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+# Fiken
+
+A resource-oriented Ruby client for the [Fiken API v2](https://api.fiken.no/api/v2/docs) —
+the Norwegian accounting and invoicing platform.
+
+- Personal API token **and** OAuth2 (authorization-code) authentication
+- Resource-oriented surface that mirrors the API (`client.invoices(slug).drafts.create(...)`)
+- Automatic pagination with `auto_paging_each`
+- HTTP errors mapped to typed exceptions, with retry on rate limits (429) and server errors
+
+## Installation
+
+```ruby
+# Gemfile
+gem "fiken"
+```
+
+```sh
+bundle install
+```
+
+## Authentication
+
+### Personal API token
+
+Generate a token in Fiken (under your account settings) and pass it in:
+
+```ruby
+client = Fiken::Client.new(token: ENV["FIKEN_TOKEN"])
+client.user            # => #<Fiken::Object name="..." email="...">
+client.companies.list  # => #<Fiken::Collection ...>
+```
+
+### OAuth2 (acting on behalf of other Fiken users)
+
+```ruby
+oauth = Fiken::OAuth.new(
+  client_id:     ENV["FIKEN_CLIENT_ID"],
+  client_secret: ENV["FIKEN_CLIENT_SECRET"],
+  redirect_uri:  "https://example.com/oauth/callback"
+)
+
+# 1. Send the user to authorize
+redirect_to oauth.authorize_url(state: "csrf-token")
+
+# 2. In your callback, exchange the code for tokens
+token  = oauth.exchange_code(params[:code])
+client = Fiken::Client.new(access_token: token.access_token)
+
+# 3. Later, refresh
+token = oauth.refresh(token.refresh_token)
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Almost every resource is scoped to a company, identified by its **slug**:
+
+```ruby
+slug = client.companies.list.first.slug
+```
+
+### Reading
+
+```ruby
+client.contacts(slug).list(page: 0, pageSize: 50)
+client.contacts(slug).find(123)
+client.invoices(slug).find(456)
+client.accounts(slug).find("1500:10001")
+```
+
+### Pagination
+
+A list returns a `Fiken::Collection` that exposes the page metadata and can walk
+every page lazily:
+
+```ruby
+contacts = client.contacts(slug).list
+contacts.result_count            # total across all pages
+contacts.auto_paging_each do |contact|
+  puts contact.name
+end
+```
+
+### Creating and updating
+
+```ruby
+# Create returns the new resource's id (parsed from the Location header)
+created = client.contacts(slug).create(name: "Acme AS", organizationNumber: "123456789")
+created.id
+
+# Contacts/drafts update via PUT; finalized invoices/projects/etc. via PATCH
+client.contacts(slug).update(123, email: "post@acme.no")
+client.invoices(slug).update(456, sentManually: true)
+client.contacts(slug).delete(123)
+```
+
+### Invoices, credit notes, offers, order confirmations
+
+These share a draft → finalize lifecycle, plus counters and (where supported) sending:
+
+```ruby
+invoices = client.invoices(slug)
+
+draft = invoices.drafts.create(
+  type: "invoice",
+  customerId: 123,
+  lines: [{ description: "Consulting", unitPrice: 100_000, vatType: "HIGH", quantity: 1 }]
+)
+invoice = invoices.drafts.create_document(draft.id)   # finalize the draft
+
+invoices.dispatch(invoiceId: invoice.id, method: ["email"], includeDocumentAttachments: true)
+invoices.counter                                       # current invoice number
+invoices.create_counter(value: 1000)                   # initialize it
+
+client.credit_notes(slug).create_full(invoiceId: invoice.id)
+```
+
+### Sales, purchases and payments
+
+```ruby
+sales = client.sales(slug)
+sales.create(saleNumber: "1", date: "2026-01-01", kind: "external_invoice", lines: [...])
+sales.payments(5).create(date: "2026-01-05", account: "1920:10001", amount: 125_000)
+sales.settle(5, settledDate: "2026-01-10")
+sales.write_off(5)
+sales.delete(5, description: "duplicate")
+```
+
+### Attachments and the inbox (file uploads)
+
+```ruby
+client.invoices(slug).attachments(456).add(path: "invoice.pdf")
+client.invoices(slug).attachments(456).add(io: pdf_io, filename: "invoice.pdf",
+                                            content_type: "application/pdf")
+client.inbox(slug).create(path: "receipt.pdf", name: "Office supplies")
+```
+
+## Error handling
+
+Non-success responses raise a typed subclass of `Fiken::Error`, each carrying
+`#status` and `#body`:
+
+```ruby
+begin
+  client.invoices(slug).find(999_999)
+rescue Fiken::NotFound => e
+  e.status   # => 404
+rescue Fiken::RateLimited
+  # retried automatically first; raised only if retries are exhausted
+rescue Fiken::Error => e
+  warn e.message
+end
+```
+
+`BadRequest` (400), `Unauthorized` (401), `Forbidden` (403), `NotFound` (404),
+`UnprocessableEntity` (422), `RateLimited` (429) and `ServerError` (5xx) are all
+provided.
+
+## Available resources
+
+`user`, `companies`, `accounts`, `account_balances`, `bank_accounts`, `bank_balances`,
+`contacts` (+ `contact_persons`), `groups`, `products`, `journal_entries`, `transactions`,
+`invoices`, `credit_notes`, `offers`, `order_confirmations`, `sales`, `purchases`, `inbox`,
+`projects`, `activities`, `time_entries`, `time_users`.
+
+## Configuration
+
+```ruby
+Fiken::Client.new(
+  token:         ENV["FIKEN_TOKEN"],
+  base_url:      "https://api.fiken.no/api/v2", # default
+  user_agent:    "my-app/1.0",
+  retry_options: { max: 3 },                    # passed to faraday-retry
+  logger:        Logger.new($stdout)
+)
+```
+
+## Development
+
+```sh
+bin/setup        # or: bundle install
+bundle exec rspec
+bundle exec rubocop
+```
+
+## License
+
+The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](LICENSE.txt).