Creating order via XML-RPC

API Q&A
1

I’m trying to create an order with XML-RPC, this is the body of my request:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>OrderService.placeOrder</methodName>
  <params>
    <param>
      <value><string>somekey</string></value>
    </param>
    <param>
     <value><int>1</int></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><int>0</int></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><int>0</int></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><array>
        <data>
          <value><int>2</int></value>
        </data>
      </array></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><array>
        <data>
          <value><int>0</int></value>
        </data>
      </array></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><boolean>0</boolean></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><array>
        <data>
          <value><string></string></value>
        </data>
      </array></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><int>0</int></value>
    </param>
    <param>
      <value><int>0</int></value>
    </param>
  </params>
</methodCall>

I’m getting this response:

<methodResponse>
    <fault>
        <value>
            <struct>
                <member>
                    <name>faultCode</name>
                    <value>
                        <i4>12</i4>
                    </value>
                </member>
                <member>
                    <name>faultString</name>
                    <value>id must be valid</value>
                </member>
            </struct>
        </value>
    </fault>
</methodResponse>

What I’m doing wrong?

2

It looks like you may be specifying a subscriptionId that doesn’t exist. Possibly try passing an empty array for the second array value instead?

<param>
      <value><array></array></value>
</param>
3

I’m passing an empty array and still getting the same message.
I’m using the methods InvoiceService.createBlankOrder and InvoiceService.addOrderItem instead of this one. These methods are working fine.

4

The contact id has to be an existing contact. You specified the number 1. It is nearly impossible that you have a contact with the id of 1 so pick an existing contacts id number, use that, and try again.