POST
/
quickbooks-desktop
/
customers

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Your Conductor secret key using Bearer auth (e.g., "Authorization: Bearer {{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}}").

Headers

Conductor-End-User-Id
string
required

The ID of the EndUser to receive this request (e.g., "Conductor-End-User-Id: {{END_USER_ID}}").

Body

application/json
name
string
required

The case-insensitive name of this customer. Not guaranteed to be unique because it does not include the names of its hierarchical parent objects like fullName does. For example, two customers could both have the name "Website Redesign Project", but they could have unique fullName values, such as "ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project" and "Baker:Website Redesign Project".

Maximum length: 41 characters.

Maximum length: 41
accountNumber
string

The customer'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.

additionalContacts
object[]

Additional alternate contacts for this customer.

additionalNotes
object[]

Additional notes about this customer.

alternateContact
string

The name of a alternate contact person for this customer.

alternatePhone
string

The customer's alternate telephone number.

alternateShippingAddresses
object[]

A list of additional shipping addresses for this customer. Useful when the customer has multiple shipping locations.

billingAddress
object

The customer's billing address.

ccEmail
string

An email address to carbon copy (CC) on communications with this customer.

classId
string

The customer's class. Classes can be used to categorize objects into meaningful segments, such as department, location, or type of work. In QuickBooks, class tracking is off by default.

companyName
string

The name of the company associated with this customer. This name is used on invoices, checks, and other forms.

contact
string

The name of the primary contact person for this customer.

creditCard
object

The customer's credit card information, including card type, number, and expiration date, used for processing credit card payments.

creditLimit
string

The customer's credit limit, represented as a decimal string. This is the maximum amount of money this customer can spend before being billed. If null, there is no credit limit.

currencyId
string

The customer's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable.

customContactFields
object[]

Additional custom contact fields for this customer, such as phone numbers or email addresses.

customerTypeId
string

The customer's type, used for categorizing customers into meaningful segments, such as industry or region.

email
string

The customer's email address.

externalId
string

A globally unique identifier (GUID) you, the developer, can provide for tracking this object in your external system. This field is immutable and can only be set during object creation.

IMPORTANT: This field must be formatted as a valid GUID; otherwise, QuickBooks will return an error.

fax
string

The customer's fax number.

firstName
string

The first name of the contact person for this customer.

Maximum length: 25 characters.

Maximum length: 25
isActive
boolean
default:
true

Indicates whether this customer is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to true.

jobDescription
string

A brief description of this customer's job, if this object is a job (i.e., sub-customer).

jobEndDate
string

The actual completion date of this customer's job, if applicable, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

jobProjectedEndDate
string

The projected completion date for this customer's job, if applicable, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

jobStartDate
string

The date when work on this customer's job began, if applicable, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

jobStatus
enum<string>
default:
none

The status of this customer's job, if this object is a job (i.e., sub-customer).

Available options:
awarded,
closed,
in_progress,
none,
not_awarded,
pending
jobTitle
string

The job title of the contact person for this customer.

jobTypeId
string

The type or category of this customer's job, if this object is a job (i.e., sub-customer). Useful for classifying into meaningful segments (e.g., repair, installation, consulting).

lastName
string

The last name of the contact person for this customer.

Maximum length: 25 characters.

Maximum length: 25
middleName
string

The middle name of the contact person for this customer.

Maximum length: 5 characters.

Maximum length: 5
note
string

A note or comment about this customer.

openingBalance
string

The opening balance of this customer's account, indicating the amount owed by this customer, represented as a decimal string.

openingBalanceDate
string

The date of the opening balance of this customer, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

parentId
string

The parent customer one level above this one in the hierarchy. For example, if this customer has a fullName of "ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project", its parent has a fullName of "ABC Corporation". If this customer is at the top level, this field will be null.

phone
string

The customer's primary telephone number.

preferredDeliveryMethod
enum<string>
default:
none

The preferred method for delivering invoices and other documents to this customer.

