QuickBooks ACTION
Create Purchase
Creates a new purchase. See the documentation
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's QuickBooks account once, then configure and run Create Purchase from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "quickbooks-create-purchase",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
quickbooks: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
accountRefValue: "Account Reference Value",
paymentType: "Payment Type",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "quickbooks-create-purchase",
"configured_props": {
"quickbooks": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"accountRefValue": "Account Reference Value",
"paymentType": "Payment Type"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "quickbooks",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "quickbooks-create-purchase",
arguments: {
accountRefValue: "Account Reference Value",
paymentType: "Payment Type",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
accountRefValue Account Reference 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. Required Dynamic |
paymentType Payment Type | string | Payment Type can be: Cash, Check, or CreditCard. Required |
currencyRefValue Currency Code | 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. Optional Dynamic |
lineItemsAsObjects Enter Line Items as Objects | boolean | Enter line items as an array of objects Required |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- quickbooks-create-purchase
- Version
- 0.0.11
- App
- QuickBooks
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