API/API2 Automatic Reference Number not working

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I tried to create a transaction via API and API2, it seems automatic reference is not working. The record is created, but the Reference Number is empty.

 // Create a new array for JSON objects
     $json = array(
         "Date" => "2024-02-28",

         "Reference" => null,
         "AutomaticReference" => true,
          ......
      )

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But you explicitly set the reference to Null.

Could you please try again but this time just omit the entire ā€˜Referenceā€™ field from your request

3

I want an automatic reference number, what should I enter in the Reference Property? Iā€™ve tried Null, Nothing, Empty string and Delete Reference Property Line also no luck.

Displaying Property without Value in Json gives us an error.

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PHP Script runs normally, but the result is the same, I donā€™t get the Reference Number

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4

You still kept the ā€œRefernceā€ field name. Ommit that entire line and see what happens.

5

Same result

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It seems Automatic Reference only works in GUI mode

6

Getting ideas and answers from this thread, Auto Reference does not work on API/API2.

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Solved.

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I have tested this and you are right, the API doesnā€™t support auto references. I must have confused this with Batch Create which fully supports auto references.

I donā€™t know if thereā€™s any technical reasons for this though so Iā€™m going to keep this post open for @lubos to have the final say on this.

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From the beginning of this topic I was trying to figure out why it would work and had hoped to see that somehow it could. My doubt was based on the fact that autoref needs a starting ref and continue with a +1 after that. This would require some query of the database to find the starting ref and then some logic to increment it and this would be ā€œloopedā€. For Manager app to do this is no problem but I would not know how to get the API doing it except if it does the query and increment by its own coding.

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