Requisitions API (/requisitions)
The URL to access requisitions is: https://{your_instance_name}/api/requisitions
See Integration Best Practices for more info.
Requisitions API Objects
This is the full list of expense objects available via the UI. However, not all objects listed here have endpoints–some are only referenced by objects, and can't be updated directly.
Actions
Requisitions API allows you to:
| Verb | Path | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | /api/requisitions/:id/add_approver |
add_approver | Manually add an approver for a requisition |
| POST | /api/requisitions |
create | Create a requisition in draft status, which will then need to be submitted manually |
| GET|POST | /api/requisitions/new/create_as_cart |
create_as_cart | Create a requisition in draft status, which will then need to be submitted manually |
| GET | /api/requisitions |
index | Query requisitions |
| PUT | /api/requisitions/:id/remove_approval |
remove_approval | Remove an approver who was manually added |
| GET | /api/requisitions/:id |
show | Show requisition |
| POST | /api/requisitions/submit_for_approval |
submit_for_approval | Create a requisition and attempt to submit it for approval/buyer action |
| GET|POST | /api/requisitions/new/submit_for_approval |
submit_for_approval | Create a requisition and attempt to submit it for approval/buyer action |
| PUT | /api/requisitions/:id |
update | Update requisition |
Elements
| Element | Description | Req'd | Unique | Allowable Value | In | Out | Data Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| approvals | approvals | yes | Approval | ||||
| approver | approver | yes | User | ||||
| attachments | attachments | yes | Attachment | ||||
| buyer-note | Any comments or notes from the Buyer | yes | yes | text | |||
| created-at | Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ | yes | datetime | ||||
| created-by | User who created | yes | yes | User | |||
| currency | Currency Code | yes | USD | ||||
| current-approval | Current/Pending Approval | yes | Approval | ||||
| department | Requisition Department | yes | yes | Department | |||
| exported | Indicates if transaction has been exported | yes | boolean | ||||
| hide-price | Hide Price from supplier. True or False | no | no | yes | RequisitionHeader | ||
| id | Coupa unique identifier | yes | integer | ||||
| justification | Requisition Justification Comments | yes | yes | text | |||
| line-count | Requisition Header Line Count | no | no | any | yes | integer | |
| mobile-currency | Default currency used | yes | USD | ||||
| mobile-total | total | yes | decimal | ||||
| need-by-date | Item Need By Date | yes | yes | datetime | |||
| pcard | Name of PCard | yes | yes | Pcard | |||
| price-hidden | Hide price from supplier. True or False | yes | boolean | ||||
| receiving-warehouse-id | Receiving Warehouse ID | no | no | any | yes | yes | integer |
| reject-reason-comment | last reject reason comment | yes | string | ||||
| requested-by | requested_by | yes | yes | User | |||
| requester | requested_by | yes | yes | User | |||
| requisition-lines | requisition_lines | yes | yes | yes | RequisitionLine | ||
| ship-to-address | Name of Address | yes | yes | yes | Address | ||
| ship-to-attention | Ship to Address Attention | yes | yes | string(255) | |||
| status | transaction status | yes | yes | string(50) | |||
| submitted-at | submitted_at | yes | datetime | ||||
| total | Total in own currency | yes | decimal | ||||
| updated-at | Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ | yes | datetime | ||||
| updated-by | User who updated | yes | User |
The created_by element defaults from the API User key, but it can be overridden by the Requisition API. Contact Coupa Support to allow the Requisition API to override the API User key value.
- In a requisition-line, you can use either a description (free-form) or an item (catalog item). If an item id is used, the item must exist. The <source-type></source-type> is not used and ignored.
- For the api to recognize custom fields, they must be set as api editable in the setup.
- Currencies, users in the requested-by and suppliers must be in the system with a status of active.
- Item: If a preferred supplier and price is available for an item it will be used unless the unit-price is specified. If a unit-price is specified, it will override the default pricing available for the item. While it is not an error to specify a description and an item, using an item will set the description to the item description, ignoring the passed in the description field.
- Defaulting: Unless otherwise specified in the XML, the system will respect the relevant defaulting within the system. Such as defaulting payment and shipping terms from the supplier record.
- Line Numbering: The API expects the line-num to increment by one for each new line number. If you use the same line-num, the system will ignore all other lines with the same number.