# QuickBooks Account API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-account-api/  
**Provider:** QuickBooks — https://apis.io/providers/quickbooks/  
**Base URL:** https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com  
**Documentation:** https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop

QuickBooks Account API is one of 82 APIs that [QuickBooks](https://apis.io/providers/quickbooks/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. This API exposes 12 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Account. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, an AsyncAPI specification, and 12 JSON Schemas.

Accounts are what businesses use to track transactions. Accounts can track money coming in (income or revenue) and going out (expenses). They can also track the value of things (assets), like vehicles and equipment. There are five basic account types: asset, liability, income, expense, and equity. Accounts are part of the chart of accounts, the unique list of accounts each business puts together to do their accounting. Accountants often call accounts "ledgers". Learn more about accounts and the chart of accounts. The account object is what you'll use to do actions with the end-users accounts. Note: If you need to delete an account, set the Active attribute to false in an object update request. This makes it inactive. The account itself isn't permanently deleted, but is hidden for display purposes. References to inactive objects remain intact.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/v3/company/{realmID}/account` | Create an account / Full update an account |
| GET | `/v3/company/{realmID}/query` | Query an entity with a SELECT statement |
| GET | `/v3/company/{realmID}/account/{accountId}` | Read an account |

## Machine-readable artifacts (23)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/openapi/quickbooks-account-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop
- **APIReference** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/most-commonly-used/account
- **GettingStarted** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/get-started
- **Authentication** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/authentication-and-authorization/oauth-2.0
- **AsyncAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/asyncapi/quickbooks-online-webhooks-asyncapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-invoiceresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-salesreceiptresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-estimateresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-refundreceiptresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-customerresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-creditmemoresponse-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbpayments/docs/develop
- **APIReference** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbpayments/docs/api/resources/all-entities/charges
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-chargeresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-card-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-bankaccount-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-echeckresponse-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-chargerequest-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-bankaccountrequest-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/account
- **Sandbox** — https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/{realmId}
- **API Explorer** — https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/most-commonly-used/account

## Other QuickBooks APIs (12)

- [QuickBooks Online GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/graphql/)
- [QuickBooks Workforce Payroll API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/payroll/)
- [QuickBooks Account List Detail API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-accountlistdetail-api/)
- [QuickBooks AP Aging Detail API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-apagingdetail-api/)
- [QuickBooks AP Aging Summary API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-apagingsummary-api/)
- [QuickBooks AR Aging Detail API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-aragingdetail-api/)
- [QuickBooks AR Aging Summary API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-aragingsummary-api/)
- [QuickBooks Attachable API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-attachable-api/)
- [QuickBooks Balance Sheet API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-balancesheet-api/)
- [QuickBooks Batch API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-batch-api/)
- [QuickBooks Bill API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-bill-api/)
- [QuickBooks Bill Payment API](https://apis.io/apis/quickbooks/quickbooks-billpayment-api/)

## Tags

Account

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