Uploading a pdf at the same time when creating an invoice

Question

Uploading a pdf at the same time when creating an invoice

arifainchtein opened this issue 2 years ago · 4 comments

SDK you're using (please complete the following information):

Version 4.14

Describe the bug
I am creating and invoice and want to upload the pdf of the sale invoice

To Reproduce
Here is the code i am using. It runs clean without any exceptions, but when i go see the invoice, there is no attachment
I have verified that the file exist at the location and is a valid pdf file

`Invoice invoice = new Invoice();
invoice.setType(com.xero.models.accounting.Invoice.TypeEnum.ACCREC);
invoice.setContact(contact);
SimpleDateFormat invoiceDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
String dateValue = invoiceDateFormat.format(new Date());
// System.out.println("line 400, dateValue=" + dateValue);
// invoice.setDate(dateValue);
YearMonth ym = YearMonth.now( ZoneId.of( "Australia/Melbourne" ) ) ;
YearMonth ymNext = ym.plusMonths( 1 ) ;
java.time.LocalDate ld = ymNext.atEndOfMonth() ;
String dueDateValue = ld.toString() ;
// invoice.setDueDate(dueDateValue);
// System.out.println("line 407, dueDateValue=" + dueDateValue);
invoice.setLineItems(lineItems);
invoice.setReference("Customer Order " + customerorder.getInt("id"));
invoice.setStatus(com.xero.models.accounting.Invoice.StatusEnum.DRAFT);

    SaleInvoicePDFGenerator aSaleInvoicePDFGenerator = new SaleInvoicePDFGenerator(contact, quote);
    String filename = aSaleInvoicePDFGenerator.process(customerorder);
    System.out.println("line 478, created pdf file " + filename );
    Attachment attachement = new Attachment();
    attachement.setAttachmentID(UUID.randomUUID());
    attachement.setFileName(filename);
    attachement.setIncludeOnline(true);
  
    invoice.addAttachmentsItem(attachement);
    Invoices invoices = new Invoices();
    invoices.addInvoicesItem(invoice);
    boolean summarizeErrors=false;
    int unitdp=2;
    try {
        Invoices result = accountingApi.createInvoices(access_token, xero_tenant_id, invoices, summarizeErrors, unitdp);
        System.out.println("line 467, invoice created for customerorder " + customerorderid );
         
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("Exception when calling AccountingApi#createInvoices");
       
        e.printStackTrace();
    }`

Expected behavior
The PDF file should be part of the invoice when i go see it in xero

Screenshots

Additional context
I am using the demo company

Answer 1 · 2023-03-22T08:59:49.000Z

PETOSS-283

Answer 2 · 2023-03-22T08:59:50.000Z

Thanks for raising an issue, a ticket has been created to track your request

Answer 3 · 2023-03-22T09:00:45.000Z

sorry, it looks like part of the code (the top) in my bug description was not stylized properly

Answer 4 · 2023-03-22T21:27:20.000Z

Hi @arifainchtein , thanks for bringing this to our attention. The addAttachmentsItem method should be made private in our SDK since it is only used for unmarshalling attachment details in the GetInvoices call. I'll look into updating this in the future since it can be misleading.

You can only upload an attachment once an invoice is created. You will want to use accountingApi.createInvoiceAttachmentByFileName to add attachments for each invoice created after calling accountingApi.createInvoices.