quickbooks-pinecone 0.8.7
A Python library for accessing the QuickBooks API.
License: MIT
Keywords: quickbooks,qbo,accounting

python-quickbooks
=================

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A Python 3 library for accessing the Quickbooks API. Fork of
[python-quickbooks](https://github.com/ej2/python-quickbooks)

These instructions were written for a Django application. Make sure to
change it to whatever framework/method you’re using.
You can find additional examples of usage in [Integration tests folder](https://gitlab.com/pinecone-osp/pinecone-quickbooks/tree/master/tests/integration).

For information about contributing, see the [Contributing Page](https://gitlab.com/pinecone-osp/pinecone-quickbooks/blob/master/contributing.md).

QuickBooks OAuth
------------------------------------------------

This library requires [intuit-oauth](https://pypi.org/project/intuit-oauth/). 
Follow the [OAuth 2.0 Guide](https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/authentication-and-authorization/oauth-2.0) for installation and to get connected to QuickBooks API.


Accessing the API
-----------------

Set up an AuthClient passing in your `CLIENT_ID` and `CLIENT_SECRET`.

```python
from intuitlib.client import AuthClient

auth_client = AuthClient(
    client_id='CLIENT_ID',
    client_secret='CLIENT_SECRET',
    environment='sandbox',
    redirect_uri='http://localhost:8000/callback',
)
```

Then create a QuickBooks client object passing in the AuthClient, refresh token, and company id:
```python
from quickbooks import QuickBooks

client = QuickBooks(
    auth_client=auth_client,
    refresh_token='REFRESH_TOKEN',
    company_id='COMPANY_ID',
)
```

If you need to access a minor version (See [Minor versions](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_quickbooks_online/0200_dev_guides/accounting/minor_versions) for
details) pass in minorversion when setting up the client:

```python
client = QuickBooks(
    auth_client=auth_client,
    refresh_token='REFRESH_TOKEN',
    company_id='COMPANY_ID',
    minorversion=4
)
```

Object Operations
-----------------

List of objects:
```python
from quickbooks.objects.customer import Customer
customers = Customer.all(qb=client)
```

**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:
```python
customers = Customer.filter(Active=True, FamilyName="Smith", qb=client)
```

Filtered list of objects with ordering:
```python
# Get customer invoices ordered by TxnDate
invoices = Invoice.filter(CustomerRef='100', order_by='TxnDate', qb=client)

# Same, but in reverse order
invoices = Invoice.filter(CustomerRef='100', order_by='TxnDate DESC', qb=client)

# Order customers by FamilyName then by GivenName
customers = Customer.all(order_by='FamilyName, GivenName', qb=client)
```
Filtered list of objects with paging:
```python
customers = Customer.filter(start_position=1, max_results=25, Active=True, FamilyName="Smith", qb=client)
```
List Filtered by values in list:
```python
customer_names = ['Customer1', 'Customer2', 'Customer3']
customers = Customer.choose(customer_names, field="DisplayName", qb=client)
```
List with custom Where Clause (do not include the `"WHERE"`):
```python
customers = Customer.where("Active = True AND CompanyName LIKE 'S%'", qb=client)
```
List with custom Where and ordering
```python
customers = Customer.where("Active = True AND CompanyName LIKE 'S%'", order_by='DisplayName', qb=client)
```
List with custom Where Clause and paging:
```python
customers = Customer.where("CompanyName LIKE 'S%'", start_position=1, max_results=25, qb=client)
```
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):
```python
customers = Customer.query("SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Active = True", qb=client)
```
Filtering a list with a custom query with paging:
```python
customers = Customer.query("SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Active = True STARTPOSITION 1 MAXRESULTS 25", qb=client)
```
Get record count (do not include the ``"WHERE"``):
```python
customer_count = Customer.count("Active = True AND CompanyName LIKE 'S%'", qb=client)
```
Get single object by Id and update:
```python
customer = Customer.get(1, qb=client)
customer.CompanyName = "New Test Company Name"
customer.save(qb=client)
```
Create new object:
```python
customer = Customer()
customer.CompanyName = "Test Company"
customer.save(qb=client)
```
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/api/accounting/batch) for
full details).

