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Basware CostCenters API

The CostCenters API from Basware — 2 operation(s) for costcenters.

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Operations 5

GET /v1/costCenters Returns cost centers posted to Basware API.
POST /v1/costCenters Creates new cost center(s), fully overwrites previous record if exists.
DELETE /v1/costCenters Deletes data from Basware API. For manual one-time operations.
GET /v1/costCenters/{externalCode} Returns single cost center -record by externalCode -identifier.
PATCH /v1/costCenters/{externalCode} Updates fields on speficied cost center. Preserves existing values in fields, which were not updated.

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https://developer.basware.com/en/api/network/guide
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https://developer.basware.com/en/api/vault/manual
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OpenAPI Specification

basware-costcenters-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Basware OAUTH2 authentication APIs AccountingDocuments Cost Centers API
  description: "**Using OAUTH2.0 authentication:**\n\nGet API access token from api.basware.com/tokens\n1. Using client id and client secret, which you can obtain from Basware. \n2. Specify which APIs can be accessed by using the token e.g. Read only access to vendors API only (these are called scopes). Available scopes are listed at <https://developer.basware.com/api/p2p/manual#AccessRights>. \n3. Each token has an expiration time, until which it can be used to call APIs.\n\nWhen using OAUTH2 authentication, you need to pass the OAUTH2 authentication token when calling Basware API endpoints. Available Basware API operations are documented at <https://api.basware.com/swagger>. \n\nSee the Basware API developer site at <https://developer.basware.com/api/p2p/manual#Authentication> for more details on API authentication."
  version: 1.0.0
  x-logo:
    url: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/logo-margin/logo-teal.png
servers:
- url: https://api.basware.com
  description: Base URL declared by the provider in apis.yml (roadmap#122).
tags:
- name: CostCenters
paths:
  /v1/costCenters:
    get:
      tags:
      - CostCenters
      summary: Returns cost centers posted to Basware API.
      description: ''
      parameters:
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        description: A limit for the number of items to be returned for one request. Limit can range between 1 and 500 items.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 500
      - name: companyCode
        in: query
        description: Company filter. Returns items for specific company.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: ''
      - name: lastUpdated
        in: query
        description: Date Filter. Returns items that have been updated after specified date.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: x-amz-meta-continuationtoken
        in: header
        description: Used to get next page of results when item count indicated by 'pageSize' is exceeded. A token is returned in header (not body) parameter 'X-amz-meta-continuationToken' of the response whenever there are more records to fetch. Post the received value here in a new HEADER parameter on the next GET request to receive the next page of results. When getting the next page of results, you must include the same query parameters that were used when getting the first page.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: 15a915c6-569a-48d7-be45-97f807d322cb
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterResponse'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Not found. Request was successful and no records were found.
        '500':
          description: Unexpected error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
    post:
      tags:
      - CostCenters
      summary: Creates new cost center(s), fully overwrites previous record if exists.
      parameters:
      - name: Content-Type
        in: header
        description: Specifies the media type of the resource. Value application/json is supported.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: application/json
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json-patch+json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
          text/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
            text/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '409':
          description: Conflict
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
    delete:
      tags:
      - CostCenters
      summary: Deletes data from Basware API. For manual one-time operations.
      description: "For manual one-time operations only, such as a manual clean-up to remove test data generated during API integration development. Only removes records from API layer. \nDeletion in target systems needs to be done separately using the data deletion mechanisms available in each of the target system in addition to deleting the data in Basware API."
      requestBody:
        description: "Contains the body of the request.\n            Either externalCode or lastUpdated -field is required. If both values are provided, externalCode will have the priority."
        content:
          application/json-patch+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteRequest'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteRequest'
          text/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteRequest'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
        '202':
          description: RequestAccepted
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteResponse'
        '400':
          description: BadRequest
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '500':
          description: Unexpected error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
  /v1/costCenters/{externalCode}:
    get:
      tags:
      - CostCenters
      summary: Returns single cost center -record by externalCode -identifier.
      description: ''
      parameters:
      - name: externalCode
        in: path
        description: The ExternalCode of the entity to be fetched
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Not found. Request was successful and no records were found.
        '500':
          description: Unexpected error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
    patch:
      tags:
      - CostCenters
      summary: Updates fields on speficied cost center. Preserves existing values in fields, which were not updated.
      parameters:
      - name: externalCode
        in: path
        description: The ExternalCode of the CostCenter to be updated
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Entity to be updated
        content:
          application/json-patch+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
          text/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Not found. Record to update not found.
        '500':
          description: Unexpected error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResponseEntityList'
