="datetime">2010-02-25T00:32:35Z</updated-at>
      <created-by>
         <email>example@coupa.com</email>
         <employee-number />
         <firstname>Example</firstname>
         <id type="integer">101</id>
         <lastname>User</lastname>
         <login>example</login>
      </created-by>
      <updated-by>
         <email>example+ke@coupa.com</email>
         <employee-number />
         <firstname>Kyle</firstname>
         <id type="integer">16</id>
         <lastname>Eisner</lastname>
         <login>administrator</login>
      </updated-by>
      <code type="string" />
   </commodity>
   <api-user>
      <email>example+supportAPI@coupa.com</email>
      <employee-number nil="true" />
      <firstname>Example</firstname>
      <id type="integer">44</id>
      <lastname>API User</lastname>
      <login>example+supportAPI@coupa.com</login>
   </api-user>
   <uom>
      <code>EA</code>
      <id type="integer">1</id>
   </uom>
   <reorder-alerts />
</item>