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QuickBooks Desktop API

The QuickBooks Desktop API allows developers to integrate with QuickBooks Desktop applications using qbXML messages. It provides capabilities for adding, querying, modifying, and deleting data across list objects, transaction objects, query objects, and report objects, enabling third-party applications to interact with on-premise QuickBooks installations.

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APIReference
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbdesktop/docs/api-reference/qbdesktop
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Documentation
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbdesktop/docs/api-reference

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: intuit:quickbooks-desktop
name: QuickBooks Desktop API
tags:
- Accounting
- Desktop
- Financial
- Small Business
humanURL: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbdesktop/docs/api-reference/qbdesktop
properties:
- url: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbdesktop/docs/api-reference/qbdesktop
  type: APIReference
- url: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbdesktop/docs/api-reference
  type: Documentation
description: The QuickBooks Desktop API allows developers to integrate with QuickBooks Desktop applications
  using qbXML messages. It provides capabilities for adding, querying, modifying, and deleting data across
  list objects, transaction objects, query objects, and report objects, enabling third-party applications
  to interact with on-premise QuickBooks installations.