The Attachment Object
The Railz API allows customers to pull and push attachments to invoices and bills.
Pushing AttachmentsRailz currently supports the pushing of the following attachments types:
bill,invoice,inventory,billPayment,invoicePayment,expense,customer,vendor,journalEntry,deposit,invoicecreditNote,billcreditNote,purchaseOrder,bankTransaction, andbankTransfer.The Railz API doesn't support the upload of multiple attachments in a single API call.
Synchronizing Data for AttachmentsAttachments are only retrieved on an Initial data synchronization. To get the latest attachments for a business connection you will need to use our On-demand sync.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id sortable, filterable_ | string | Identifier for the attachment, unique to the business in the accounting service provider. |
| url | string | Short-lived download URL for the attachment generated by Railz. |
| fileName | string | Attachment file name. |
| contentType | string | File type of the attachment, represented by appending the file type to the IETF standard file naming requirements. The types of files allowed are: For example, for a jpeg file the output is image/jpeg. |
| uploadDate sortable, filterable | string See Date | Date the attachment was uploaded to the accounting service. |
| fileSize | integer | The file size in bytes. |
| links | object | The transaction records to which this attachment is uploaded to. |
| sourceModifiedDate sortable, filterable | string See Date | The date on which this record was last modified in the accounting service. |
Links
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id sortable, filterable | string | The transaction records id to which this attachment is uploaded to. |
| type sortable, filterable | string | The transaction records type to which this attachment is uploaded to. |
When pushing attachments, you only need to provide the file and transaction link. Railz will detect the file name, type and size upon receiving the API request.