Batch create a list of objects:
```python
from quickbooks.batch import batch_create

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

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

customers = [customer1, customer2]

results = batch_create(customers, qb=client)
```
Batch update a list of objects:
```python
from quickbooks.batch import batch_update
customers = Customer.filter(Active=True)

# Update customer records
results = batch_update(customers, qb=client)
```
Batch delete a list of objects:
```python
from quickbooks.batch import batch_delete

customers = Customer.filter(Active=False)
results = batch_delete(customers, qb=client)
```
Review results for batch operation:
```python
# 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)
```
Change Data Capture
-----------------------
Change Data Capture returns a list of objects that have changed since a given time 
(see [Change data capture](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/api/accounting/changedatacapture) for more details):
```python
from quickbooks.cdc import change_data_capture
from quickbooks.objects import Invoice

cdc_response = change_data_capture([Invoice], "2017-01-01T00:00:00", qb=client)
for invoice in cdc_response.Invoice:
   pass  # Do something with the invoice
```
Querying muliple entity types at the same time:
```python
from quickbooks.objects import Invoice, Customer
cdc_response = change_data_capture([Invoice, Customer], "2017-01-01T00:00:00", qb=client)
```
If you use a `datetime` object for the timestamp, it is automatically converted to a string:
```python
from datetime import datetime

cdc_response = change_data_capture([Invoice, Customer], datetime(2017, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0), qb=client)
```
Attachments
----------------
See [Attachable documentation](https://developer.intuit.com/docs/api/accounting/Attachable) 
for list of valid file types, file size limits and other restrictions.

Attaching a note to a customer:
```python
attachment = Attachable()

attachable_ref = AttachableRef()
attachable_ref.EntityRef = customer.to_ref()

attachment.AttachableRef.append(attachable_ref)

attachment.Note = 'This is a note'
attachment.save(qb=client)
```
Attaching a file to customer:
```python
attachment = Attachable()

attachable_ref = AttachableRef()
attachable_ref.EntityRef = customer.to_ref()

attachment.AttachableRef.append(attachable_ref)

attachment.FileName = 'Filename'
attachment._FilePath = '/folder/filename'  # full path to file
attachment.ContentType = 'application/pdf'
attachment.save(qb=client)
```
Other operations
----------------
Void an invoice:
```python
invoice = Invoice()
invoice.Id = 7
invoice.void(qb=client)
```
If your consumer_key never changes you can enable the client to stay running:
```python
QuickBooks.enable_global()
```
You can disable the global client like so:
```python
QuickBooks.disable_global()
```

Working with JSON data
----------------
All objects include `to_json` and `from_json` methods.

Converting an object to JSON data:
```python
account = Account.get(1, qb=client)
json_data = account.to_json()
```
Loading JSON data into a quickbooks object:
```python
account = Account()
account.from_json({
    "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
    "Name": "MyJobs"
})
account.save(qb=client)
```
Date formatting
----------------
When setting date or datetime fields, Quickbooks requires a specific format.
Formating helpers are available in helpers.py. Example usage:
```python
date_string = qb_date_format(date(2016, 7, 22))
date_time_string = qb_datetime_format(datetime(2016, 7, 22, 10, 35, 00))
date_time_with_utc_string = qb_datetime_utc_offset_format(datetime(2016, 7, 22, 10, 35, 00), '-06:00')
```
Exception Handling
----------------
The QuickbooksException object contains additional [QBO error code](https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/troubleshooting/error-codes#id1) information. 

```python
from quickbooks.exceptions import QuickbooksException

try:
    pass  # perform a Quickbooks operation
except QuickbooksException as e:
    e.message  # contains the error message returned from QBO
    e.error_code  # contains the  
    e.detail  # contains additional information when available  
```

**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.