Quote Requests API
Use the quote requests API to create, and manage and view your sourcing events.
Actions
| Verb | Path | Action | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POST | /api/quote_requests |
create | Create a Sourcing event | ||
| POST | /api/quote_requests/create_from_source |
create_from_source | Create Sourcing event from Requisition, Contract, Catalog, Order pad, Order lines, Invoice lines, and items | ||
| GET | /api/quote_requests |
index | Returns all Sourcing events | ||
| GET | /api/quote_requests/:id |
show | Get information about the particular event | ||
| PUT | /api/quote_requests/:id |
update | Update a Sourcing event | ||
Elements
| Element | Description | Req'd | Unique | Allowable Value | In | Out | Data Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| allow-award-individual-line-items | Ability to award individual line items | yes | boolean | ||||
| allow-multiple-response | Allow multiple responses from one supplier | yes | boolean | ||||
| attachments | Attachments - there can be event details, terms and conditions, regular attachments | yes | Attachment | ||||
| automatic-bid-unsealing | If checked, bids will be unsealed automatically | true, false | yes | boolean | |||
| business-partners | Business partners | yes | Quote Requests User | ||||
| comments | Comments | yes | text | ||||
| commodity | Commodity | yes | Commodity | ||||
| content-groups | Content Groups | yes | Business Groups | ||||
| currency | Currency | yes | Currency | ||||
| description | Event name | yes | text | ||||
| easy-forms | Forms | no | no | any | yes | Form | |
| end-time | Time when event should end, format: %m/%d/%y %I:%M %p %z | yes | datetime | ||||
| event-type | Type of event | yes | yes | string(255) | |||
| hidden | Is true if the event is a hidden event | yes | yes | boolean | |||
| forms | Forms (deprecated in R23; replaced by easy-forms) | yes | Form | ||||
| lines | Lines | yes | Quote Request Line | ||||
| lots | Lots | yes | Quote Requests Lot | ||||
| quote-request-attachments | Quote request attachments | yes | Quote Request Attachment | ||||
| quote-suppliers | Quote suppliers | yes | Quote Supplier | ||||
| sealed-bids | If checked, bids will be sealed | yes | boolean | ||||
| sealing-type | Sealing type ('one_step_unsealing' or 'two_steps_unsealing') should be selected when Unseal Manually option is chosen | one_step_unsealing, two_steps_unsealing | yes | integer | |||
| start-on-submit | Flag that indicates whether to start event on submit or not | yes | boolean | ||||
| start-time | Time when event should start, format: %m/%d/%y %I:%M %p %z | yes | datetime | ||||
| tags | Tags | yes | Tag | ||||
| timezone | Event timezone | yes | string(255) | ||||
| base_price_calculation_method | Base price calculation method ('average_of_supplier_responses', 'lowest_supplier_response_in_prebid' or 'manually_enter_base_prices') allows to understand the method by which the base price will be calculated | yes | integer | ||||
| cost_avoidance | Cost avoidance | yes | decimal(30,4) | ||||
| planned_savings | Planned savings | yes | decimal(30,6) | ||||
| negotiated_savings | Alias of savings to be used as a key in API | yes | decimal(32,4) | ||||
| allow_supplier_to_send_attachments | If set to true by the buyer, the supplier is allowed to send attachments in the message center | yes | boolean | ||||
| submit-time | Time when event should be submitted, format: %m/%d/%y %I:%M %p %z. Default time: none | yes | datetime |