Business Intelligence
VIES API
10 min
vies api enables automated vat number validation and company data retrieval from the eu vies database integrating with make com allows users to automatically verify vat numbers and fetch company details for invoicing, compliance, and customer onboarding workflows this is ai generated content based on official vies api documentation the content may contain mistakes please verify important information if you have questions on vendor documentation, contact https //viesapi eu/contact/ directly requirements to use the vies api app in make, you must have an active account on viesapieeu and generate an api key and key identifier, www viesapi eu for subscription, refer to the www viesapi eu connect vies api and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between vies api and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate obtain your api key in your vies api account create the connection in make obtain your api key in your vies api account before you create the connection in {{product name}} , you should first obtain your api key in your vies api account to obtain your api key navigate to the account dashboard after logging in navigate to the section for api credentials or api key s copy the identifier displayed on screen copy the api key displayed on screen you will use this value while creating a connection in {{product name}} because the ui might have changed, the steps you see on your screen might be different, https //viesapi eu/docs/ create the connection in {{product name}} https //www make com/en/register , add the vies api module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection if you add a module with an instant tag, click create a webhook , then create a connection optional in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection enter the authentication credentials you copied from your vies api account or follow the on screen instructions to create the connection for detailed information on connecting an application, see docid\ so88fm6pkt0g adkddfzz page vies api modules after connecting to the vies api app, you can choose from a list of available modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} get account status retrieves key details about the user's current subscription plan without counting toward the user's query limit get vies data fetches company vat information from the vies (vat information exchange system) database get vies data parsed checks the validity of an eu vat number issued by any european union member state and retrieves the detailed address information of the associated trader make an api call executes a custom api request to the connected service using your authorized credentials templates you can look for more templates in https //www make com/en/templates , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} vies api resources you can have access to more resources related to this app on the following links https //community make com/search?q=vies%20api www viesapi eu https //viesapi eu/vies programming libraries/ https //www make com/en/integrations/vies api