components:
  schemas:
    LanguageTranslationEntity:
      required:
      - language
      - translation
      type: object
      properties:
        translation:
          maxLength: 2000
          minLength: 2
          type: string
          description: Translated text
          example: Office supplies
        language:
          maxLength: 10
          minLength: 2
          type: string
          description: Language code
          example: en-US
      additionalProperties: false
    CostCenterCompanyEntity:
      required:
      - active
      - companyCode
      type: object
      properties:
        companyCode:
          maxLength: 32
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Defines a company code that the cost center is mapped to
          example: BW00
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: This flag will enable the data to be visible on UI, provided if the value is true, not visible in case of value is false. It will be also used for soft delete.
      additionalProperties: false
    DeleteRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        lastUpdated:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'To delete records updated after specific time, use lastUpdated -field. This will delete all items that have been updated after the specified date. In response, user will get the taskStatus api link where the task status can be checked. Note: ''0001-01-01'' can be used to delete all records.'
          format: date-time
        externalCode:
          maxLength: 36
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Single item can be deleted using externalCode and final status is returned immediately.
      additionalProperties: false
    CostCenterResponse:
      required:
      - costCenters
      type: object
      properties:
        costCenters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterEntity'
      additionalProperties: false
    CostCenterEntity:
      required:
      - companies
      - costCenterCode
      - costCenterNames
      - externalCode
      type: object
      properties:
        costCenterCode:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Cost center code (used for invoice coding).
          example: '35680'
        costCenterNames:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageTranslationEntity'
          description: Cost center name(s) (used for invoice coding). Please always include 'en-US' language tag for Basware global support, as well as any local-language tag being used. If both translations are not available, please use the same string with both language tags.
        text1:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: text1-10 can be used for customer-specific text fields.
          example: ''
        text2:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text3:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text4:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text5:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text6:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text7:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text8:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text9:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        text10:
          maxLength: 250
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          example: ''
        date1:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Date1-5 can be used for customer-specific date fields.
          format: date-time
        date2:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        date3:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        date4:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        date5:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        int1:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: Int 1-5 can be used for customer-specific numeric fields.
          format: int32
        int2:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        int3:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        int4:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        int5:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        companies:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterCompanyEntity'
          description: List of company units to associate costcenter to P2P organization hierarchy
        externalCode:
          maxLength: 36
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: External identifier that is used as a key in API.
          example: 4847-31231212-212121-1212
        lastUpdated:
          type: string
          description: Timestamp when the record was last sent to API. Set automatically.
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false
    ErrorEntity:
      type: object
      properties:
        externalCode:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: External code of record on which error occurred (when available).
          example: 4847-31231212-212121-1212
        type:
          enum:
          - BUSINESS
          - VALIDATION
          - TECHNICAL
          - SECURITY
          type: string
          description: Error type.
          example: ''
        code:
          enum:
          - EXTERNAL_CODE_MISMATCH
          - SCHEMA_VALIDATION_ERROR
          - CONFLICT_IN_POST
          - DATA_ORIGIN_VALIDATION_ERROR
          - ACCESS_TOKEN_VALIDATION_ERROR
          - CREDENTIAL_VALIDATION_ERROR
          - PARAMETER_VALIDATION_ERROR
          - UNEXPECTED_ERROR
          - METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
          - ENTITY_NOT_FOUND
          - DATA_VALIDATION_FAILED
          - SNS_PUBLISH_ERROR
          - SQS_PUBLISH_ERROR
          type: string
          description: Error code.
          example: ''
        message:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Specific error message.
          example: ''
        info:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Information about type of the error.
          example: ''
      additionalProperties: false
    DeleteResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusApiLink:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        taskName:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        taskStatus:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties: false
    ResponseEntityList:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: ID of the request on which error occurred (generated by Basware API).
          example: fbc082a2-65a4-469c-b230-d84a252f18fc
        hasErrors:
          type: boolean
          description: Specifies whether the request has errors.
        errors:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEntity'
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Errors returned here are returned synchronously from Basware API middle layer. Additional errors coming from target system(s) may be returned through errorFeedbacks API.
  securitySchemes:
    HTTPBasic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic