> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.conductor.is/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create an account > Creates a new financial account. QuickBooks requires you to pick a supported account type for the chart of accounts, and non-posting types can’t be created through the API. ## OpenAPI ````yaml POST /quickbooks-desktop/accounts openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Conductor API version: 0.0.1 servers: - url: https://api.conductor.is/v1 security: - BearerAuth: [] paths: /quickbooks-desktop/accounts: post: summary: Create an account description: >- Creates a new financial account. QuickBooks requires you to pick a supported account type for the chart of accounts, and non-posting types can’t be created through the API. parameters: - in: header name: Conductor-End-User-Id description: The ID of the End-User to receive this request. schema: type: string description: The ID of the End-User to receive this request. example: end_usr_1234567abcdefg x-stainless-naming: typescript: method_argument: conductorEndUserId mcp: method_argument: conductorEndUserId required: true requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string maxLength: 31 description: >- The case-insensitive name of this account. Not guaranteed to be unique because it does not include the names of its hierarchical parent objects like `fullName` does. For example, two accounts could both have the `name` "Accounts-Payable", but they could have unique `fullName` values, such as "Corporate:Accounts-Payable" and "Finance:Accounts-Payable". Maximum length: 31 characters. example: Accounts-Payable isActive: type: boolean description: >- Indicates whether this account is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to `true`. example: true default: true parentId: type: string description: >- The parent account one level above this one in the hierarchy. For example, if this account has a `fullName` of "Corporate:Accounts-Payable", its parent has a `fullName` of "Corporate". If this account is at the top level, this field will be `null`. example: 80000001-1234567890 accountType: type: string enum: - accounts_payable - accounts_receivable - bank - cost_of_goods_sold - credit_card - equity - expense - fixed_asset - income - long_term_liability - non_posting - other_asset - other_current_asset - other_current_liability - other_expense - other_income description: >- The classification of this account, indicating its purpose within the chart of accounts. **NOTE**: You cannot create an account of type `non_posting` through the API because QuickBooks creates these accounts behind the scenes. example: bank accountNumber: type: string description: >- The account's account number, which appears in the QuickBooks chart of accounts, reports, and graphs. Note that if the "Use Account Numbers" preference is turned off in QuickBooks, the account number may not be visible in the user interface, but it can still be set and retrieved through the API. example: '1010' bankAccountNumber: type: string description: >- The bank account number or identifying note for this account. Access to this field may be restricted based on permissions. example: '123456789' description: type: string description: A description of this account. example: >- Accounts-payable are the amounts owed to suppliers for goods and services purchased on credit. openingBalance: type: string description: >- The amount of money in, or the value of, this account as of `openingBalanceDate`. On a bank statement, this would be the amount of money in the account at the beginning of the statement period. example: '1000.00' openingBalanceDate: type: string format: date description: >- The date of the opening balance of this account, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). example: '2023-01-01' salesTaxCodeId: type: string description: >- The default sales-tax code for transactions with this account, determining whether the transactions are taxable or non-taxable. This can be overridden at the transaction or transaction-line level. Default codes include "Non" (non-taxable) and "Tax" (taxable), but custom codes can also be created in QuickBooks. If QuickBooks is not set up to charge sales tax (via the "Do You Charge Sales Tax?" preference), it will assign the default non-taxable code to all sales. example: 80000001-1234567890 taxLineId: type: number description: >- The identifier of the tax line associated with this account. You can see a list of all available values for this field by calling the endpoint for account tax lines. example: 123 currencyId: type: string description: >- The account's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard ISO 4217 international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable. example: 80000001-1234567890 required: - name - accountType additionalProperties: false responses: '200': description: Returns the newly created account. headers: Conductor-Request-Id: schema: type: string description: The unique identifier for this API request. example: req_1234567abcdefg required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/qbd_account' security: - BearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: JavaScript source: |- import Conductor from 'conductor-node'; const conductor = new Conductor({ apiKey: process.env['CONDUCTOR_SECRET_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted }); const account = await conductor.qbd.accounts.create({ accountType: 'bank', name: 'Accounts-Payable', conductorEndUserId: 'end_usr_1234567abcdefg', }); console.log(account.id); - lang: Python source: |- import os from conductor