QuickBooks

QuickBooks Purchase API

A Purchase object represents an expense, such as a purchase made from a vendor. Of note, You must specify an AccountRef for all purchases. The TotalAmtattribute must add up to sum of Line.Amount attributes. There are three types of purchases: Cash, Check, and Credit Card. Cash Purchase contains information regarding a payment made in cash. Check Purchase contains information regarding a payment made by check. Credit Card Purchase contains information regarding a payment made by credit card or refunded/credited back to a credit card. For example, to create a transaction that sends a check to a vendor, create a Purchase object with PaymentType set to Check.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Accounts Payable Management BC-200.20

Operations 3

GET /v3/company/{realmID}/query Query an entity with a SELECT statement #
POST /v3/company/{realmID}/purchase Create a purchase / Delete a purchase / Full update a purchase #
GET /v3/company/{realmID}/purchase/{purchaseId} Read a purchase #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop
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APIReference
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/most-commonly-used/account
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GettingStarted
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/get-started
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Authentication
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/develop/authentication-and-authorization/oauth-2.0
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Documentation
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbpayments/docs/develop
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APIReference
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbpayments/docs/api/resources/all-entities/charges
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Documentation
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/account

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/openapi/quickbooks-purchase-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/asyncapi/quickbooks-online-webhooks-asyncapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-invoiceresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-salesreceiptresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-estimateresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-refundreceiptresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-customerresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-creditmemoresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-chargeresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-card-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-bankaccount-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-echeckresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-chargerequest-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/quickbooks/json-schema/quickbooks-bankaccountrequest-schema.json

Other Resources

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Sandbox
https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/{realmId}
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API Explorer
https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/most-commonly-used/account

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OpenAPI Specification

quickbooks-purchase-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: QuickBooks Online Accounting Purchase API
  version: '2026-11-05'
  description: QuickBooks Online Accounting API (v3). Entities, reports, query, batch and change-data-capture operations for a QuickBooks Online company (realmId). Generated from the JSON Intuit's API Explorer renders; Intuit publishes no OpenAPI document.
  termsOfService: https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/legal-agreements/intuit-terms-of-service-for-intuit-developer-services
  contact:
    name: Intuit Developer Support
    url: https://help.developer.intuit.com/s/
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-generator: convert-intuit-api-explorer.py (deterministic conversion of the provider's API Explorer JSON; no model)
  x-source:
  - https://static.developer.intuit.com/JSONObjects/EntityJsonObject_v1.json
  - https://static.developer.intuit.com/JSONObjects/CodesModelsJsonObjects_v2.json
  - https://static.developer.intuit.com/JSONObjects/TocJsonObject_v1.json
  x-generated: '2026-11-05'
servers:
- url: https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com
  description: Production
- url: https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com
  description: Sandbox
security:
- oauth2:
  - com.intuit.quickbooks.accounting
tags:


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