# Create Purchase — QuickBooks

> Creates a new purchase. See the documentation

- Key: `quickbooks-create-purchase`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.0.11
- App: QuickBooks (`quickbooks`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/quickbooks.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/quickbooks/actions/create-purchase
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/quickbooks/actions/create-purchase/create-purchase.mjs

## Description

Creates a new purchase. [See the documentation](https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/purchase#create-a-purchase)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `accountRefValue` | `string` | Yes | 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. Options are loaded from the connected account. |
| `paymentType` | `string` | Yes | Payment Type can be: Cash, Check, or CreditCard. |
| `currencyRefValue` | `string` | No | 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. Options are loaded from the connected account. |
| `lineItemsAsObjects` | `boolean` | Yes | Enter line items as an array of objects |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
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 accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_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",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
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**

```bash
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"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/quickbooks.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps