I have a web-based application, which integrates with QuickBooks through the QuickBooks Web Connector. This works great for desktop versions of QuickBooks. However, I'm looking to add support for QuickBooks Online, and the Web Connector can't be used with QuickBooks Online.
How do I integrate my application with QuickBooks Online? If possible, I'd like to use the web service that is already working with the Web Connector.
Please visit http://developer.intuit.com and click on the Integrate your app with QuickBooks link in the Intuit Partner Platform section. The link brings up our QuickBooks API documentation. You should focus on the V2 API if you want something that will be ready to use now. The V3 API will be released publically later this year and will allow you to integrate your application with the Global version of QuickBooks Online.
Register as a developer and if you have any further questions you can submit a support ticket and we'll get back to you.
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My Client wants to send his eCommerce data to QuickBooks, I checked that we can use QuickBooks PHP SDK, to send data to QuickBooks: https://github.com/intuit/QuickBooks-V3-PHP-SDK.
But my client using QuickBooks desktop.
My question is can I use the same SDK to sync data to QuickBooks desktop?
can i use the same SDK to sync data to QuickBooks desktop?
No. If you read the notes on that page, it says it's for QuickBooks Online, which you're not using (emphasis mine):
PHP client for connecting to the ****QuickBooks Online**** V3 REST API.
But you can use this one instead:
https://github.com/consolibyte/quickbooks-php
Specifically, you may want to follow the quick-start:
http://www.consolibyte.com/docs/index.php/PHP_DevKit_for_QuickBooks_-_Quick-Start
Which walks you through using the QuickBooks Web Connector, which Intuit also documents thoroughly over here:
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbdesktop/docs/get-started
I was previously using QBO/QBD API to connect to quickbooks enterprise, but it looks like these services have been deprecated.
The new QB API V3 seems to only work with quickbooks online.
For example, when I navigate to API explorer for my customer's enterprise data, I receive the message:
You're logged in with an account that does not have a QuickBooks Online subscription. Please try another account.
Do we continue to use the old API to access enterprise data?
For QBD, you can use QBSDK. If you have a published app which uses V2 then it is recommended to make it use V3.
For QBO, you can always use V3 REST APIs.
Thanks
I'm doing custom QB development for a accounting firm and the question I have is has Intuit announced its decision regarding its chosen, supported API or SDK for QB Desktop and QB online?
Perhaps i've missed something, but it appears from reviewing the code samples in the Windows Azure SDK FOR Quickbooks and comparing them to the IPP API, that there are differences between what one can do with each approach, but neither one seems capable of doing everything the other does. is the presumption that the SDK is targeting the QB desktop platform and the IPP V3 targetS THE QB Online platform incorrect?
Intuit has 3 separate sets of APIs right now, 2 of which are generally available:
the QuickBooks SDK (available for general use)
IPP, v2 data services (available for general use) IPP
v3 data services (available for private BETA ONLY - you need to get approval from Intuit)
The QuickBooks SDK can be used to access both QuickBooks Online, and QuickBooks desktop. The QuickBooks Online APIs are somewhat weak, and will likely be deprecated in the future.
IPP v2 data services can be used to access both QuickBooks Online, and QuickBooks desktop. The IPP APIs are available only to SaaS services (e.g. you are charging your customers a recurring fee to connect their QuickBooks to your app).
IPP v3 data services can be used to access both QuickBooks Online, and QuickBooks desktop, but are currently in BETA and you need permission from Intuit to use them. The IPP APIs are also available only to SaaS services (e.g. you are charging your customers a recurring fee to connect their QuickBooks to your app).
The Windows Azure samples (and the other DevKits) are used to access IPP v2 or v3 data services (e.g. they are not a separate API, they are a code library wrapped around the IPP APIs).
As far as this goes:
is the presumption that the SDK is targeting the QB desktop platform
and the IPP V3 targetS THE QB Online platform incorrect?
Both the SDK and IPP target both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks desktop.
I want to fetch real-time data from my Quickbooks Online edition's (India) account to display customer details like Open Balance, address etc. on my PHP website.
What is the best way to go about fetching data from Quickbooks Online Edition -
Do I follow the instructions in http://wiki.consolibyte.com/wiki/doku.php/quickbooks_online_edition#connecting_with_the_hosted_model_of_communication ? But this requires a website with SSL certificate.
Do I create a Intuit Anywhere app ( https://ipp.developer.intuit.com/0010_Intuit_Partner_Platform/0025_Intuit_Anywhere/1000_Getting_Started_With_IA ) and then use IDS (Intuit Data Services) to fetch the required data using the API?
Can I use the PHP devkit ( https://code.intuit.com/sf/frs/do/viewSummary/projects.php_devkit/frs ) and feed my credentials directly to the code and access my Quickbooks account's data?
Do I use qbXML (which however does not seem to be the recommended method)?
Or is there a better solution?
Thanks in advance.
First, a disclaimer - if you're using the India version of QuickBooks Online (http://www.quickbooksonline.in/) you'll likely find that nothing works at all. Currently, Intuit does not officially support ANY non-US version of QuickBooks Online (QuickBooks for Windows non-US is supported via qbXML) for integration, regardless of which method you go with. It might work... but I doubt it.
With that said... generally speaking:
If you're building a SaaS application and trying to allow your
end-users to connect their QuickBooks accounts to your app, use
Intuit Anywhere.
Otherwise, if it's a custom/one-off/internal application, and you hate your life, use HOSTED mode via https://appreg.intuit.com and the HOSTED instructions on our QuickBooks integration wiki (HOSTED mode is notoriously unreliable and difficult to get going due to reverse DNS checks, a very specific certificate format, lack of working example code, bugs on Intuit's end, some serious nasty-ness hooking the certificate up to your .NET HTTPS request, etc.).
Otherwise, if it's a custom/one-off/internal application, and you DON'T hate your life, use DESKTOP mode via https://appreg.intuit.com and the DESKTOP instructions on our QuickBooks integration wiki.
None of the APIs allow you to just pass your credentials in and get access - you'll always have some sort of API token to deal with (a "connection ticket" for qbXML, or OAuth for Intuit Anywhere).
If you build for Intuit Anywhere, you'll use IDS XML. Otherwise, you'll use qbXML.
I am new to Quickbooks. I want to know whether Quickbooks has any seperate SDK for Online vesrion or shall we use SDK 8 for developing applications for Online version also.
Thanks in Advance
Janu
Yes, use SDK 8. The QuickBooks SDK covers all desktop versions of QuickBooks and Online Edition.
Note that for Online Edition, you don't really need any special SDK at all- you're just simply HTTPS POSTing XML messages to a remote server. The SDK only gets you a few convienence features for .NET languages- namely QBFC classes. For any other language, you won't need the SDK at all. The only other item in the SDK that's sometimes helpful is the XML Validator tool they include with it.
The actual documentation for all of the requests is available online:
QuickBooks OSR Documentation
I have some additional documentation about communicating with QuickBooks Online Edition on my wiki:
ConsoliBYTE QuickBooks Wiki