Business Entities API (/business_entities)
Use the business entities API to create and update business entities associated with your accounts.
Use the budget line API to create and update budget lines that you have associated with your accounts.
The URL to access business entities is: https://<instance>/api/business_entities
See Integration Best Practices for more info.
Actions
The Business Entities API allows you to:
| Verb | Path | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/business_entities |
query | Query business entities |
| POST | /api/business_entities |
create | Create business entity |
| GET | /api/business_entities/:id |
show | Show business entity |
| PATCH | /api/business_entities/:id |
update | Update business entity |
| PUT | /api/business_entities/:id |
update | Update business entity |
Elements
The following elements are available for the Business Entities API:
| Element | Description | Required Field? | Unique? | Allowable Value | Api_In Field? | Api_Out Field? | Data Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | Name | yes | yes | any | yes | yes | string(100) |
| display-name | Display Name | no | no | any | yes | yes | string(100) |
| type | Type | no | no | LegalBusinessEntity, OrganizationalBusinessEntity | yes | yes | string(255) |
| formation-type | Formation Type | no | no | Organization, Person | yes | yes | string(255) |
| status | Status | no | no | any | yes | yes | string(255) |
| primary-address | Primary Address | no | no | any | yes | yes | |
| primary-contact | Primary Contact | no | no | any | yes | yes | |
| addresses | Addresses | no | no | any | yes | yes | [] |
| business-entity-account-owners | Business Entity Account Owners | no | no | any | yes | yes | [] |
| business-entity-relationships | Business Entity Relationships | no | no | any | yes | yes | [] |
| business-entity-alternate- names | Business Entity Alternate Names | no | no | any | yes | yes | [] |
| business-entity-external-references | Business Entity External Reference | no | no | any | yes | yes | [] |
| country-of-origin | Country of Origin | no | no | any | yes | yes | |
| id | Coupa Internal ID | no | no | any | yes | yes | integer |
| created-at | Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ | no | no | any | yes | yes | datetime |
| updated-at | Automatically created by Coupa in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MMZ | no | no | any | yes | yes | datetime |
| created-by | User who created | no | no | any | yes | yes | |
| updated-by | User who updated | no | no | any | yes | yes |