How do I create an invoice in QBO without using the CustomerRef field? Every example just shows:
<CustomerRef name="ACME Inc">2</CustomerRef>
Do I ALWAYS have to look up the Id? Can't I just post to "ACME Inc" without finding the ref # (2)? The older QBXML did this no problem.
Similarly for items, they all have it like this:
<ItemRef name="Hours">2</ItemRef>
How do I just specify "Hours" and have QB look it up for me?
How do I create an invoice in QBO without using the CustomerRef field?
You can't.
Do I ALWAYS have to look up the Id?
Yes. Or cache it in your application.
Can't I just post to "ACME Inc" without finding the ref # (2)?
No.
The older QBXML did this no problem.
The QBO v3 APIs bear little-to-no resemblence to the old qbXML. It's apples to oranges.
How do I just specify "Hours" and have QB look it up for me?
You can't.
You must specify the Id value. This is the only thing the QBO v3 APIs support.
