Party

Abstract base for all party types.

Specialized as: Supplier, Customer, Employee, Member, etc.

Source: doctype.py

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description	Validators
party_type	str	✓	-	-
party_name	str		-	maxLen: 200
party_code	None		-	maxLen: 50
email	None		-	-
phone	None		-	-
mobile	None		-	-
primary_address	None		-	-
billing_address	None		-	-
shipping_address	None		-	-
is_active	bool		-	-
attributes	dict		-	-

Configuration

Setting	Value
Submittable	False
Track Changes	True

Controller

Controller hooks are implemented in *_controller.py files. Available lifecycle hooks:

• validate() - Called before save, raise exceptions for validation errors
• before_insert() - Called before inserting a new document
• after_insert() - Called after successfully inserting
• before_save() - Called before saving (insert or update)
• after_save() - Called after saving
• before_delete() - Called before deleting
• after_delete() - Called after deleting