Create Purchase with Quickbooks Sandbox API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Purchase with the Quickbooks Sandbox API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Purchase action
1. Connect your Quickbooks Sandbox account
2. Configure line_items
3. Configure account_ref_value
4. Select a payment_type
5. Optional- Configure account_ref_name
6. Optional- Configure currency_ref_value
7. Optional- Configure currency_ref_name
8. Optional- Configure minorversion
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

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Create Purchase on Quickbooks Sandbox

Description:Creates a purchase.

Version:0.1.1

Key:quickbooks_sandbox-create-purchase

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Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_G1iL4w
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "quickbooks_sandbox-create-purchase",
  name: "Create Purchase",
  description: "Creates a purchase.",
  version: "0.1.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    quickbooks_sandbox: {
      type: "app",
      app: "quickbooks_sandbox",
    },
    line_items: {
      type: "any",
      description: "Individual line items of a transaction. Valid `Line` type for create: `AccountBasedExpenseLine`",
    },
    account_ref_value: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Specifies the id of the account reference. Check must specify bank account, CreditCard must specify credit card account. Validation Rules:Valid and Active Account Reference of an appropriate type.",
    },
    payment_type: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Payment Type can be: `Cash`, `Check`, or `CreditCard`.",
      options: [
        "Cash",
        "Check",
        "CreditCard",
      ],
    },
    account_ref_name: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Specifies the name of the account reference. Check must specify bank account, CreditCard must specify credit card account. Validation Rules:Valid and Active Account Reference of an appropriate type.",
      optional: true,
    },
    currency_ref_value: {
      type: "string",
      description: "A three letter string representing the ISO 4217 code for the currency. For example, `USD`, `AUD`, `EUR`, and so on. This must be defined if multicurrency is enabled for the company.\nMulticurrency is enabled for the company if `Preferences.MultiCurrencyEnabled` is set to `true`. Read more about multicurrency support [here](https://developer.intuit.com/docs?RedirectID=MultCurrencies). Required if multicurrency is enabled for the company.",
      optional: true,
    },
    currency_ref_name: {
      type: "object",
      description: "The full name of the currency.",
      optional: true,
    },
    minorversion: {
      type: "string",
      description: "Use the minorversion query parameter in REST API requests to access a version of the API other than the generally available version. For example, to invoke minor version 1 of the JournalEntry entity, issue the following request:\n`https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/<realmId>/journalentry/entityId?minorversion=1`",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
  // See Quickbooks API docs at: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/invoice#create-an-invoice

    if (!this.line_items || !this.account_ref_value) {
      throw new Error("Must provide line_items, and account_ref_value parameters.");
    }

    return await axios($, {
      method: "post",
      url: `https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/${this.quickbooks_sandbox.$auth.company_id}/purchase`,
      headers: {
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${this.quickbooks_sandbox.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
        "accept": "application/json",
        "content-type": "application/json",
      },
      data: {
        PaymentType: this.payment_type,
        AccountRef: {
          value: this.account_ref_value,
          name: this.account_ref_name,
        },
        Line: this.line_items,
        CurrencyRef: {
          value: this.currency_ref_value,
          name: this.currency_ref_name,
        },
      },
      params: {
        minorversion: this.minorversion,
      },
    });
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Quickbooks Sandbox	`quickbooks_sandbox`	`app`	This component uses the Quickbooks Sandbox app.
	`line_items`	`any`	Individual line items of a transaction. Valid `Line` type for create: `AccountBasedExpenseLine`
	`account_ref_value`	`string`	Specifies the id of the account reference. Check must specify bank account, CreditCard must specify credit card account. Validation Rules:Valid and Active Account Reference of an appropriate type.
	`payment_type`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`CashCheckCreditCard`
	`account_ref_name`	`string`	Specifies the name of the account reference. Check must specify bank account, CreditCard must specify credit card account. Validation Rules:Valid and Active Account Reference of an appropriate type.
	`currency_ref_value`	`string`	A three letter string representing the ISO 4217 code for the currency. For example, `USD`, `AUD`, `EUR`, and so on. This must be defined if multicurrency is enabled for the company. Multicurrency is enabled for the company if `Preferences.MultiCurrencyEnabled` is set to `true`. Read more about multicurrency support here. Required if multicurrency is enabled for the company.
	`currency_ref_name`	`object`	The full name of the currency.
	`minorversion`	`string`	Use the minorversion query parameter in REST API requests to access a version of the API other than the generally available version. For example, to invoke minor version 1 of the JournalEntry entity, issue the following request: `https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/<realmId>/journalentry/entityId?minorversion=1`

Authentication#

Quickbooks Sandbox uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Quickbooks Sandbox account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Quickbooks Sandbox and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Quickbooks Sandbox API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting