Quickstart

Welcome! 👋 Follow the instructions below to connect your QuickBooks Desktop instance and start working with your data in just a few minutes. You’ll be able to fetch, create, and update any object type in real-time with our modern APIs and SDKs.

Part 1: Set up your Conductor account

1. Create a Conductor account

2. Create an organization

3. Select the testing project

Part 2: Connect to QuickBooks Desktop

Important: A QuickBooks Desktop instance for testing is required. If you do not have one, you can create a free test instance.

1. Create an end-user

2. Complete the authentication flow

3. Create an API key

4. Get your end-user ID

5. Install the Conductor SDK

6. Fetch data from QuickBooks Desktop!

Try fetching a list of QBD Customers:

import Conductor from "conductor-node";
const conductor = new Conductor({ apiKey: "{{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}}" });

async function main() {
  const invoices = await conductor.qbd.invoices.list({
    conductorEndUserId: "{{YOUR_END_USER_ID}}",
    limit: 10,
  });
  console.log(invoices.data);
}

main();

Example QBD response

{
  "objectType": "list",
  "url": "/v1/quickbooks-desktop/customers",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "80000001-1234567890",
      "objectType": "qbd_customer",
      "createdAt": "2021-10-01T17:34:56.000Z",
      "name": "ABC Corporation",
      "isActive": true,
      // ...
    }
    // ...
  ],
  // ...
}

Getting Started

Usage

QuickBooks Desktop

Part 1: Set up your Conductor account

Part 2: Connect to QuickBooks Desktop

Getting Started

Usage

QuickBooks Desktop

​Part 1: Set up your Conductor account

​Part 2: Connect to QuickBooks Desktop

Part 1: Set up your Conductor account

Part 2: Connect to QuickBooks Desktop