AppZen Entities API

The Entities API from AppZen — 4 operation(s) for entities.

Operations 4

POST /entity Creates/updates an entity
GET /entity/{uuid} Returns entity details
GET /entity/external-entity-id/{external-entity-id} Returns entity details
POST /entity/search Returns all Entities uuid that match the search criteria

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OpenAPI Specification

appzen-entities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Autonomous AP APIs Chart of Accounts Entities API
  description: Public APIs for integrating with Autonomous AP
  version: 2.0.3
servers:
- url: https://<env>.appzen.com/dictionary-data-services
security:
- API Key Header: []
  Customer Id Header: []
  Customer Key Header: []
tags:
- name: Entities
paths:
  /entity:
    post:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Creates/updates an entity
      description: Creates a new entity in AppZen. Returns a uuid for this entity. When there already exists an entity (with the same uuid), then the operation is an update (in this case, the `status` in the response will be `UPDATED`).
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/entity-schema'
      responses:
        200:
          description: Updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/uuid-updated'
        201:
          description: Created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/uuid'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-400-error-response'
        401:
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-401-error-response'
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-403-error-response'
        404:
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-404-error-response'
        500:
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-500-error-response'
  /entity/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Returns entity details
      description: Returns the details of a entity by uuid
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/uuid'
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/entity'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-400-error-response'
        401:
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-401-error-response'
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-403-error-response'
        404:
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-404-error-response'
        500:
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-500-error-response'
  /entity/external-entity-id/{external-entity-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Returns entity details
      description: Returns the details of a entity by external entity id
      parameters:
      - in: path
        description: external entity id
        required: true
        name: external-entity-id
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/entity'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-400-error-response'
        401:
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-401-error-response'
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-403-error-response'
        404:
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-404-error-response'
        500:
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-500-error-response'
  /entity/search:
    post:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Returns all Entities uuid that match the search criteria
      description: Returns a list of the Entities uuids that match from-date and end-date
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/find-query-spec'
      responses:
        200:
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/find-entity-result-spec'
        400:
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-400-error-response'
        401:
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-401-error-response'
        403:
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-403-error-response'
        404:
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-404-error-response'
        500:
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/http-500-error-response'
components:
  schemas:
    http-403-error-response:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          example: 2019-01-17T16:12:45.977+0000
        status:
          type: string
          example: 403
        error:
          type: string
          example: Forbidden
        message:
          type: string
          example: 'Error code : 17e3338d - You do not have permission to access this resource'
    uuid:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          example: 5fc03087-d265-11e7-b8c6-83e29cd24f4c
        status:
          type: string
          example: CREATED
    date-time:
      type: string
      format: date-time
      example: '2024-03-01T11:01:00Z'
      description: date should be in UTC format
    find-entity-result-spec:
      example:
      - entity-id: '1951243072'
        appzen-uuid: 506dd9b6-a93c-48fc-98e8-919093032b49
        is-active: false
        last-appzen-update-time: '2021-12-08T23:00:17.724Z'
      - entity-id: '1623599683'
        appzen-uuid: f43c0612-11b5-4965-9554-425fbffdda6d
        is-active: false
        last-appzen-update-time: '2021-12-08T23:30:15.368Z'
      properties:
        entity-id:
          type: string
        appzen-uuid:
          type: string
        is-active:
          type: boolean
        last-appzen-update-time:
          type: string
    data-lookup-names:
      type: object
      properties:
        coa_lookup_names:
          type: array
          description: If "" or " " (white space only, no lookup context is specified for the corresponding coa_structure element.
          example:
          - us_lookups
          - ''
          - ' '
          - f1_list
        supplier_lookup_name:
          type: string
          description: associated supplier lookup name list
          example: s1
    http-500-error-response:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          example: 2019-01-17T16:12:45.977+0000
        status:
          type: string
          example: 500
        error:
          type: string
          example: Internal Server Error
        message:
          type: string
          example: 'Error code : 17e3338d - Unable to process your request at this moment, please try again later'
    addressCore:
      required:
      - address_line1
      - country
      - zip
      properties:
        address_line1:
          default: ''
          title: The address_line1 schema
          type: string
          example: 12345 MARKET STREET
        address_line2:
          default: ''
          title: The address_line2 schema
          type: string
          example: SUITE 1234
        address_line3:
          default: ''
          title: The address_line3 schema
          type: string
          example: ''
        area_code:
          default: ''
          title: The area_code schema
          type: string
          example: '415'
        city:
          default: ''
          title: The city schema
          type: string
          example: SAN FRANCISCO
        company:
          default: ''
          title: The company schema
          type: string
          example: Preferred Supplier Inc.
        contact:
          default: ''
          title: The contact schema
          type: string
          example: Jane Doe
        country:
          default: ''
          title: The country schema
          type: string
          example: US
        country_iso3:
          default: ''
          title: The country_iso3 schema
