Custom Import Script

[osirion]

Hi Guys,

I want to make a custom import script for my current custom billing system into WHMCS.

I dont want to use WHMCS services because they gave me an estimate (after a week of back and forward emailing) and

1) They are too expensive

2) They are going to take too long to make it

 

My question is as follows:

Do I have to use the WHMCS API to insert clients/invoices/etc or can I just manually insert my data into the DB?

 

I cant imagine the API doing anything special in terms of clients/invoices/products?

I want to insert it manually because, for example, I cannot specify a client id with the Add Client API call and I want to maintain my client id's and such as this is what clients use as payment references when making manual bank transfers; as well as other reasons.

[nveid]

Hi Guys,

I want to make a custom import script for my current custom billing system into WHMCS.

I dont want to use WHMCS services because they gave me an estimate (after a week of back and forward emailing) and

1) They are too expensive

2) They are going to take too long to make it

 

My question is as follows:

Do I have to use the WHMCS API to insert clients/invoices/etc or can I just manually insert my data into the DB?

 

I cant imagine the API doing anything special in terms of clients/invoices/products?

I want to insert it manually because, for example, I cannot specify a client id with the Add Client API call and I want to maintain my client id's and such as this is what clients use as payment references when making manual bank transfers; as well as other reasons.

 

I've dealt with a few different type of import operations.. What are you importing from?