ERPNext GET/POST Request

1. Installation

step 1. Install python 2.7 in your system (Windows,Ubuntu,MAC)
step 2. Download and install easy install for Python (Windows,Ubuntu,MAC)
step 3. To install python requests module(library) open command prompt/terminal and type >easy_install requests
step 4. Clone/Download erpnext_rest_api

2. Running

2.1. GET

2.1.1. Get the list of documents of a particular doctype

Let us assume that we want to get the list of Item(doctype) in ERPNext

• In command prompt/terminal and navigate to the downloaded erpnext_rest_api folder
• >python get_doc_list.py Item
• Response {"data": [{"name":"Kitchen rack"}, {"name":"Iron rods"}, {"name":"Book rack"},{"name":"Plywood"}] }

2.1.2. Get the specific information of a doctype

Let us assume that we want to get the information of an Item Plywood in ERPNext

• In command prompt/terminal and navigate to the downloaded erpnext_rest_api folder
• >python get_doc_info.py Item Plywood
• Response {"data": {"name":"Plywood", "doctype":"Item", "last_purchase_rate":10.0, ...... ...... } }

2.2. Post

2.2.1. Create new element in a document

Let us assume that we want to create new address in ERPNext

• In command prompt/terminal and navigate to the downloaded erpnext_rest_api folder
• >python post_to_doc.py
• Response {"data": {"creation":"2014-07-13 22:04:35.098221", "doctype":"Address", "phone":"012345678", "owner":"Administrator", "city":"BangLORE", "address_line1":"Vijayanagar", "modified_by":"Administrator", "address_title":"Mr.Machha", "name":"Mr.GuruMachha-Billing", "country":"India", ...... ...... } }
• By this you created new address in your ERPNext
• To create new element, open post_to_doc.py in any editor and declare data as a dictionary like above and modify as you want
• Make sure to include mandatory fields in data