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Create

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Use the create call to create one or more objects of a specific type. You can specify different types in different create calls, but each create call must apply to only one type of object.

Limitations

This call has the following limitations:

  • A maximum of 50 objects are supported in a single call.
  • The Orders feature is not supported.
  • The Invoice Settlement feature is not supported. This feature includes Unapplied Payments, Credit and Debit Memo, and Invoice Item Settlement.
  • The default WSDL version for Actions is 79. To create objects according to a different WSDL version, set the X-Zuora-WSDL-Version header. To find out in which WSDL version a particular object or field was introduced, see Zuora SOAP API Version History.

How to use this call

You can create on an array of one or more zObjects. The fields you should specify can be found in the corresponding “CRUD: Create an zObject” operation. For example, to create one or multiple accounts, use the request fields in the CRUD: Create an account operation.

It returns an array of SaveResults sorted in the same order, indicating the success or failure of creating each object. The following information applies to this call:

  • You cannot pass in null zObjects.
  • You can pass in a maximum of 50 zObjects at a time.
  • All objects must be of the same type.

Using Create and Subscribe Calls

Both the Create and Subscribe calls will create a new account. However, there are differences between the calls.

Use the create call to create an account independent of a subscription.

Use the subscribe call to create the account with the subscription and the initial payment information.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Use Bearer {{token}} in the Authorization header for authentication.

Headers

Idempotency-KeystringOptional<=255 characters
Specify a unique idempotency key if you want to perform an idempotent POST or PATCH request. Do not use this header in other request types. With this header specified, the Zuora server can identify subsequent retries of the same request using this value, which prevents the same operation from being performed multiple times by accident.
Accept-EncodingstringOptional

Include the Accept-Encoding: gzip header to compress responses as a gzipped file. It can significantly reduce the bandwidth required for a response.

If specified, Zuora automatically compresses responses that contain over 1000 bytes of data, and the response contains a Content-Encoding header with the compression algorithm so that your client can decompress it.

Content-EncodingstringOptional

Include the Content-Encoding: gzip header to compress a request. With this header specified, you should upload a gzipped file for the request payload instead of sending the JSON payload.

Zuora-Entity-IdsstringOptional

An entity ID. If you have Zuora Multi-entity enabled and the OAuth token is valid for more than one entity, you must use this header to specify which entity to perform the operation in. If the OAuth token is only valid for a single entity, or you do not have Zuora Multi-entity enabled, you should not set this header.

Zuora-Org-IdsstringOptional

Comma separated IDs. If you have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you can use this header to specify which orgs to perform the operation in. If you do not have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you should not set this header.

The IDs must be a sub-set of the user’s accessible orgs. If you specify an org that the user does not have access to, the operation fails. This header is important in Multi-Org (MO) setups because it defines the organization context under which the API should operate—mainly used for read access or data visibility filtering. If the header is not set, the operation is performed in scope of the user’s accessible orgs.

Zuora-Track-IdstringOptional<=64 characters

A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you set a value for this header, Zuora returns the same value in the response headers. This header enables you to associate your system process identifiers with Zuora API calls, to assist with troubleshooting in the event of an issue.

The value of this field must use the US-ASCII character set and must not include any of the following characters: colon (:), semicolon (;), double quote ("), and quote (').

X-Zuora-WSDL-VersionstringOptionalDefaults to 79
Zuora WSDL version number.
Zuora-VersionstringOptional

The minor API version.

For a list of available minor versions, see API upgrades.

Query parameters

rejectUnknownFieldsbooleanOptionalDefaults to false

Specifies whether the call fails if the request body contains unknown fields. With rejectUnknownFields set to true, Zuora returns a 400 response if the request body contains unknown fields. The body of the 400 response is:

{
    "message": "Error - unrecognised fields"
}

By default, Zuora ignores unknown fields in the request body.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
objectslist of objectsRequired
typestringRequired

Response headers

Content-EncodingstringOptional

This header is returned if you specify the Accept-Encoding: gzip request header and the response contains over 1000 bytes of data.

Note that only the following MIME types support gzipped responses:

  • application/json
  • application/xml
  • text/html
  • text/csv
  • text/plain
RateLimit-LimitstringOptional

The request limit quota for the time window closest to exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

RateLimit-Remainingdouble

The number of requests remaining in the time window closest to quota exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

RateLimit-Resetdouble

The number of seconds until the quota resets for the time window closest to quota exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

Zuora-Request-IdstringOptional
The Zuora internal identifier of the API call. You cannot control the value of this header.
Zuora-Track-IdstringOptional
A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you specified a tracing identifier in the request headers, Zuora returns the same tracing identifier. Otherwise, Zuora does not set this header.
Concurrency-Limit-TypestringOptional

The type of the concurrency limit, which can be Default, High-volume transactions, or Object Query.

For more information, see Concurrent request limits.

Concurrency-Limit-Limitinteger

The total number of the permitted concurrent requests.

For more information, see Concurrent request limits.

Concurrency-Limit-Remaininginteger

The remaining number of the permitted concurrent requests.

For more information, see Concurrent request limits.

Response

OK
Errorslist of objectsOptional
IdstringOptional
SuccessbooleanOptional

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error