Available options:
email,
mail,
none
preferredPaymentMethodId
string

The customer's preferred payment method (e.g., cash, check, credit card).

priceLevelId
string

The customer's custom price level that QuickBooks automatically applies to calculate item rates in new transactions (e.g., invoices, sales receipts, sales orders, and credit memos) for this customer. While applied automatically, this can be overridden when creating individual transactions. Note that transactions will not show the price level itself, only the final rate calculated from it.

resaleNumber
string

The customer's resale number, used if the customer is purchasing items for resale. This number does not affect sales tax calculations or reports in QuickBooks.

salesRepresentativeId
string

The customer's sales representative. Sales representatives can be employees, vendors, or other names in QuickBooks.

salesTaxCodeId
string

The default sales-tax code for transactions with this customer, 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.

salesTaxCountry
enum<string>

The country for which sales tax is collected for this customer.

Available options:
australia,
canada,
uk,
us
salesTaxItemId
string

The sales-tax item used to calculate the actual tax amount for this customer's transactions by applying a specific tax rate collected for a single tax agency. Unlike salesTaxCode, which only indicates general taxability, this field drives the actual tax calculation and reporting.

salutation
string

The formal salutation title that precedes the name of the contact person for this customer, such as "Mr.", "Ms.", or "Dr.".

shippingAddress
object

The customer's shipping address.

taxRegistrationNumber
string

The customer's tax registration number, for use in Canada or the UK.

termsId
string

The customer's payment terms, defining when payment is due and any applicable discounts.

Response

200 - application/json
accountNumber
string | null
required

The customer'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.

additionalContacts
object[]
required

Additional alternate contacts for this customer.

additionalNotes
object[]
required

Additional notes about this customer.

alternateContact
string | null
required

The name of a alternate contact person for this customer.

alternatePhone
string | null
required

The customer's alternate telephone number.

alternateShippingAddresses
object[]
required

A list of additional shipping addresses for this customer. Useful when the customer has multiple shipping locations.

balance
string | null
required

The current balance owed by this customer, excluding balances from any jobs (i.e., sub-customers), represented as a decimal string. Compare with totalBalance. A positive number indicates money owed by the customer.

billingAddress
object | null
required

The customer's billing address.

ccEmail
string | null
required

An email address to carbon copy (CC) on communications with this customer.

class
object | null
required

The customer's class. Classes can be used to categorize objects into meaningful segments, such as department, location, or type of work. In QuickBooks, class tracking is off by default.

companyName
string | null
required

The name of the company associated with this customer. This name is used on invoices, checks, and other forms.

contact
string | null
required

The name of the primary contact person for this customer.

createdAt
string
required

The date and time when this customer was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm). The time zone is the same as the user's time zone in QuickBooks.

creditCard
object | null
required

The customer's credit card information, including card type, number, and expiration date, used for processing credit card payments.

creditLimit
string | null
required

The customer's credit limit, represented as a decimal string. This is the maximum amount of money this customer can spend before being billed. If null, there is no credit limit.

currency
object | null
required

The customer's currency. For built-in currencies, the name and code are standard international values. For user-defined currencies, all values are editable.

customContactFields
object[]
required

Additional custom contact fields for this customer, such as phone numbers or email addresses.

customerType
object | null
required

The customer's type, used for categorizing customers into meaningful segments, such as industry or region.

customFields
object[]
required

The custom fields for the customer object, added as user-defined data extensions, not included in the standard QuickBooks object.

email
string | null
required

The customer's email address.

externalId
string | null
required

A globally unique identifier (GUID) you, the developer, can provide for tracking this object in your external system. This field is immutable and can only be set during object creation.

fax
string | null
required

The customer's fax number.

firstName
string | null
required

The first name of the contact person for this customer.

fullName
string
required

The case-insensitive fully-qualified unique name of this customer, formed by combining the names of its hierarchical parent objects with its own name, separated by colons. For example, if a customer is under "ABC Corporation" and has the name "Website Redesign Project", its fullName would be "ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project".

NOTE: Unlike name, fullName is guaranteed to be unique across all customer objects. However, fullName can still be arbitrarily changed by the QuickBooks user when they modify the underlying name field.

IMPORTANT: If this object is a job (i.e., a sub-customer), this value would likely be the job's name prefixed by the customer's name.

id
string
required

The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this customer. This ID is unique across all customers but not across different QuickBooks object types.

isActive
boolean
required

Indicates whether this customer is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to true.

jobDescription
string | null
required

A brief description of this customer's job, if this object is a job (i.e., sub-customer).

jobEndDate
string | null
required

The actual completion date of this customer's job, if applicable, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

jobProjectedEndDate
string | null
required

The projected completion date for this customer's job, if applicable, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

jobStartDate
string | null
required

The date when work on this customer's job began, if applicable, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).

jobStatus
enum<string> | null
required

The status of this customer's job, if this object is a job (i.e., sub-customer).

Available options:
awarded,
closed,
in_progress,
none,
not_awarded,
pending
jobTitle
string | null
required

The job title of the contact person for this customer.

jobType
object | null
required

The type or category of this customer's job, if this object is a job (i.e., sub-customer). Useful for classifying into meaningful segments (e.g., repair, installation, consulting).

lastName
string | null
required

The last name of the contact person for this customer.

middleName
string | null
required

The middle name of the contact person for this customer.

name
string
required

The case-insensitive name of this customer. Not guaranteed to be unique because it does not include the names of its hierarchical parent objects like fullName does. For example, two customers could both have the name "Website Redesign Project", but they could have unique fullName values, such as "ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project" and "Baker:Website Redesign Project".

note
string | null
required

A note or comment about this customer.

objectType
string
required

The type of object. This value is always "qbd_customer".

Allowed value: "qbd_customer"
parent
object | null
required

The parent customer one level above this one in the hierarchy. For example, if this customer has a fullName of "ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project", its parent has a fullName of "ABC Corporation". If this customer is at the top level, this field will be null.

phone
string | null
required

The customer's primary telephone number.

preferredDeliveryMethod
enum<string> | null
required

The preferred method for delivering invoices and other documents to this customer.

Available options:
email,
mail,
none
preferredPaymentMethod
object | null
required

The customer's preferred payment method (e.g., cash, check, credit card).

priceLevel
object | null
required

The customer's custom price level that QuickBooks automatically applies to calculate item rates in new transactions (e.g., invoices, sales receipts, sales orders, and credit memos) for this customer. While applied automatically, this can be overridden when creating individual transactions. Note that transactions will not show the price level itself, only the final rate calculated from it.

resaleNumber
string | null
required

The customer's resale number, used if the customer is purchasing items for resale. This number does not affect sales tax calculations or reports in QuickBooks.

revisionNumber
string
required

The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of this customer 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.

salesRepresentative
object | null
required

The customer's sales representative. Sales representatives can be employees, vendors, or other names in QuickBooks.

salesTaxCode
object | null
required

The default sales-tax code for transactions with this customer, 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.

salesTaxCountry
enum<string> | null
required

The country for which sales tax is collected for this customer.

Available options:
australia,
canada,
uk,
us
salesTaxItem
object | null
required

The sales-tax item used to calculate the actual tax amount for this customer's transactions by applying a specific tax rate collected for a single tax agency. Unlike salesTaxCode, which only indicates general taxability, this field drives the actual tax calculation and reporting.

salutation
string | null
required

The formal salutation title that precedes the name of the contact person for this customer, such as "Mr.", "Ms.", or "Dr.".

shippingAddress
object | null
required

The customer's shipping address.

sublevel
number
required

The depth level of this customer in the hierarchy. A top-level customer has a sublevel of 0; each subsequent sublevel increases this number by 1. For example, a customer with a fullName of "ABC Corporation:Website Redesign Project" would have a sublevel of 1. When sublevel is 0, this object is a customer; when sublevel is greater than 0, this object is typically a job (i.e., a sub-customer).

taxRegistrationNumber
string | null
required

The customer's tax registration number, for use in Canada or the UK.

terms
object | null
required

The customer's payment terms, defining when payment is due and any applicable discounts.

totalBalance
string | null
required

The combined balance of this customer and all of this customer's jobs (i.e., sub-customers), represented as a decimal string. If there are no sub-customers, totalBalance and balance are equal. A positive number indicates money owed by the customer.

updatedAt
string
required

The date and time when this customer was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm). The time zone is the same as the user's time zone in QuickBooks.