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Quickstart
Send your first request to QuickBooks in 5 minutes.
Preparing your QuBe Sync account
Create your free QuBe Sync account
Create your free QuBe Sync account
From the https://qubesync.com homepage, click “Register” and create your free account
Create your first connection
Create your first connection
In the Connections tab, create a new connection. Select your development app and click save.
Usually, this will be done programmatically by posting to the connections endpoint:
Usually, this will be done programmatically by posting to the connections endpoint:post https://qubesync.com/api/v1/connectionsSet up the QuickBooks Web Connector
The Web Connector should come pre-installed with QuickBooks, and allows QuickBooks to communicate with web applications.Load the QWC File
The QWC file tells the web connector how to communicate with QuBe Sync
Load the QWC File
The QWC file tells the web connector how to communicate with QuBe Sync
Inside the Connection screen, you’ll be able to download a QWC File. You’ll need to open this file from the Windows computer / VM where you have QuickBooks installed and follow the on-screen prompts. Make sure you have QuickBooks open to the correct company file and we suggest allowing access even when QuickBooks is closed to avoid connectivity issues.
Copy/paste the password
Copy/paste the password
Click “Generate Password” to generate a password for the Web Connector and it will be copied to your clipboard. Paste this password in the Web Connector and choose to save it when prompted.
Test the connection
Test the connection
Check the checkbox next to your app in the Web Connector and click “Update Selected”. You should see it authenticate and then finish with “No data exchange required” in green if everything has gone according to plan!
Make Requests
Get your app's API key
Get your app's API key
In the “My Applications” tab, click into the sandbox app. We’ve generated an API key for you - click to copy it, and have it ready to use in your environment (e.g.
export QUBE_API_KEY="foo..." )Make a request!
Make a request!
QuBe Sync gives you the full power of any QBXML request, but also has some prebuilt endpoints for common use cases. Here we’ll ask for a list of customersThe response has a link to the request in the UI (
data.links.ui ) to watch the request as it’s processed by the web connector. Hit “Update Selected” on the Web Connector and see your customers!