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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Xero Accounting trigger and Expensify action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the Webhook Event Received (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Xero Accounting account
2. Optional- Configure Webhook Key
Configure the Create Expense action
1. Connect your Expensify account
2. Configure Employee Email
3. Configure Currency
4. Configure Amount
5. Configure Merchant
6. Configure Created Date
7. Optional- Configure Comment
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

Webhook Event Received (Instant) on Xero Accounting

Description:Emit new event for each incoming webhook notification. To create a Xero Webhook, please follow [the instructions here](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/webhooks/creating-webhooks/).

Version:0.0.2

Key:xero_accounting_api-webhook-event-received

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Xero Accounting Overview#

The Xero Accounting API offers a powerful gateway to access and manipulate financial data within Xero. Leveraging Pipedream's capabilities, developers can build custom workflows that streamline accounting processes, sync financial data with external systems, and trigger actions based on financial events. This API allows for the automation of tasks such as invoicing, bank reconciliation, bill payments, and reporting, which can lead to significant time savings and enhanced data accuracy.

Trigger Code#

import crypto from "crypto";
import xeroAccountingApi from "../../xero_accounting_api.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "xero_accounting_api-webhook-event-received",
  name: "Webhook Event Received (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event for each incoming webhook notification. To create a Xero Webhook, please follow [the instructions here](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/webhooks/creating-webhooks/).",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    xeroAccountingApi,
    http: {
      type: "$.interface.http",
      customResponse: true,
    },
    webhookKey: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Webhook Key",
      description: "You can leave this blank when creating this source. After creating a webhook in Xero, please update this prop with the value provided.",
      secret: true,
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      console.log("You can now copy the generated URL endpoint from this source and go to Xero and create a webhook.");
      console.log("After saving, copy the `Webhooks key` and update the prop.");
      console.log("Then click on `Send 'Intent to receive'` to start the signature verification process.");
      console.log("We will receive three requests for signature verification, and after that the `Status` should be OK.");
    },
  },
  methods: {
    httpRespond(status) {
      this.http.respond({
        status,
      });
    },
    validateEvent(event) {
      if (!this.webhookKey) {
        console.log("No webhook key supplied. Please update the prop with the value supplied by Xero.");
        return false;
      }

      console.log("Verifying signature...");
      const sig = crypto.createHmac("sha256", this.webhookKey)
        .update(event.bodyRaw)
        .digest("base64");
      return sig === event.headers["x-xero-signature"];
    },
    emitEvents(events) {
      events.forEach((event) => {
        const {
          resourceId: id,
          eventDateUtc: ts,
          eventType,
          eventCategory,
        } = event;

        this.$emit(event, {
          id,
          summary: `${eventCategory} ${eventType} event received`,
          ts: new Date(ts),
        });
      });
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (!this.validateEvent(event)) {
      console.log("Invalid signature. Ignoring event...");
      this.httpRespond(401);
    }

    this.httpRespond(200);
    this.emitEvents(event.body?.events);
  },
};

Trigger 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
Xero Accounting	`xeroAccountingApi`	`app`	This component uses the Xero Accounting app.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Webhook Key	`webhookKey`	`string`	You can leave this blank when creating this source. After creating a webhook in Xero, please update this prop with the value provided.

Trigger Authentication#

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

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

offline_accessopenidprofileemailaccounting.transactionsaccounting.transactions.readaccounting.reports.readaccounting.settingsaccounting.settings.readaccounting.contactsaccounting.attachmentsaccounting.journals.read

About Xero Accounting#

Accounting Software

Action#

Create Expense on Expensify

Description:Creates a new expense. [See docs here](https://integrations.expensify.com/Integration-Server/doc/#expense-creator)

Version:0.0.4

Key:expensify-create-expense

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Expensify Overview#

The Expensify API enables the automation of expense reporting and management tasks. By harnessing this API within Pipedream, you can craft workflows that streamline the expense submission process, synchronize financial data across platforms, and trigger actions based on expense report statuses. With Pipedream’s serverless platform, these automations can run in the background, allowing for real-time data processing and interaction between Expensify and a myriad of other apps and services.

Action Code#

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import expensify from "../../app/expensify.app.mjs";
export default defineAction({
    key: "expensify-create-expense",
    version: "0.0.4",
    name: "Create Expense",
    description: "Creates a new expense. [See docs here](https://integrations.expensify.com/Integration-Server/doc/#expense-creator)",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        expensify,
        employeeEmail: {
            propDefinition: [
                expensify,
                "employeeEmail",
            ],
        },
        currency: {
            label: "Currency",
            description: "The three-letter currency code of the expense. E.g. `USD`",
            type: "string",
        },
        amount: {
            label: "Amount",
            description: "The amount of the expense, in cents. E.g. `2215` will be `$22.15`",
            type: "integer",
        },
        merchant: {
            label: "Merchant",
            description: "The name of the expense's merchant",
            type: "string",
        },
        created: {
            label: "Created Date",
            description: "The date of the expense (format yyyy-mm-dd). E.g. 2022-07-12",
            type: "string",
        },
        comment: {
            label: "Comment",
            description: "An expense comment",
            type: "string",
            optional: true,
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const response = this.expensify.createExpense({
            $,
            data: {
                employeeEmail: this.employeeEmail,
                transactionList: [
                    {
                        created: this.created,
                        comment: this.comment,
                        currency: this.currency,
                        amount: this.amount,
                        merchant: this.merchant,
                    },
                ],
            },
        });
        if (response.responseCode >= 200 && response.responseCode < 300) {
            $.export("$summary", `Successfully created expense with id ${response.id}`);
        }
        return response;
    },
});

Action Configuration#

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

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Expensify	`expensify`	`app`	This component uses the Expensify app.
Employee Email	`employeeEmail`	`string`	The expenses will be created in this account
Currency	`currency`	`string`	The three-letter currency code of the expense. E.g. `USD`
Amount	`amount`	`integer`	The amount of the expense, in cents. E.g. `2215` will be `$22.15`
Merchant	`merchant`	`string`	The name of the expense's merchant
Created Date	`created`	`string`	The date of the expense (format yyyy-mm-dd). E.g. 2022-07-12
Comment	`comment`	`string`	An expense comment

Action Authentication#

Expensify uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Expensify account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Expensify APIs in both code and no-code steps.

About Expensify#

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