Account

An account is a collection of Users.

Summary
An account is a collection of Users.
To get access to the Webservices.nl functionality an Account is required.
An account has an amount of Balance that is used by all its users to pay for functions.
Information available when viewing an account.

Access to Webservices.nl

To get access to the Webservices.nl functionality an Account is required.  Every Account contains a few Users.  These may log in to access the Webservices.nl services.  A User is always a member of an AccountUsers are also members of one or more Groups, which determine their access rights.  The browser Webview Interface allows one to create, change or delete Users, Accounts, Groups and Credits.  Alternatively, the Accounting Service can be used.

Account

An account has an amount of Balance that is used by all its users to pay for functions.  For accounts that are resellers for Webservices.nl there are some differences related to payment and balance, see Balance::Reseller Accounts & Balance.  Every account has a Group::Account admins user that is able to create and edit users in his account, change user rights using Groups, or view usage statistics.

Fields

Account fields

Information available when viewing an account.  See also Accounting::accountViewV2.

Primary fields

AccountIDInternal ID
NameName of this Account
AddressBilling address of the company using the account.
EnvironmentEither ‘test’ or ‘production’.  In the development stage an account is in the ‘test’ environment.  Some data functions only accept certain test inputs for accounts in the ‘test’ environment.

Balance fields

balanceThe amount of Balance in the account
balancethresholdThe account admin is notified by email when the account balance reaches this threshold.

Contact fields

Contact nameName of the contact person of this account.
Contact emailEmail address of the contact person of this account.
TelephoneTelephone number where the contact person can be reached.
FaxFax number where the contact person can be reached.

Internal fields

Username prefixAll usernames of users in this account start with this prefix
A user is the primary actor in the Webservices.nl framework.
An account has an amount of Balance that is used by all its users to pay for functions.
Every Account owns an amount of balance.
Groups give users specific rights.
This service provides methods that create, change or delete Users, Accounts and Groups.
For accounts that have reseller status (visible when viewing the account in the Webview Interface), Group::Account admins may decide on two options for each user.
User may create, delete, edit and extensively edit all users in the same account, as well as move credits to and from users.
View the profile of an account.