NAME

WebService::HMRC::CreateTestUser - Interact with the UK HMRC CreateTestUser API

VERSION

Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

use WebService::HMRC::CreateTestUser;
my $create = WebService::HMRC::CreateTestUser->new();

# All methods are 'application-restricted' and require authorisation
# `server_token` is issued when application is registered with HMRC
$create->auth->server_token('MY-SERVER-TOKEN');

# Create 'Individual' user - an imaginary person
my $person = $create->individual({
    services => ['self-assessment', 'mtd-income-tax']
});
print $person->data->{userFullName} if $person->is_success;

# Create 'Organisation' user - an imaginary company
my $company = $create->organisation({
    services => ['corporation-tax', 'mtd-vat']
});
print $company->data->{userFullName} if $company->is_success;

# Create 'Agent' user - someone who acts on behalf of another user
my $agent = $create->agent({
    services => ['agent-services']
});
print $agent->data->{userFullName} if $agent->is_success;

DESCRIPTION

Perl module to interact with the UK's HMRC Making Tax Digital `CreateTestUser` API, which is used to create imaginary individual, organisation and agent users for testing with their sandbox endpoints.

For more information, see: https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/api/service/api-platform-test-user/1.0

REQUIRES

• Moose

• namespace::autoclean

• WebService::HMRC

EXPORTS

Nothing

PROPERTIES

Inherits from WebService::HMRC::Request.

METHODS

Inherits from WebService::HMRC::Request.

individual({services => \@service_list})

Create a test user which is an individual on the HMRC sandbox environment. Returns a WebService::HMRC::Response object.

Parameters:

services

Optionally accepts a list of services for which the new user is enrolled. Test identifiers and registration numbers are created as needed for these services. Services may be selected from the following possible values:

• national-insurance

  Generates a National Insurance number and enrols the user for National Insurance.

• self-assessment

  Generates a Self Assessment UTR and enrols the user for Self Assessment.

• mtd-income-tax

  Generates a National Insurance number and a Making Tax Digital Income Tax ID and enrols the user for Making Tax Digital Income Tax.

• customs-services

  Generates an EORI number and enrols the user for Customs Services

Response Data:

For full details of the response data, see the HMRC API specification. In summary, the data is a hashref contains a subset of the following keys, which vary according to the services specified:

{
    userId => "945350439195",
    password => "bLohysg8utsa",
    userFullName => "Ida Newton",
    emailAddress => "ida.newton@example.com",
    individualDetails => {
        firstName => "Ida",
        lastName => "Newton",
        dateOfBirth => "1960-06-01",
        address  => {
            line1 => "45 Springfield Rise",
            line2 => "Glasgow",
            postcode => "TS1 1PA"
        },
    },
    saUtr => "1000057161",
    nino => "PE938808A",
    mtdItId => "XJIT00000328268",
    eoriNumber => "GB1234567890",
}

organisation({services => \@service_list})

Create a test company which is an organisation on the HMRC sandbox environment. Returns a WebService::HMRC::Response object.

Parameters:

services

Optionally accepts a list of services for which the new user is enrolled. Test identifiers and registration numbers are created as needed for these services. Services may be selected from the following possible values:

• corporation-tax

  Generates a Corporation Tax UTR and enrols the user for Corporation Tax.

• paye-for-employers

  Generates an Employer Reference and enrols the user for PAYE for Employers.

• submit-vat-returns

  Generates a VAT Registration Number and enrols the user for Submit VAT Returns. Note that this is an older api which is being superceded by the newer mtd-vat api.

• national-insurance Generates a National Insurance number and enrols the user for National Insurance.

• self-assessment

  Generates a Self Assessment UTR and enrols the user for Self Assessment.

• mtd-income-tax

  Generates a National Insurance number and a Making Tax Digital Income Tax ID and enrols the user for Making Tax Digital Income Tax.

• mtd-vat

  Generates a VAT Registration Number and enrols the user for Making Tax Digital VAT.

• lisa

  Generates a LISA Manager Reference Number and enrols the user for Lifetime ISA.

• secure-electronic-transfer

  Generates a Secure Electronic Transfer Reference Number and enrols the user for HMRC Secure Electronic Transfer.

• relief-at-source

  Generates a Pension Scheme Administrator Identifier and enrols the user for Relief at Source.

• customs-services Generates an EORI number and enrols the user for Customs Services.

Response Data:

For full details of the response data, see the HMRC API specification. In summary, the data is a hashref contains a subset of the following keys, which vary according to the services specified:

{
    userId => "085603622877",
    password => "nyezgdfrlsmc",
    userFullName => "Ida Newton",
    emailAddress => "ida.newton@example.com",
    organisationDetails => {
        name => "Company ABF123",
        address => {
            line1 => "1 Abbey Road",
            line2 => "Aberdeen",
            postcode => "TS1 1PA"
        },
    },
    saUtr => "8000083480",
    nino => "XM110477D",
    empRef => "538/EMKXYNSVTH",
    ctUtr => "4000082459",
    vrn => "666119668",
    mtdItId => "XJIT00000328268",
    lisaManagerReferenceNumber => "Z123456",
    secureElectronicTransferReferenceNumber => "123456789012",
    pensionSchemeAdministratorIdentifier => "A1234567",
    eoriNumber => "GB1234567890",
}

agent({services => \@service_list})

Create a test user which is an agent on the HMRC sandbox environment. Returns a WebService::HMRC::Response object.

Parameters:

services

Optionally accepts a list of services for which the new user is enrolled. Test identifiers and registration numbers are created as needed for these services. Services may be selected from the following possible values:

• agent-services

  Generates an Account Number for Agent Services and enrols the user for Agent Services.

Response Data:

For full details of the response data, see the HMRC API specification. In summary, the data is a hashref contains a subset of the following keys, which vary according to the services specified:

{
    userId => "945350439195",
    password => "bLohysg8utsa ",
    userFullName => "Ida Newton",
    emailAddress => "ida.newton@example.com",
    agentServicesAccountNumber => "NARN0396245",
}

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

AUTHORISATION

Access to the HMRC Create Test User service requires that an application be registered with HMRC and 'subscribed' for this api.

The Create Test User endpoints are application-restricted and therefore require a server token for authorisation. This is issued when the application is registered and may be retrieved from the HMRC Developer Hub.

More information, application credentials and documentation may be obtained from the HMRC Developer Hub.

TESTING

The basic tests are run as part of the installation instructions shown above use an invalid uri as an endpoint. This tests basic interaction with the module's method and does not require an internet connection.

Developer pre-release tests may be run with the following command:

prove -l xt/

With a working internet connection and HMRC application credentials, specified as environment variables, interaction with the real HMRC api can be tested. This will result in the creation of test users on the HMRC sandbox platform:

HMRC_SERVER_TOKEN=[MY-SERVER-TOKEN] make test TEST_VERBOSE=1

AUTHOR

Nick Prater, <nick@npbroadcast.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-webservice-hmrc-createtestuser at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WebService-HMRC-CreateTestUser. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc WebService::HMRC::CreateTestUser

The README.pod file supplied with this distribution is generated from the WebService::HMRC::CreateTestUser module's pod by running the following command from the distribution root:

perldoc -u lib/WebService/HMRC/CreateTestUser.pm > README.pod

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=WebService-HMRC-CreateTestUser

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/WebService-HMRC-CreateTestUser

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/WebService-HMRC-CreateTestUser/

• Github

  https://github.com/nick-prater/WebService-HMRC-CreateTestUser

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This module was originally developed for use as part of the LedgerSMB open source accounting software.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018 Nick Prater, NP Broadcast Ltd.

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