Other Name

An other name record exposes a collection of records for people or companies who are not vendors, customers or employees to REST web services.

This record is not a subrecord and has no subrecords.

With the exception of tax-related fields, all elements on this record are accessible through REST web services.

The REST API Browser includes information about the field names and field types of the other name record, and about the HTTP methods, request parameters, and operations available to this record. For details, see the REST API Browser’s other name reference page.

For information about using the REST API Browser, see The REST API Browser.

Record ID

The record ID for the other name REST record is otherName.

Limitations

Updating legacy tax fields is not supported.

Code Samples

These samples show common use cases for other name REST methods.

Getting OpenAPI Metadata from the Metadata Catalog

              GET https://test.netsuite.com/services/rest/record/v1/metadata-catalog/othername

Fetching an Other Name Record

              GET https://test.netsuite.com/services/rest/record/v1/othername/<id>

Creating an Other Name Record

              POST https://test.netsuite.com/services/rest/record/v1/othername
{ "entityId": "Sophia Company", "subsidiary": { "refName": "Parent Company" }, "companyName": "test company name", "phone": "123 123 1234", "fax": "123 123 1234", "email": "test-email@netsuite.com", "printOnCheckAs": "123", "emailPreference": { "refName": "PDF" }, "phoneticName": "so-FEE-uh", "comments": "Test company comment", "url": "https://test-url.com/", "image": { "refName": "testimage.gif" }, "creditLimit": 200, "terms": { "refName": "Net 60" }, "category": { "refName": "A" }, "accountNumber": 123, "isInactive": false
}

Updating an Other Name Record

              PATCH https://test.netsuite.com/services/rest/record/v1/othername/<id>
{ "email": "updated-test-email@netsuite.com", "emailPreference": { "refName": "HTML" }, "comments": "Updated test company comment"
}

Deleting an Other Name Record

              DELETE https://test.netsuite.com/services/rest/record/v1/othername/<id>