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A Python library for accessing the Quickbooks API. Forked from https://github.com/sidecars/python-quickbooks to improve Python 3 compatibility. Thanks to Edward Emanuel Jr.

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# python-quickbooks

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A Python library for accessing the Quickbooks API.
Complete rework of [quickbooks-python](https://github.com/troolee/quickbooks-python).

These instructions were written for a Django application. Make sure to change it to whatever framework/method you're using.

## Connecting your application to Quickbooks Online

1. Create the Authorization URL for your application:

from quickbooks import QuickBooks

quickbooks = QuickBooks(
sandbox=True,
consumer_key=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_KEY,
consumer_secret=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET,
callback_url=CALLBACK_URL
)

authorize_url = quickbooks.get_authorize_url()

Store the authorize_url, request_token, and request_token_secret for use in the Callback method.

2. Handle the callback:

quickbooks = QuickBooks(
sandbox=True,
consumer_key=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_KEY,
consumer_secret=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET,
callback_url=CALLBACK_URL
)

quickbooks.authorize_url = authorize_url
quickbooks.request_token = request_token
quickbooks.request_token_secret = request_token_secret
quickbooks.set_up_service()

quickbooks.get_access_tokens(request.GET['oauth_verifier'])

realm_id = request.GET['realmId']
access_token = quickbooks.access_token
access_token_secret = quickbooks.access_token_secret

Store realm_id, access_token, and access_token_secret need to be stored for later use.


## Accessing the API

QuickBooks client uses a singleton pattern. Just be sure to create the QuickBooks object before you make any calls to QBO.
Setup the client connection using the stored `access_token` and the `access_token_secret` and `realm_id`:

from quickbooks import QuickBooks

QuickBooks(
sandbox=True,
consumer_key=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_KEY,
consumer_secret=QUICKBOOKS_CLIENT_SECRET,
access_token=access_token,
access_token_secret=access_token_secret,
company_id=realm_id
)


List of objects:

from quickbooks.object.customer import Customer
customers = Customer.all()

__Note:__ The maximum number of entities that can be returned in a response is 1000. If the result size is not specified, the default number is 100.
(See [Intuit developer guide](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0300_developer_guides/querying_data) for details)

Filtered list of objects:

customers = Customer.filter(Active=True, FamilyName="Smith")


Filtered list of objects with paging:

customers = Customer.filter(start_position=1, max_results=25, Active=True, FamilyName="Smith")


List with custom Where Clause (do not include the "WHERE"):

customers = Customer.where("Active = True AND CompanyName LIKE 'S%'")


List with custom Where Clause with paging:


customers = Customer.where("CompanyName LIKE 'S%'", start_position=1, max_results=25)


Filtering a list with a custom query (See [Intuit developer guide](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0300_developer_guides/querying_data) for supported SQL statements):

customer = Customer.query("SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Active = True")

Filtering a list with a custom query with paging:

customer = Customer.query("SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Active = True STARTPOSITION 1 MAXRESULTS 25")

Get single object by Id and update:

customer = Customer.get(1)
customer.CompanyName = "New Test Company Name"
customer.save()


Create new object:

customer = Customer()
customer.CompanyName = "Test Company"
customer.save()


## Batch Operations

The batch operation enables an application to perform multiple operations in a single request
(See [Intuit Batch Operations Guide](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0300_developer_guides/batch_operations) for full details).


Batch create a list of objects:

from quickbooks.batch import batch_create

customer1 = Customer()
customer1.CompanyName = "Test Company 1"
customer1.save()

customer2 = Customer()
customer2.CompanyName = "Test Company 2"
customer2.save()

customers = []
customers.append(customer1)
customers.append(customer2)

results = batch_create(customers)


Batch update a list of objects:

from quickbooks.batch import batch_update

customers = Customer.filter(Active=True)

# Update customer records

results = batch_update(customers)


Batch delete a list of objects:

from quickbooks.batch import batch_delete

customers = Customer.filter(Active=False)
results = batch_delete(customers)


Review results for batch operation:

# successes is a list of objects that were successfully updated
for obj in results.successes:
print "Updated " + obj.DisplayName

# faults contains list of failed operations and associated errors
for fault in results.faults:
print "Operation failed on " + fault.original_object.DisplayName

for error in fault.Error:
print "Error " + error.Message


__Note:__ Objects and object property names match their Quickbooks counterparts and do not follow PEP8.

__Note:__ This is a work-in-progress made public to help other developers access the QuickBooks API.
Built for a Django project running on Python 2. It has not been tested with Python 3.

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