Create Orders with the Acquisitions API

Once you have an auth token, you can begin creating orders. Let’s assume your ordering software handles the selection of the title and enables the user to specify the order details (e.g., number of copies, selector, etc):

Your software will package up the bib and order information into an XML or JSON body similar to what’s shown in Figure 5 or Figure 6 (i.e., the order details followed by the title in JSON or XML format).

Next you will use a REST API library of your choice to make a call to the POST /v6/acquisitions/orders endpoint. After an order is created, Sierra returns the Innovative. o order number in its response – see figures 5 and 6. That number can then be used to invoice the customer. See example code written in Ruby.