import Conductor conductor = Conductor( api_key=os.environ.get("CONDUCTOR_SECRET_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) account = conductor.qbd.accounts.create( account_type="bank", name="Accounts-Payable", conductor_end_user_id="end_usr_1234567abcdefg", ) print(account.id) components: schemas: qbd_account: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this account. This ID is unique across all accounts but not across different QuickBooks object types. example: 80000001-1234567890 objectType: type: string const: qbd_account description: The type of object. This value is always `"qbd_account"`. example: qbd_account createdAt: type: string description: >- The date and time when this account was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer. example: '2025-01-01T12:34:56.000Z' updatedAt: type: string description: >- The date and time when this account was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer. example: '2025-02-01T12:34:56.000Z' revisionNumber: type: string description: >- The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of this account object, which changes each time the object is modified. When updating this object, you must provide the most recent `revisionNumber` to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error. example: '1721172183' name: type: string description: >- The case-insensitive name of this account. Not guaranteed to be unique because it does not include the names of its hierarchical parent objects like `fullName` does. For example, two accounts could both have the `name` "Accounts-Payable", but they could have unique `fullName` values, such as "Corporate:Accounts-Payable" and "Finance:Accounts-Payable". example: Accounts-Payable fullName: type: string description: >- The case-insensitive fully-qualified unique name of this account, formed by combining the names of its hierarchical parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. For example, if an account is under "Corporate" and has the `name` "Accounts-Payable", its `fullName` would be "Corporate:Accounts-Payable". **NOTE**: Unlike `name`, `fullName` is guaranteed to be unique across all account objects. However, `fullName` can still be arbitrarily changed by the QuickBooks user when they modify the underlying `name` field. example: Corporate:Accounts-Payable isActive: type: boolean description: >- Indicates whether this account is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to `true`. example: true parent: type: - object - 'null' properties: id: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types. example: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive. example: Parent:Child:Grandchild required: - id - fullName additionalProperties: false description: >- The parent account one level above this one in the hierarchy. For example, if this account has a `fullName` of "Corporate:Accounts-Payable", its parent has a `fullName` of "Corporate". If this account is at the top level, this field will be `null`. example: id: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: Corporate sublevel: type: number description: >- The depth level of this account in the hierarchy. A top-level account has a `sublevel` of 0; each subsequent sublevel increases this number by 1. For example, an account with a `fullName` of "Corporate:Accounts-Payable" would have a `sublevel` of 1. example: 1 accountType: type: string enum: - accounts_payable - accounts_receivable - bank - cost_of_goods_sold - credit_card - equity - expense - fixed_asset - income - long_term_liability - non_posting - other_asset - other_current_asset - other_current_liability - other_expense - other_income description: >- The classification of this account, indicating its purpose within the chart of accounts. **NOTE**: You cannot create an account of type `non_posting` through the API because QuickBooks creates these accounts behind the scenes. example: bank specialAccountType: type: - string - 'null' enum: - accounts_payable - accounts_receivable - condense_item_adjustment_expenses - cost_of_goods_sold - direct_deposit_liabilities - estimates - exchange_gain_loss - inventory_assets - item_receipt_account - opening_balance_equity - payroll_expenses - payroll_liabilities - petty_cash - purchase_orders - reconciliation_differences - retained_earnings - sales_orders - sales_tax_payable - uncategorized_expenses - uncategorized_income - undeposited_funds - null description: >- Indicates if this account is a special account automatically created by QuickBooks for specific purposes. example: undeposited_funds isTaxAccount: type: - boolean - 'null' description: Indicates whether this account is used for tracking taxes. example: true accountNumber: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The account's account number, which appears in the QuickBooks chart of accounts, reports, and graphs. Note that if the "Use Account Numbers" preference is turned off in QuickBooks, the account number may not be visible in the user interface, but it can still be set and retrieved through the API. example: '1010' bankAccountNumber: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The bank account number or identifying note for this account. Access to this field may be restricted based on permissions. example: '123456789' description: type: - string - 'null' description: A description of this account. example: >- Accounts-payable are the amounts owed to suppliers for goods and services purchased on credit. balance: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The current balance of this account only, excluding balances from any subordinate