Create journals

Article
04/03/2023

Creates a journal in Business Central.

HTTP request

Replace the URL prefix for Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/journals({id})

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json
If-Match	Required. When this request header is included and the eTag provided does not match the current tag on the journal, the journal will not be updated.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a journals object.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a journals object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of a request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/journals
Content-type: application/json

{
  "code": "DEFAULT",
  "displayName": "Default Journal Batch"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "id-value",
  "code": "DEFAULT",
  "displayName": "Default Journal Batch",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-05-17T11:30:01.313Z"
}