Fiken
A resource-oriented Ruby client for the Fiken API v2 — 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
# Gemfile
gem "fiken"
bundle install
Authentication
Personal API token
Generate a token in Fiken (under your account settings) and pass it in:
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)
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:
slug = client.companies.list.first.slug
Reading
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:
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
# 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:
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
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)
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:
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
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
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.