accounts, represented as a decimal string. Compare with `totalBalance`. Note that income accounts and balance sheet accounts may not have balances. example: '1000.00' totalBalance: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The combined balance of this account and all its sub-accounts, represented as a decimal string. For example, the `totalBalance` for XYZ Bank would be the total of the balances of all its sub-accounts (checking, savings, and so on). If XYZ Bank did not have any sub-accounts, `totalBalance` and `balance` would be the same. example: '5000.00' salesTaxCode: type: - object - 'null' properties: id: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types. example: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive. example: Parent:Child:Grandchild required: - id - fullName additionalProperties: false description: >- The default sales-tax code for transactions with this account, determining whether the transactions are taxable or non-taxable. This can be overridden at the transaction or transaction-line level. Default codes include "Non" (non-taxable) and "Tax" (taxable), but custom codes can also be created in QuickBooks. If QuickBooks is not set up to charge sales tax (via the "Do You Charge Sales Tax?" preference), it will assign the default non-taxable code to all sales. example: id: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: Non taxLineDetails: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/qbd_tax_line_info' - type: 'null' description: The account's tax line details, used for tax reporting purposes. cashFlowClassification: type: - string - 'null' enum: - financing - investing - none - not_applicable - operating - null description: >- Indicates how this account is classified for cash flow reporting. If `none`, the account has not been classified. If `not_applicable`, the account does not qualify to be classified (e.g., a bank account tracking cash transactions is not part of a cash flow report). example: operating currency: type: - object - 'null' properties: id: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types. example: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive. example: Parent:Child:Grandchild required: - id - fullName additionalProperties: false description: >- The account's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard ISO 4217 international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable. example: id: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: USD customFields: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/qbd_custom_field' description: >- The custom fields for the account object, added as user-defined data extensions, not included in the standard QuickBooks object. required: - id - objectType - createdAt - updatedAt - revisionNumber - name - fullName - isActive - parent - sublevel - accountType - specialAccountType - isTaxAccount - accountNumber - bankAccountNumber - description - balance - totalBalance - salesTaxCode - taxLineDetails - cashFlowClassification - currency - customFields additionalProperties: false title: The Account object x-conductor-object-type: other summary: >- An account in QuickBooks Desktop represents a financial account used to track money and transactions. It can be customized with features like hierarchical sub-accounts, account numbers, and opening balances. Accounts form the foundation of the chart of accounts and can represent various types like bank accounts, credit cards, income, expense, and other financial categories. qbd_tax_line_info: type: object properties: taxLineId: type: number description: >- The identifier of the tax line associated with this account. You can see a list of all available values for this field by calling the endpoint for account tax lines. example: 123 taxLineName: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The name of the tax line associated with this account, as it appears on the tax form. example: State Sales Tax required: - taxLineId - taxLineName additionalProperties: false title: The Tax Line Info object x-conductor-object-type: nested qbd_custom_field: type: object properties: ownerId: type: string description: >- The identifier of the owner of the custom field, which QuickBooks internally calls a "data extension". For public custom fields visible in the UI, such as those added by the QuickBooks user, this is always "0". For private custom fields that are only visible to the application that created them, this is a valid GUID identifying the owning application. Internally, Conductor always fetches all public custom fields (those with an `ownerId` of "0") for all objects. example: '0' name: type: string description: >- The name of the custom field, unique for the specified `ownerId`. For public custom fields, this name is visible as a label in the QuickBooks UI. example: Customer Rating type: type: string enum: - amount_type - date_time_type - integer_type - percent_type - price_type - quantity_type - string_1024_type - string_255_type description: The data type of this custom field. example: string_1024_type value: type: string description: >- The value of this custom field. The maximum length depends on the field's data type. example: Premium required: - ownerId - name - type - value additionalProperties: false title: The Custom Field object x-conductor-object-type: nested securitySchemes: BearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Your Conductor secret key using Bearer auth (e.g., `"Authorization: Bearer {{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}}"`). ```` Built with [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com).