Xero Accounting · OAuth Scopes

Xero Accounting OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Xero Accounting publishes 6 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Xero Accounting API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://identity.xero.com/connect/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

AccountingSmall BusinessInvoicingBookkeepingFinancial ReportingSoftware-as-a-Service

Scopes: 6 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://login.xero.com/identity/connect/authorize

Token URL
https://identity.xero.com/connect/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (6)

Scope	Description	Flows
accounting.attachments	Grant read/write access to attachments	authorizationCode
accounting.contacts	Grant read/write access to contacts and contact groups	authorizationCode
accounting.journals.read	Grant read-only access to journals	authorizationCode
accounting.reports.read	Grant read-only access to accounting reports	authorizationCode
accounting.settings	Grant read/write access to organisation and account settings	authorizationCode
accounting.transactions	Grant read/write access to bank transactions, credit notes, invoices, repeating invoices	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.xero.com/identity/connect/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://identity.xero.com/connect/token
scopes:
- scope: accounting.attachments
  description: Grant read/write access to attachments
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
- scope: accounting.contacts
  description: Grant read/write access to contacts and contact groups
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
- scope: accounting.journals.read
  description: Grant read-only access to journals
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
- scope: accounting.reports.read
  description: Grant read-only access to accounting reports
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
- scope: accounting.settings
  description: Grant read/write access to organisation and account settings
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml
- scope: accounting.transactions
  description: Grant read/write access to bank transactions, credit notes, invoices, repeating
    invoices
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/xero-accounting-openapi.yml

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