Basware Tax Codes API

The Tax Codes API from Basware — 2 operation(s) for tax codes.

Operations 5

GET /v1/taxCodes Returns tax codes posted to Basware API #
POST /v1/taxCodes Creates new tax code(s), fully overwrites previous record if exists #
DELETE /v1/taxCodes Deletes data from Basware API. For manual one-time operations #
GET /v1/taxCodes/{externalCode} Returns single tax code by externalCode identifier #
PATCH /v1/taxCodes/{externalCode} Updates on specified taxCode. #

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OpenAPI Specification

basware-tax-codes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Basware APIs for Purchase-to-Pay and Master Data import Tax…
  description: The Basware APIs documented here are for Purchase-to-Pay use cases and for importing Master Data to Basware services.
  version: v1
servers:
- url: ''
security:
- Bearer: []
- oauth2authentication: []
tags:
- name: Tax Codes
paths:
  /v1/taxCodes:
    get:
      tags:
      - Tax Codes
      summary: Returns tax codes 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: 349f0630-6f63-448c-82dd-3961ae642201
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeResponse'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeResponse'
        '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'
      operationId: getV1TaxCodes
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      tags:
      - Tax Codes
      summary: Creates new tax code(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/TaxCodeEntity'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
          text/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
            text/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
        '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'
      operationId: postV1TaxCodes
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    delete:
      tags:
      - Tax Codes
      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.

