Accounts Payable

This API is used to manage accounts payable, including vendors and invoices.

GET

Vendor default distributions (List)

Returns a collection of default distributions for a specified vendor.

Try it

Request URL

Request parameters

Parameter Required Type Description
vendor_id Property is required integer

The identifier of the vendor to get the default distributions.

offset integer

The number of records to skip, for use with pagination.

limit integer

The number of records to return. If not specified, the default is 100.
The maximum allowed value is 500.

Request headers

Header Required Type Description
Bb-Api-Subscription-Key Property is required string Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.
Authorization Property is required string OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from Blackbaud OAuth 2.0 Service. Supported grant types: Authorization code.

Response 200 OK

Returned when the operation is successful. The response body contains the specified vendor entity's default distributions.

{
  "count": 6,
  "value": [
    {
      "distribution_id": 291174,
      "default_distribution_splits": [
        {
          "distribution_split_id": 502317,
          "ui_project_id": "",
          "transaction_code_values": [
            {
              "name": "Jurisdiction",
              "value": "None",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "Spendable?",
              "value": "Spendable",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "RE Appeals",
              "value": "",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "Grant",
              "value": "",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "Activities",
              "value": "",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            }
          ],
          "percent": 100.0,
          "account_class": "Unrestricted Net Assets"
        }
      ],
      "account_number": "01-1000-00",
      "percent": 100.0,
      "type_code": "Debit",
      "custom_fields": []
    },
    {
      "distribution_id": 291174,
      "default_distribution_splits": [
        {
          "distribution_split_id": 502318,
          "ui_project_id": "",
          "transaction_code_values": [
            {
              "name": "Jurisdiction",
              "value": "None",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "Spendable?",
              "value": "Spendable",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "RE Appeals",
              "value": "",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "Grant",
              "value": "",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            },
            {
              "name": "Activities",
              "value": "",
              "id": 0,
              "inactive": false
            }
          ],
          "percent": 100.0,
          "account_class": "Unrestricted Net Assets"
        }
      ],
      "account_number": "01-2010-00",
      "percent": 100.0,
      "type_code": "Credit",
      "custom_fields": []
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "value": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "required": [
          "default_distribution_splits"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "distribution_id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "The distribution identifier.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "default_distribution_splits": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "required": [
                "transaction_code_values"
              ],
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "distribution_split_id": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "description": "The distribution split identifier.",
                  "format": "int32"
                },
                "ui_project_id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The user-visible identifier of the project.",
                  "nullable": true
                },
                "transaction_code_values": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "required": [
                      "id",
                      "value"
                    ],
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The transaction code name.",
                        "nullable": true
                      },
                      "value": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "The transaction code value."
                      },
                      "id": {
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "The transaction code value id.",
                        "format": "int32"
                      },
                      "inactive": {
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Indicate if record is inactive or not."
                      }
                    },
                    "additionalProperties": false,
                    "description": "Transaction code value"
                  },
                  "description": "The distribution transaction code values."
                },
                "percent": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "description": "The distribution journal entry amount percentage.",
                  "format": "decimal",
                  "nullable": true
                },
                "account_class": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The account class for this distribution split.",
                  "nullable": true
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "description": "Journal Entry Distribution."
            },
            "description": "The distribution split."
          },
          "account_number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The account number for this distribution.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "percent": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "The distribution journal entry amount percentage.",
            "format": "decimal",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "type_code": {
            "title": "DistributionTypeCode",
            "enum": [
              "Debit",
              "Credit"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The journal entry transaction type (debit or credit)."
          },
          "custom_fields": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "field_name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The name of the custom field.",
                  "nullable": true
                },
                "value": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The value of the custom field.",
                  "nullable": true
                },
                "comments": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The description of the custom field.",
                  "nullable": true
                },
                "type": {
                  "title": "CustomFieldDataType",
                  "enum": [
                    "Text",
                    "Number",
                    "DateTime",
                    "Currency",
                    "Boolean",
                    "Table",
                    "FuzzyDate"
                  ],
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The type of the custom field."
                },
                "is_required": {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "description": "Required status of the custom field."
                },
                "date": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The date on this custom field.",
                  "format": "date-time",
                  "nullable": true
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "description": "Custom field definition."
            },
            "description": "The custom fields of the distribution.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Distribution."
      },
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Collection Response"
}

Response 403 Forbidden

Returned when the user does not have permission to view the specified vendor's default distributions.

{
  "Error": "The specified record could not be found. The record has either been deleted or you do not have rights to view it."
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "Error": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Response 404 Not Found

Returned when no vendor is found with the specified ID.

{
  "Error": "The specified record could not be found. The record has either been deleted or you do not have rights to view it."
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "Error": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X GET "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions?offset={integer}&limit={integer}"
-H "Bb-Api-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access token}"
--data-ascii "{body}"
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");

            // Request parameters
            queryString["offset"] = "{integer}";
            queryString["limit"] = "{integer}";
            var uri = "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions?" + queryString;

            var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
        }
    }
}
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions");

            builder.setParameter("offset", "{integer}");
            builder.setParameter("limit", "{integer}");

            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);
            request.setHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");

            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity)); 
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
            "offset": "{integer}",
            "limit": "{integer}",
        };

        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer {access token}");
            },
            type: "GET",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    NSString* path = @"https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                         @"offset={integer}",
                         @"limit={integer}",
                      ];

    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Bb-Api-Subscription-Key"];
    [_request setValue:@"Bearer {access token}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);

        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }

        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }

        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }

    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}
<?php
// This sample uses the PEAR HTTP client from http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
   'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
   'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access token}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
    'offset' => '{integer}',
    'limit' => '{integer}',
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'offset': '{integer}',
    'limit': '{integer}',
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
    conn.request("GET", "/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'offset': '{integer}',
    'limit': '{integer}',
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
    conn.request("GET", "/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/vendors/{vendor_id}/defaultdistributions')

query = URI.encode_www_form({
    # Request parameters
    'offset' => '{integer}',
    'limit' => '{integer}'
})
if query.length > 0
  if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
    uri.query += '&' + query
  else
    uri.query = query
  end
end
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)

# Request headers
request['Bb-Api-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {access token}'

# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

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