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QuickBooks is popular small to medium-sized business accounting software created by Intuit, Inc. QuickBooks Pro/Premier/Enterprise for Windows all include support for programmatic access to QuickBooks via Intuit's SDK/XML-based APIs. QuickBooks Online edition also supports an XML-based API. QuickBooks for Mac does not support any SDK/API/programmatic access.

QuickBooks is popular small to medium-sized business accounting software created by Intuit, Inc.

Intuit produces several different QuickBooks versions:

  • QuickBooks Pro/Premier/Enterprise for Windows - a Windows XP/Vista/7 desktop software
  • QuickBooks for Mac - an OS X desktop software
  • QuickBooks Online Edition - a hosted SaaS solution

QuickBooks Pro/Premier/Enterprise for Windows all include support for programmatic access to QuickBooks via Intuit's SDK/XML-based APIs. QuickBooks Online edition also supports an XML-based API. QuickBooks for Mac does not support any SDK/API/programmatic access.

Developers looking to integrate with QuickBooks might want to check out these popular open-source libraries:

Developers may also want to look at these links for documentation/help/forums:

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Python & QuickBooks Database

I'd like to use Python to pull all product information from a Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions - Manufacturing and Wholesale Edition 12.0 database. The QB install I refer to is on an Intranet server and I only need to access it internally…
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How to set the tax for each line entry in the Quickbook Invoice using python quickbooks?

I am creating the invoice using python-quickbooks. I am creating multiple line-entries in the using the following code: #------------------------------------------------------ # Line Details …
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JAXB element name based on object property

I have to create object model for following XMLs: XML sample 1: 2009-01-21 1 XML Sample 2: …
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Quickbooks Online integration c#

My company uses QuickBooks Online, and I would like to write some c# scripts that retrieve very basic information like a list of customers and list of invoices from the QuickBooks Online subscription. I would also like to submit invoices and…
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QBWC WSDL missing

My QBWC app has been working fine but I got notified this morning by accounting that it had suddenly stopped working. Specifically it was failing to authenticate. I checked the QWCLog.txt and found this 20130510.14:25:19 UTC :…
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QuickBooks Online querying with filter returns 401 everytime

I've had success creating objects with POST and Content-Type application/xml I've also had success querying using Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded with a blank request body which returns all of the object type depending on which URI I…
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Quickbooks web connector OwnerID/FileID usage

I would like to know what exactly does OwnerID/FileID in a QWC file signify. I went through the QBWC_proguide but still it is somewhat unclear to me. I am new to this so please can somebody elaborate this. Thanks in advance!
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Connect R to Quickbooks

Has anyone connected the R package to QuickBooks? I know there is an ODBC driver than can be bought. Just wondering if anyone has already gone down this road. Any insight will be much appreciated! ~ Brock
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QuickBooks Web Connector TimeModified offset does not account for Daylight Savings time

I'm using QuickBooks Web Connector to pull employee records out of QuickBooks Desktop on a Windows 8.1 machine using QBXML requests. Is there a reason the TimeModified time stamps are returning an offset that does not account for Daylight Savings…
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Quickbooks Web Connector Error - length cannot be less than zero

Trying to connect Quickbooks Web Connector from one computer to another QuickBooks WC Test https://localhost3.dd Test …
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Is there a way to properly end a session with QuickBooks/QBW32.exe so it does not stay running in the background?

I perform tech support and some development on a number of programs that uses the QuickBooks SDK to perform a variety of functions. Lately I have been noticing that when the user does the following: Pre-Requisites: - QuickBooks is NOT open on the…
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How to query some data out of a QuickBook(.qbw) file?

Situation I am new to the QuickBooks world. I have a .qbw file -> CompanyName.qbw It's a huge file that contain almost everything about my company. I want to query some data out of that file - NOT all , but some.:) Let's say, I want to query only…
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Quickbooks API reconnect issue

I've been implementing connectivity to Quickbooks via the v3 API with ColdFusion, and have most everything working except reconnect (https://appcenter.intuit.com/api/v1/connection/reconnect). I can get customer info, create/update invoices, etc,…
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Best practices for calling intuit.ipp.anywhere.setup()?

This is a question about best practices for making the JavaScript call that generates the standard "Connect to QuickBooks" button (for establishing a connection to QuickBooks Harmony via Intuit's v3 REST API). If I follow Intuit's example, I…
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Getting error -2147220472 (Could not start Quickbooks)

I am getting error -2147220472 when I try to connect to Quickbooks. The application is executed by a windows service. The log file is as follows: I 8788 RequestProcessor ========= Started Connection ========= I 8788 RequestProcessor …
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