Use cases

If you already know what you want to develop, visit the API Explorer and pick specific API entities to build a bespoke experience.

If you need inspiration, we’ve got you covered. We’ve collected common accounting and business tasks into guides. We call these “use cases” and “workflows.” Think of entity references as ingredients and workflows as the recipe for how to use them to create a complete dish.

Here common accounting and small business workflows you can use as a foundation for your app.

• Create an invoice
• Create products, services, and inventory items
• Use groups to bundle items
• Use categorizes to manage item heirarchies
• Categorize income and expenses
• Manage custom fields
• Manage linked transactions
• Manage multiple currencies
• Manage sales tax for non-US locales
• Manage sales tax for US locales
• Manage business units
• Attach images
• Run reports

• Integrate with the QuickBooks Payroll API
• Integrate with the QuickBooks Payments API

Check out our basic guides for accounting, QuickBooks, and REST API:

• Learn basic bookkeeping and accounting concepts
• Learn QuickBooks Online basics
• Learn basic REST API features

If you need a bit more help, we have training tailored to your skill level and needs. Follow the links to learn more about on-demand webinars from certified ProAdvisors and self-paced courses:

• Seminars and self-paced accounting training from Real World
• On-demand accounting training with ProAdvisors