Attaching a pdf to an existing Bill in MYOB using API

DeanFX

Hello all,

 

I am attempting to follow the directions listed here: https://apisupport.myob.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001652376-Base64-Encoded-Bill-Attachement to upload a pdf of an invoice to a bill.

 

I am testing with Postman and am able to successfully connect to the CompanyFile just fine and access any of the required URI's with no issues. Just when i try to upload a file.

 

If i se the BODY value in Postman to 'form-data' i get the below error every time:

{
"Errors": [
{
"Name": "SerializationError",
"Message": null,
"AdditionalDetails": "Unexpected character encountered while parsing number: W. Path '', line 1, position 6.",
"ErrorCode": 50,
"Severity": "Error",
"LearnMore": null
}
],
"Information": "Warning, error messages have not been finalised in this release and may change"
}

 

Is there any further information or sample code to show HOW the body syntax should look??

 

Hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.

DeanFX

Thank you Emile,

 

I had tried that, just forgot to put it in the original post, but i get the following error when doing it that way:

{
"Errors": [
{
"Name": "InternalError",
"Message": "An exception was thrown that was not handled correctly. If this situation persists please contact developers@myob.com for further assistance.",
"AdditionalDetails": null,
"ErrorCode": 20,
"Severity": "Error",
"LearnMore": null
}
],
"Information": "Warning, error messages have not been finalised in this release and may change"

 

I do get different messages if i play with the JSON layout, but still no joy getting it to work.

 

EDIT:

Sorry, thought i had better put all my workings in here as well.

 

If i set the BODY to be JSON like:

{

"OriginalFileName": "Invoice.pdf",

"FileBase64Content": "JVBERi0{{truncated for ease}}YNCg++"

}

 

I always get the InternalError as shown above.

 

I thought about playing with the JSON layout and tried:

{

"Attachment": [

{

"OriginalFileName": "Invoice.pdf",

"FileBase64Content": "JVBERi0{{truncated for ease}}YNCg++"

}

]

}

 

But then i get the below error (which may be a valid error as i dont know how MYOB wants the BODY laid out)

{
"Errors": [
{
"Name": "SerializationError",
"Message": null,
"AdditionalDetails": "Cannot deserialize the current JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) into type 'MYOB.AccountRight.API.Version2.Contracts.BillAttachmentData' because the type requires a JSON object (e.g. {\"name\":\"value\"}) to deserialize correctly.To fix this error either change the JSON to a JSON object (e.g. {\"name\":\"value\"}) or change the deserialized type to an array or a type that implements a collection interface (e.g. ICollection, IList) like List<T> that can be deserialized from a JSON array. JsonArrayAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON array.Path 'Attachment', line 2, position 16.",
"ErrorCode": 50,
"Severity": "Error",
"LearnMore": null
}
],
"Information": "Warning, error messages have not been finalised in this release and may change"
}

 

Hoping the above helps.