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Financial Years

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GET

Description

Retrieves a list of financial years or a single financial year.

URL structure

https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/{Id}

Method

GET

Version

3

Response

The financial year register can return a list of records or a single record. By specifying an Id in the URL, a single record will be returned. Not specifying an Id will return a list of records.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FinancialYears TotalResources="5" TotalPages="1" CurrentPage="1">
  <FinancialYearSubset url="https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/5">
    <Id>5</Id>
    <FromDate>2013-01-01</FromDate>
    <ToDate>2013-12-31</ToDate>
    <accountCharts>från föregående år</accountCharts>
    <AccountingMethod>ACCRUAL</AccountingMethod>
  </FinancialYearSubset>
  [...]
  <FinancialYearSubset url="https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/1">
    <Id>1</Id>
    <FromDate>2009-01-01</FromDate>
    <ToDate>2009-12-31</ToDate>
    <accountCharts>från föregående år</accountCharts>
    <AccountingMethod>ACCRUAL</AccountingMethod>
  </FinancialYearSubset>
</FinancialYears>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FinancialYear url="https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/1">
  <Id>1</Id>
  <FromDate>2009-01-01</FromDate>
  <ToDate>2009-12-31</ToDate>
  <AccountChartType></AccountChartType>
  <AccountingMethod>ACCRUAL</AccountingMethod>
</FinancialYear>
{
  "MetaInformation": {
    "@TotalResources": 5,
    "@TotalPages": 1,
    "@CurrentPage": 1
  },
  "FinancialYears": [
    {
      "@url": "https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/5",
      "Id": 5,
      "FromDate": "2013-01-01",
      "ToDate": "2013-12-31",
      "accountCharts": "från föregående år.",
      "AccountingMethod": "ACCRUAL"
    },

    [...]

    {
      "@url": "https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/1",
      "Id": 1,
      "FromDate": "2009-01-01",
      "ToDate": "2009-12-31",
      "accountCharts": "från föregående år.",
      "AccountingMethod": "ACCRUAL"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "FinancialYear": {
    "@url": "https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/1",
    "Id": 1,
    "FromDate": "2009-01-01",
    "ToDate": "2009-12-31",
    "AccountChartType": null,
    "AccountingMethod": "ACCRUAL"
  }
}

POST

Description

Creates a financial year

URL structure

https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears

Method

POST

Version

3

Request

The request body should contain a structure of a financial year, either in JSON or XML.

<FinancialYear>
  <FromDate>2014-01-01</FromDate>
  <ToDate>2014-12-31</ToDate>
  <AccountChartType>Bas 2012</AccountChartType>
</FinancialYear>
{
  "FinancialYear": {
    "FromDate": "2014-01-01",
    "ToDate": "2014-12-31",
    "AccountChartType": "Bas 2012"
  }
}

Response

The response should contain the created financial year in either JSON or XML. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FinancialYear url="https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/6">
  <Id>6</Id>
  <FromDate>2014-01-01</FromDate>
  <ToDate>2014-12-31</ToDate>
  <AccountChartType></AccountChartType>
</FinancialYear>
{
  "FinancialYear": {
    "@url": "https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/6",
    "Id": 6,
    "FromDate": "2014-01-01",
    "ToDate": "2014-12-31",
    "AccountChartType": ""
  }
}

Search

It is possible to find a financial year based on a date, this is done by a search with the parameter “date”.

For example:

https://api.fortnox.se/3/financialyears/?date=2014-06-30

Fields

Field Description Limits Type Searchable Sortable Required R/W
Url Direct URL to the record – String – – – R
Id The ID of the financial year – Integer – Yes – R
FromDate Start date of the financial year – Date Yes Yes Yes R/W
ToDate End date of the financial year – Date Yes Yes Yes R/W
AccountChartType/
accountCharts		 Type of the account chart Valid account chart type, see “Account Charts”. If empty, the type from the previous year will be used. String – – – R/W
AccountingMethod Accounting Method ACCRUAL, CASH String No No Yes R/W