Accounts Payable

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

GET

Invoice (List)

Returns a list of invoices fitting the given criteria.

Try it

Request URL

Request parameters

Parameter Required Type Description
offset integer

Represents the number of records to skip. For use with pagination.

limit integer

Represents the number of records to return. The default is 100. The maximum allowed value is 500.

to_date string

Filter for invoices before a certain date.

from_date string

Filter for invoices after a certain date.

invoice_status string

Filter by the status of the invoice.

vendor_name string

Filter by vendor name.

last_modified string

Represents a filter for results modified on or after the specified date.

date_added string

Represents a filter for results added on or after the specified date.

added_by string

Filter by added by.

last_modified_by string

Filter by modified by.

payment_method string

Filter by payment method.

post_status string

Filter by invoice post status.

search_text string

Text to match. Can match vendor_name, invoice_number, description, or purchase_order_number.

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 list of invoices.

{
  "count": 114972,
  "value": [
    {
      "invoice_id": 115570,
      "invoice_number": "1234",
      "invoice_date": "2018-06-19T00:00:00Z",
      "vendor_id": 136,
      "vendor_name": "Demo Vendor",
      "vendor_status": "Active",
      "amount": 22.0,
      "description": "Demo Vendor 1",
      "status": "Pending",
      "post_status": "NotYetPosted",
      "balance": 22.0,
      "is_past_due": true,
      "amount_due": 22.0,
      "age": "Current",
      "date_added": "2018-06-19T09:57:05.36Z",
      "date_modified": "2018-06-19T09:58:07.047Z",
      "added_by": "User5",
      "modified_by": "User5",
      "payment_method": "Check",
      "purchase_order_number": "4325"
    },
    {
      "invoice_id": 115571,
      "invoice_number": "1234",
      "invoice_date": "2018-06-19T00:00:00Z",
      "vendor_id": 137,
      "vendor_name": "Rowe Cheese Company",
      "vendor_status": "Active",
      "amount": 900.0,
      "description": "Bleu Cheese",
      "status": "Pending",
      "post_status": "NotYetPosted",
      "balance": 900.0,
      "is_past_due": true,
      "amount_due": 900.0,
      "age": "Current",
      "date_added": "2018-06-19T10:08:49.46Z",
      "date_modified": "2018-06-19T10:09:15.587Z",
      "added_by": "User5",
      "modified_by": "User5",
      "payment_method": "Check",
      "purchase_order_number": ""
    },
    {
      "invoice_id": 115569,
      "invoice_number": "5886",
      "invoice_date": "2018-05-11T00:00:00Z",
      "vendor_id": 132,
      "vendor_name": "A New Vendor For Post Test1",
      "vendor_status": "Active",
      "amount": 1070.0,
      "description": "post not deleted",
      "status": "Approved",
      "post_status": "NotYetPosted",
      "balance": 1070.0,
      "is_past_due": true,
      "amount_due": 1070.0,
      "age": "31-60 days",
      "date_added": "2018-05-11T13:00:28.517Z",
      "date_modified": "2018-06-01T11:20:52.897Z",
      "added_by": "User2",
      "modified_by": "Doug Scott",
      "payment_method": "Check",
      "purchase_order_number": ""
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "value": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "invoice_id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "The invoice identifier.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "invoice_number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The number for the invoice.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "invoice_date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The date for the invoice.",
            "format": "date-time",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "vendor_id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "The vendor associated with the invoice.",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "vendor_name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The name of the vendor for this invoice.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "vendor_status": {
            "title": "VendorStatus",
            "enum": [
              "Active",
              "Inactive",
              "OnHold"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The status of the vendor for this invoice."
          },
          "amount": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "The amount of the invoice.",
            "format": "decimal",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The description for the invoice .",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "status": {
            "title": "ApprovalStatus",
            "enum": [
              "Pending",
              "Approved",
              "Deleted",
              "Paid",
              "PartiallyPaid"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The approval status of this invoice."
          },
          "post_status": {
            "title": "InvoicePostStatus",
            "enum": [
              "DoNotPost",
              "NotYetPosted",
              "Posted"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "the post status of this invoice."
          },
          "balance": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "The current balance on this invoice.",
            "format": "decimal",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "is_past_due": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "If the invoice is past due."
          },
          "amount_due": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "The amount still due on the invoice.",
            "format": "decimal",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "age": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The age of the invoice.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "date_added": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The created date of the invoice.",
            "format": "date-time",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "date_modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The modified date of the invoice.",
            "format": "date-time",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "added_by": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The creator of the invoice.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "modified_by": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The modifier of the invoice.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "payment_method": {
            "title": "PaymentMethod",
            "enum": [
              "Check",
              "EFT",
              "BankDraft",
              "CreditCard"
            ],
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The payment method of the invoice."
          },
          "purchase_order_number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The purchase order number for the invoice.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Collection Response"
}

Response 400 Bad Request

Returned when the request is not in the correct format.