        Deletion 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'
      operationId: deleteV1TaxCodes
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/taxCodes/{externalCode}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Tax Codes
      summary: Returns single tax code 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/TaxCodeEntity'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
        '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'
      operationId: getV1TaxCodesByExternalCode
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    patch:
      tags:
      - Tax Codes
      summary: Updates on specified taxCode.
      parameters:
      - name: externalCode
        in: path
        description: The ExternalCode of the taxCodes to be updated
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Entity to be updated
        content:
          application/json-patch+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
          text/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
        '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'
      operationId: patchV1TaxCodesByExternalCode
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    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
    TaxCodeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        taxCodes:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeEntity'
      additionalProperties: false
    TaxCodeAdditionalData:
      type: object
      properties:
        externalCode:
          maxLength: 32
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Exernal code for tax calculation rule.
          example: c9921a52-6d8b-1017-cb8c-923d
        account:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Tax account. Used in creating tax account posting for SAP.
          example: '46860'
        statistical:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Statistical indicator. Used in SAP business logic for balance calculations. values: ''X'' or null. When X, SAP skips balance check.'
          example: X
        transactionType:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'SAP tax transaction type. Example values: MWST, VST.'
          example: MWST
        taxPercent:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: Tax percentage used for this tax calculation rule.
          format: double
          example: 25
        country:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Country code. Example values: DE, EN.'
          example: EN
        condition:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Condition type. Technical field required back by SAP when posting invoices. Example values: MWVS, MWAS.'
          example: MWVS
        active:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
          description: Is calculation rule active (true / false).
      additionalProperties: false
    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
    TaxCodeCompanyEntity:
      required:
      - active
      - companyCode
      - inherit
      type: object
      properties:
        companyCode:
          maxLength: 32
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Defines a company code that the tax code is mapped to
          example: BW01
        inherit:
          type: boolean
          description: The value specifies whether the property is inherited to lower organizations.
          example: false
        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.
          example: true
      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.
    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
    TaxCodeEntity:
      required:
      - companies
      - externalCode
      - taxCode
      - taxCodeNames
      - taxPercentage
      type: object
      properties:
        taxCode:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Tax code.
          example: B9
        taxCodeNames:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageTranslationEntity'
          description: Defines name(s) for the tax code. 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.
        taxGroup:
          maxLength: 25
          minLength: 0
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Tax Group
          example: ''
        taxPercentage:
          maximum: 1000000000
          minimum: -1000000000
          type: number
          description: Specifies the tax percentage.
          format: double
          example: 10
        taxPercentage2:
          maximum: 1000000000
          minimum: -1000000000
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: Tax percentage 2 (may be used for example for partially deductible VAT)
          format: double
          example: 0
        additionalData:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeAdditionalData'
          description: SAP tax calculation rules. Used with SAP interfaces.
        companies:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaxCodeCompanyEntity'
          description: List of company units to associate taxcodes 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
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      description: Please insert basic authentication credentials into fields
      scheme: basic
    oauth2authentication:
      type: oauth2
      description: Oauth2 client credentials flow.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.basware.com/v1/tokens
          scopes:
            accountingDocuments.read: GET accountingDocuments
            accountingDocuments.write: POST/PATCH accountingDocuments
            accountingDocuments.delete: DELETE accountingDocuments
            accounts.read: GET accounts
            accounts.write: POST/PATCH accounts
            accounts.delete: DELETE accounts
            advancedPermissions.read: GET advancedPermissions
            advancedPermissions.write: POST/PATCH advancedPermissions
            advancedPermissions.delete: DELETE advancedPermissions
            advancedValidations.read: GET advancedValidations
            advancedValidations.write: POST/PATCH advancedValidations
            advancedValidations.delete: DELETE advancedValidations
            applicationGroups.read: GET applicationGroups
            applicationGroups.write: POST/PATCH applicationGroups
            companies.read: GET companies
            companies.write: POST/PATCH companies
            contracts.delete: DELETE contracts
            contracts.read: GET contracts
            contracts.write: POST/PATCH contracts
            costCenters.read: GET costCenters
            costCenters.write: POST/PATCH costCenters
            costCenters.delete: DELETE costCenters
            errorFeedbacks.read: GET errorFeedbacks
            errorFeedbacks.write: POST/PATCH errorFeedbacks
            errorFeedbacks.delete: DELETE errorFeedbacks
            exchangeRates.read: GET exchangeRates
            exchangeRates.write: POST/PATCH exchangeRates
            exchangeRates.delete: DELETE exchangeRates
            exportedContracts.read: GET exportedContracts
            exportedContracts.write: POST/PATCH exportedContracts
            exportedContracts.delete: DELETE exportedContracts
            exportedContractSpends.read: GET exportedContractSpends
            exportedContractSpends.write: POST/PATCH exportedContractSpends
            exportedContractSpends.delete: DELETE exportedContractSpends
            exportedPurchaseOrders.read: GET exportedPurchaseOrders
            exportedPurchaseOrders.write: POST/PATCH exportedPurchaseOrders
            exportedPurchaseOrders.delete: DELETE exportedPurchaseOrders
            exportedPurchaseRequisitions.read: GET exportedPurchaseRequisitions
            exportedPurchaseRequisitions.write: POST/PATCH exportedPurchaseRequisitions
            exportedPurchaseRequisitions.delete: DELETE exportedPurchaseRequisitions
            lists.read: GET lists
            lists.write: POST/PATCH lists
            lists.delete: DELETE lists
            matchingOrders.read: GET matchingOrders
            matchingOrders.write: POST/PATCH matchingOrders
            matchingOrders.delete: DELETE matchingOrders
            matchingOrderLines.read: GET matchingOrderLines
            matchingOrderLines.write: POST/PATCH matchingOrderLines
            matchingOrderLines.delete: DELETE matchingOrderLines
            paymentTerms.read: GET paymentTerms
            paymentTerms.write: POST/PATCH paymentTerms
            paymentTerms.delete: DELETE paymentTerms
            projects.read: GET projects
            projects.write: POST/PATCH projects
            projects.delete: DELETE projects
            purchaseOrders.read: GET purchaseOrders
            purchaseOrders.write: POST/PATCH purchaseOrders
            purchaseOrders.delete: DELETE purchaseOrders
            purchaseRequisitions.read: GET purchaseRequisitions
            purchaseRequisitions.write: POST/PATCH purchaseRequisitions
            purchaseRequisitions.delete: DELETE purchaseRequisitions
            purchaseGoodsReceipts.read: GET purchaseGoodsReceipts
            purchaseGoodsReceipts.write: POST/PATCH purchaseGoodsReceipts
            purchaseGoodsReceipts.delete: DELETE purchaseGoodsReceipts
            requestStatus.read: GET requestStatus
            requestStatus.write: POST/PATCH requestStatus
            subscriptions.read: GET subscriptions
            subscriptions.write: POST/PATCH subscriptions
            subscriptions.delete: DELETE subscriptions
            tasks.read: GET tasks
            taskStatus.read: GET taskStatus
            taxCodes.read: GET taxCodes
            taxCodes.write: POST/PATCH taxCodes
            taxCodes.delete: DELETE taxCodes
            users.read: GET users
            users.write: POST/PATCH users
            users.delete: DELETE users
            vendors.read: GET vendors
            vendors.write: POST/PATCH vendors
            vendors.delete: DELETE vendors