QuickBooks Sandbox API provides a robust platform for developers to test QuickBooks Online integrations without affecting live data. With Pipedream, you can harness this API to automate various accounting tasks, simulate financial scenarios, or validate app behavior pre-deployment. Imagine syncing invoice statuses with your CRM, triggering alerts based on financial thresholds, or reconciling payments programmatically—all in a safe, isolated environment before going live.
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
quickbooks_sandbox: {
type: "app",
app: "quickbooks_sandbox",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
return await axios($, {
url: `https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/${this.quickbooks_sandbox.$auth.company_id}/companyinfo/${this.quickbooks_sandbox.$auth.company_id}`,
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${this.quickbooks_sandbox.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
"accept": `application/json`,
"content-type": `application/json`,
},
})
},
})
Automated Invoice Syncing with CRM: Craft a workflow that listens for new invoices created in QuickBooks Sandbox, then automatically pushes these invoices to a CRM like Salesforce. This ensures that sales teams always have the latest billing information at their fingertips without manual data entry.
Expense Report Alerts: Design a system where expense reports submitted through QuickBooks Sandbox trigger real-time alerts via Slack or email. This could help managers promptly review and approve expenses, improving the efficiency of financial operations.
Payment Reconciliation Automation: Implement a workflow that reconciles payments received in a platform like Stripe with corresponding invoices in QuickBooks Sandbox. This would vastly reduce the manual workload of ensuring that payments are accurately reflected in the business's financial records.
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
openid
profile
email
GET
https://appcenter.intuit.com/connect/oauth2
?
client_id={{oauth.client_id}}
&
redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}
&
state={{oauth.state}}
&
response_type=code
&
scope={{oauth.space_separated_scopes}}
POST
https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer
content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
accept: application/json
client_id={{oauth.client_id}}
&
client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}
&
redirect_uri={{oauth.redirect_uri}}
&
grant_type=authorization_code
&
code={{oauth.code}}
POST
https://oauth.platform.intuit.com/oauth2/v1/tokens/bearer
content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
accept: application/json
client_id={{oauth.client_id}}
&
client_secret={{oauth.client_secret}}
&
grant_type=refresh_token
&
refresh_token={{oauth.refresh_token}}