{
  "Error": "Invalid Request",
  "Details": [
    "The value 'fake' is not valid for transaction_status."
  ]
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "Error": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "Details": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "nullable": true
    },
    "ErrorPath": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Response 403 Forbidden

Returned when the user does not have permission to view invoices.

{
  "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/invoices?offset={integer}&limit={integer}&to_date={string}&from_date={string}&invoice_status={string}&vendor_name={string}&last_modified={string}&date_added={string}&added_by={string}&last_modified_by={string}&payment_method={string}&post_status={string}&search_text={string}"
-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}";
            queryString["to_date"] = "{string}";
            queryString["from_date"] = "{string}";
            queryString["invoice_status"] = "{string}";
            queryString["vendor_name"] = "{string}";
            queryString["last_modified"] = "{string}";
            queryString["date_added"] = "{string}";
            queryString["added_by"] = "{string}";
            queryString["last_modified_by"] = "{string}";
            queryString["payment_method"] = "{string}";
            queryString["post_status"] = "{string}";
            queryString["search_text"] = "{string}";
            var uri = "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/invoices?" + 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/invoices");

            builder.setParameter("offset", "{integer}");
            builder.setParameter("limit", "{integer}");
            builder.setParameter("to_date", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("from_date", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("invoice_status", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("vendor_name", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("last_modified", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("date_added", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("added_by", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("last_modified_by", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("payment_method", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("post_status", "{string}");
            builder.setParameter("search_text", "{string}");

            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}",
            "to_date": "{string}",
            "from_date": "{string}",
            "invoice_status": "{string}",
            "vendor_name": "{string}",
            "last_modified": "{string}",
            "date_added": "{string}",
            "added_by": "{string}",
            "last_modified_by": "{string}",
            "payment_method": "{string}",
            "post_status": "{string}",
            "search_text": "{string}",
        };

        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/accountspayable/v1/invoices?" + $.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/invoices";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                         @"offset={integer}",
                         @"limit={integer}",
                         @"to_date={string}",
                         @"from_date={string}",
                         @"invoice_status={string}",
                         @"vendor_name={string}",
                         @"last_modified={string}",
                         @"date_added={string}",
                         @"added_by={string}",
                         @"last_modified_by={string}",
                         @"payment_method={string}",
                         @"post_status={string}",
                         @"search_text={string}",
                      ];

    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/invoices');
$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}',
    'to_date' => '{string}',
    'from_date' => '{string}',
    'invoice_status' => '{string}',
    'vendor_name' => '{string}',
    'last_modified' => '{string}',
    'date_added' => '{string}',
    'added_by' => '{string}',
    'last_modified_by' => '{string}',
    'payment_method' => '{string}',
    'post_status' => '{string}',
    'search_text' => '{string}',
);

$url->setQueryVariables($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}',
    'to_date': '{string}',
    'from_date': '{string}',
    'invoice_status': '{string}',
    'vendor_name': '{string}',
    'last_modified': '{string}',
    'date_added': '{string}',
    'added_by': '{string}',
    'last_modified_by': '{string}',
    'payment_method': '{string}',
    'post_status': '{string}',
    'search_text': '{string}',
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
    conn.request("GET", "/accountspayable/v1/invoices?%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}',
    'to_date': '{string}',
    'from_date': '{string}',
    'invoice_status': '{string}',
    'vendor_name': '{string}',
    'last_modified': '{string}',
    'date_added': '{string}',
    'added_by': '{string}',
    'last_modified_by': '{string}',
    'payment_method': '{string}',
    'post_status': '{string}',
    'search_text': '{string}',
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
    conn.request("GET", "/accountspayable/v1/invoices?%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/invoices')

query = URI.encode_www_form({
    # Request parameters
    'offset' => '{integer}',
    'limit' => '{integer}',
    'to_date' => '{string}',
    'from_date' => '{string}',
    'invoice_status' => '{string}',
    'vendor_name' => '{string}',
    'last_modified' => '{string}',
    'date_added' => '{string}',
    'added_by' => '{string}',
    'last_modified_by' => '{string}',
    'payment_method' => '{string}',
    'post_status' => '{string}',
    'search_text' => '{string}'
})
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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