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SearchElmaCredential

SearchCredentialsSync

Represents a service to search for an ELMA credential.

Requires Authentication
The following routes are available for this service:
POST/sync/elma/credentials
SearchElmaCredentialBase Parameters:
NameParameterData TypeRequiredDescription
AuthSteuernummerformstringYesThe BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the user. 11-character text field that may only consist of two capital letters and 9 digits (0-9). The fiscal authority BZSt provides this number during registration at the BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start). The number is available in the private area of the BOP user account under "My BOP" under the "Registration Information"
AccountIdformstringYesThe account identifier of a BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user. 10-character text field that may only contain numbers (0-9).
ElmaCredentialResponse Parameters:
NameParameterData TypeRequiredDescription
IdformstringNoThe unique identifier of the response.
CredentialformElmaCredentialNoThe encapsulated ELMA credential.
ResponseStatusformResponseStatusNoThe status of the response.
ElmaCredential Parameters:
NameParameterData TypeRequiredDescription
IdformstringYesThe unique identifier of this instance. This identifer is only relevant in the context of data storage and retrieval.
CertificateformPemCertificateYesThe security certificate to authenticate the user and grant access to the ELMA server. This certificate is generated from the BZSt-issued *.pfx BOP certificate. More details on BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start)
AuthSteuernummerformstringYesThe BZSt (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern) - tax number of the user. 11-character text field that may only consist of two capital letters and 9 digits (0-9). The fiscal authority BZSt provides this number during registration at the BOP (BZSt-Online Portal - https://www.elster.de/bportal/start). The number is available in the private area of the BOP user account under "My BOP" under the "Registration Information"
AccountIdformstringYesThe account identifier of a BZSt-Online Portal (BOP) user. 10-character text field that may only contain numbers (0-9).
PasswordformstringYesThe password to protect the certificate from unauthorized access.
PemCertificate Parameters:
NameParameterData TypeRequiredDescription
IdformstringYesThe unique identifier (e.g. the file name) of the certificate.
ContentformstringYesThe PEM-encoded content of the certificate.
DescriptionformstringNoThe description of the certificate.
TagsformList<string>NoTags to label or identify the certificate.

To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .csv suffix or ?format=csv

HTTP + CSV

The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /sync/elma/credentials HTTP/1.1 
Host: reportfiling.pwc.de 
Accept: text/csv
Content-Type: text/csv
Content-Length: length

{"authSteuernummer":"String","accountId":"String"}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/csv
Content-Length: length

{"id":"String","credential":{"id":"String_String","certificate":{"id":"String","content":"String","description":"String","tags":["String"]},"authSteuernummer":"String","accountId":"String","password":"String"},"responseStatus":{"errorCode":"String","message":"String","stackTrace":"String","errors":[{"errorCode":"String","fieldName":"String","message":"String","meta":{"String":"String"}}],"meta":{"String":"String"}}}