          type: string
          example: USA
        email:
          default: ''
          title: The email schema
          type: string
          example: janedoe@supplier.com
        phone:
          default: ''
          title: The phone schema
          type: string
          example: '4042965282'
        province:
          default: ''
          title: The province schema
          type: string
          example: ''
        state:
          default: ''
          title: The state schema
          type: string
          example: CA
        zip:
          default: ''
          title: The zip schema
          type: string
          example: '94016'
    http-401-error-response:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          example: 2019-01-17T16:12:45.977+0000
        status:
          type: string
          example: 401
        error:
          type: string
          example: Unauthorized
        message:
          type: string
          example: 'Error code : 17e3338d - Unable to authenticate credentials'
    entity-addresses:
      type: array
      items:
        allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/entity-address'
    http-400-error-response:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          example: 2019-01-17T16:12:45.977+0000
        status:
          type: string
          example: 400
        error:
          type: string
          example: Bad Request
        message:
          type: string
          example: 'Error code : 17e3338d - Invalid request, please fix and resend'
    entity:
      properties:
        entity_id:
          description: Unique id distinguishing entity from other entity (PK)
          type: string
        entity_name:
          description: Valid entity name present used in the ERP system
          type: string
        parent_entity_id:
          description: Valid parent entity id present in the ERP system
          type: string
        entity_type:
          description: Entity type defined within the customer's ERP system
          type: string
        appzen_entity_type:
          description: Value for appzen to understand this entity. Refer to the entity enum for recognized values.
          example: LEGAL_ENTITY
          enum:
          - LEGAL_ENTITY
          - OTHER_ENTITY
          - COMPANY
          type: string
        entity_alias_name:
          default: ''
          description: All the alias names that refers to this entity
          type: array
        addresses:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/entity-addresses'
        currency:
          description: Default currency associated to this entity
          type: string
        coa_structure:
          description: This is case sensitive list of coa structure. It should be in the same sequence as gl-code in the ERP system.
          example:
          - Entity
          - Department
          - Line of Business
          - Future1
          type: array
        appzen_coa_structure:
          description: Refers to the AppZen mapped values. Please provide the mapped values in the same sequence as the customer coa_structure. OTHER_SEGMENT should be used to map any customer segment type that does not have correspondence with one of the named appzen segment types (e.g. ACCOUNT_SEGMENT, DEPARTMENT_SEGMENT etc). Multiple OTHER_SEGMENT mappings may be specified, if needed.
          example:
          - LEGAL_ENTITY_SEGMENT
          - DEPARTMENT_SEGMENT
          - OTHER_SEGMENT
          - OTHER_SEGMENT
          type: array
        dataset_lookup_names:
          description: one to one mapping with coa_structure fields to specify optional lookup contexts.
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/data-lookup-names'
        optional_segments:
          description: This is case sensitive list of items from coa_structure that are optional.
          example:
          - Department
          - Future1
          type: array
        is_active:
          description: If entity is active in the ERP system
          default: true
          type: boolean
        valid_start_date:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/date-time'
        valid_end_date:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/date-time'
        created_date:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/date-time'
        updated_date:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/date-time'
        payment_term_id:
          description: Payment term id associated with this entity
          type: string
        custom_json:
          type: object
          example:
            bu_id: 382
            bu_name: HR
      required:
      - entity_id
      - entity_name
      - entity_type
      - appzen_entity_type
      - currency
      - addresses
    uuid-updated:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          example: 5fc03087-d265-11e7-b8c6-83e29cd24f4c
        status:
          type: string
          example: UPDATED
    entity-address:
      type: object
      required:
      - address_type
      properties:
        address_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - REMIT_TO
          - BILL_TO
          - SHIP_TO
          - OFFICE
          - SUPPLIER_ADDRESS
          - CUSTOMER_ADDRESS
          - NONE_ADDRESS_TYPE
        address:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/addressCore'
        site_id:
          type: string
          example: '913838'
        site_name:
          type: string
          example: California HQ
        custom_json:
          type: object
          properties:
            key1:
              type: string
              example: value1
    find-query-spec:
      description: The date range must be limited to 7 days
      properties:
        from-last-appzen-update-time:
          description: Start Date Range value for Appzen processing date specified in UTC format
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/date-time'
        to-last-appzen-update-time:
          description: End Date Range for Appzen processing date specified in UTC format
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/date-time'
        limit:
          description: Number of matched records to return
          type: number
          default: 1000
          maximum: 1000
          example: 50
      required:
      - from-last-appzen-update-time
      - to-last-appzen-update-time
    http-404-error-response:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          example: 2019-01-17T16:12:45.977+0000
        status:
          type: string
          example: 404
        error:
          type: string
          example: Not Found
        message:
          type: string
          example: 'Error code : 17e3338d - The resource you specified cannot be not found'
  parameters:
    entity-schema:
      in: body
      required: true
      name: entity-schema
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/entity'
    find-query-spec:
      in: body
      description: Query Criterion for locating Items
      required: true
      name: find-query-spec
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/find-query-spec'
    uuid:
      in: path
      description: Globally unique identifier for an uploaded document
      required: true
      name: uuid
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    API_Key_Header:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
    Customer_Id_Header:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: customer-id
    Customer_Key_Header:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: customer-key