uploadTradeDocument

POST https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com/tapiv3/index.php/v3/uploadTradeDocument

This method is used to upload a document to a particular trade (createTrade). The TradeID is required as a request parameter for this method. Files cannot be larger than 100 MB.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
clientID	yes	string	TransactAPI Client ID
developerAPIKey	yes	string	TransactAPI Developer Key
tradeId	yes	string	Trade ID that is generated by the API when a trade is created (createTrade)
documentTitle	yes	string	Uploaded document title. Please use prefix "documentTitle0=" in the value of documentTitle field
file_name	yes	string	Uploaded document file name. Please use prefix "filename0=" in the value of file_name field
userfile0	yes	string	Raw file data. Specification of raw file data is application specific. Accepted file types are PDF, JPG, PNG, HEIC and BMP. Minimum file size is 1 kB. Maximum file size is 100 MB. Please refer to the Sample Requests section for reference implementations.
createdIpAddress	no	string	Requested IP Address

Requirements

• File size: Files must be at least 1 kB and cannot exceed 100 MB.
• Accepted Formats: pdf, jpg, jpeg, and png.
• Content Type: The request must use multipart/form-data for proper file handling.
• Multiple Files: documentTitle, userfileand filename are indexed parameters. You may provide multiple userfile parameters (e.g. userfile0, userfile1, userfile2, ...). Each userfile parameter must be accompanied by a corresponding documentTitle and filename. These should be separated by an & character. (e.g. (cURL) --form 'documentTitle="documentTitle0=DOC_TITLE_0&documentTitle1=DOC_TITLE_1"')
• A valid trade ID is required; use the createTrade endpoint if the trade does not exist.

Sample Requests

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com/tapiv3/index.php/v3/uploadTradeDocument' 
--form 'clientID=someclientid'
--form 'tradeId=sometradeid'
--form 'createdIpAddress="127.0.0.1"' 
--form 'file_name="filename0=Testing Document Size12.pdf"' 
--form 'userfile0=@"/path/to/file"' 
--form 'documentTitle="documentTitle0=Testing Document Size12.pdf"' 
--form 'developerAPIKey=somedeveloperAPIkey'

node:axios

import axios from 'axios';
import { Readable } from 'stream';
import FormData from 'form-data';

const apiHost = process.env.TAPI_HOST || 'https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com';
const tapiUriSegment = 'tapiv3/index.php/v3';
const tapiUri = `${apiHost}/${tapiUriSegment}`;
const mimeType = 'application/json';

const tapi = axios.create({
  baseURL: tapiUri,
  timeout: 10000,
  headers: { accept: mimeType, 'content-type': mimeType },
});

const auth = {
  clientID: process.env.TAPI_CLIENT_ID,
  developerAPIKey: process.env.TAPI_API_KEY,
};

const uploadTradeDocument = (tradeId, file) => {
  const data = new FormData();
  data.append('clientID', auth.clientID);
  data.append('developerAPIKey', auth.developerAPIKey);
  data.append('tradeId', tradeId);
  data.append('file_name', `filename0="${file.originalname}"`);
  data.append('documentTitle', `documentTitle0="${file.originalname}"`);
  data.append('userfile0', Readable.from(file.buffer), { filename: file.originalname });
  data.append('createdIpAddress', '127.0.0.1');
  
  return tapi.post('/uploadTradeDocument', data, {
    timeout: 60000,
    headers: { ...data.getHeaders() },
  });
};

const tradeId = process.env.TAPI_TRADE_ID;
const fakeFile = {
  buffer: Buffer.from('a'.repeat(1e3)),
  originalname: 'test-trade-file.pdf',
};

const response = await uploadTradeDocument(tradeId, fakeFile);

console.log(response.data);

/*
output:

{
  statusCode: '101',
  statusDesc: 'Ok',
  document_details: 'Document has been uploaded Successfully'
}
*/

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
statusCode	string	API Status Code
statusDesc	string	API Status Description
document_details	string	Document has been uploaded
Errors(s)	string	(optional) provides more information about error response

Sample Response

{
  "statusCode": "101",
  "statusDesc": "Ok",
  "document_details": "Document has been uploaded Successfully"
}

Errors

HTTP response code	TAPI error code	Description
404	103	Invalid credentials
400	1400	Invalid content-type (must be multipart/form-data)
400	1400	No file data set in request
404	106	Invalid request parameters
404	106	tradeId required but not provided
404	149	Trade does not exist or not active
422	1422	documentTitlemalformed
422	1422	file_name malformed
422	1422	userfile0required but not provided
404	106	documentTitlecount does not match userfilecount
404	106	userfilename count does not match userfilecount
404	106	File content does not meet minimum byte size requirement (1 kilobyte)

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