My company uses QuickBooks Online, and I would like to write some c# scripts that retrieve very basic information like a list of customers and list of invoices from the QuickBooks Online subscription.
I would also like to submit invoices and payments.
I have created a QuickBooks IPP account (at developer.intuit.com).
I am able to authenticate myself (OAuth) just fine. My questions are:
1) Do I need to authenticate myself every time I wish to connect to QBO IPP (to retrieve a list of customers, submit an invoice, etc.)? Or can my app authenticate itself once & stay 'connected' for months?
2) Is there any sample code to do basic things such as obtain a list of customers, submit an invoice, etc.? I downloaded the sample MVC app from this link
And it was quite helpful - but when I try to get some of the code to work, I just get errors - which leads me to my first question - can I authenticate myself ONCE and use those tokens (appToken, and appTokenSecret) many times in order to perform simple tasks (obtain customer list), or do I have to authenticate myself every time?
Thank you.
Re - 1) Do I need to authenticate myself every time I wish to connect to QBO IPP (to retrieve a list of customers, submit an invoice, etc.)? Or can my app authenticate itself once & stay 'connected' for months?
Please find below steps to get OAuth tokens using which you can make API call against your QBO account. If you create an app in appcenter, you'll get consumerKey and consumerSecret. https://developer.intuit.com/Application/Create/IA
Using the above two tokens, you can generate accessToken and accessSecret from the OAuthPlayground. https://appcenter.intuit.com/Playground/OAuth/IA PN - After completing C2QB(OAuth) flow, you should use 'App Menu API Test.' option which will show you accessToken and accessSecret.
These tokens are valid for 180 days (at max). When these tokens are more than 150 days old (and <180 days), you can make Reconnect API call to revalidate those again.
Ref https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0050_quickbooks_api/0020_authentication_and_authorization/oauth_management_api#Reconnect
So you can always persist these tokens and reuse it.
To let end users connect their QB data with you SaaS app, you need to implement a wizard called 'Connect to Quickbook'. Using 3-legged Oauth your app will be able to capture the acessToken and acessSecret corresponding to the end-user's qbo account.
Ref - https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0060_authentication_and_authorization/connect_from_within_your_app#7._Add_the_Connect_to_QuickBooks_button
Re - 2) Is there any sample code to do basic things such as obtain a list of customers, submit an invoice, etc.?
Please refer - https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0100_accounting/0500_developer_kits/0150_ipp_.net_devkit_3.0/0002_synchronous_calls#/Data_Services_API
and how to add invoice or sales receipt quickbooks rest api v3.0
This is a sample code to get the Quickbooks data using c#.
You can use OAuth play ground(https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/playground) to get the access token, realm Id.
Base url is https://sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/realmId/query?minorversion={{minorversion}}.
In here I used 55 as minor version.
using Intuit.Ipp.Core;
using Intuit.Ipp.Data;
using Intuit.Ipp.QueryFilter;
using Intuit.Ipp.Security;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace InvoiceTable
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
//List<Invoice> InvoiceList = new List<Invoice>();
OAuth2RequestValidator oauthValidator = new OAuth2RequestValidator(Access_Token);
ServiceContext serviceContext = new ServiceContext(realm Id, IntuitServicesType.QBO, oauthValidator);
serviceContext.IppConfiguration.MinorVersion.Qbo = "minorversion";
serviceContext.IppConfiguration.BaseUrl.Qbo = Base URL;
var querySvc = new QueryService<Invoice>(serviceContext);
var InvoiceList = querySvc.ExecuteIdsQuery("Select Balance From Invoice").ToList();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw;
}
}
}
}
IppDotNetSdkForQuickBooksApiV3 version 10.0.0 is the package that you have to install.
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I am looking into publishing some service status updates on Twitter using Tweetinvi, which seems like a good library for doing that sort of thing, but I am just starting out looking into this so using it is not set in stone.
However, one thing my research has not yielded yet, is an obvious way to handle Twitter authentication in what is essentially a headless service. I have created an app with Twitter, so I have my consumer key and secret, and I can do the "app only" auth to request user info, get their followers etc., but of course I have no right to publish tweets.
So my ambition is (once this is out of beta) to create a proper twitter account, somehow have the service authenticate towards that account, and then publish status updates from the general service at defined intervals. It is a fairly simple idea.
Of course, I can do something like the PIN based authentication mentioned here:
https://github.com/linvi/tweetinvi/wiki/Authentication
I can run that manually, get the PIN code, and proceed with the workflow. But will this require reauthentication at regular intervals, or will it basically be valid "forever"? I am looking for a way to make this as automatic as possible, and having to redo the auth every x hours is a huge dent in this dream, if not a showstopper.
Of course I will have the password for the twitter account used to publish statuses, but I don't see a way to do a good old fashioned login without manual user intervention - what options do I have?
This behavior is by design. Twitter uses OAuth, which is a protocol with the purpose of allowing a user to authorize an application. This is good for the user because otherwise, you or anyone else can perform actions on their behalf without them knowing.
With that in mind, the only way to do this is to have the user explicitly authorize your app. Here's an example of how to do this with LINQ to Twitter, which I wrote, using ASP.NET MVC. When the user visit's your page, you can have a button that re-directs them to the OAuthController below to the BeginAsync action.
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using LinqToTwitter;
namespace MvcDemo.Controllers
{
public class OAuthController : AsyncController
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public async Task<ActionResult> BeginAsync()
{
//var auth = new MvcSignInAuthorizer
var auth = new MvcAuthorizer
{
CredentialStore = new SessionStateCredentialStore
{
ConsumerKey = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["consumerKey"],
ConsumerSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["consumerSecret"]
}
};
string twitterCallbackUrl = Request.Url.ToString().Replace("Begin", "Complete");
return await auth.BeginAuthorizationAsync(new Uri(twitterCallbackUrl));
}
public async Task<ActionResult> CompleteAsync()
{
var auth = new MvcAuthorizer
{
CredentialStore = new SessionStateCredentialStore()
};
await auth.CompleteAuthorizeAsync(Request.Url);
// This is how you access credentials after authorization.
// The oauthToken and oauthTokenSecret do not expire.
// You can use the userID to associate the credentials with the user.
// You can save credentials any way you want - database,
// isolated storage, etc. - it's up to you.
// You can retrieve and load all 4 credentials on subsequent
// queries to avoid the need to re-authorize.
// When you've loaded all 4 credentials, LINQ to Twitter will let
// you make queries without re-authorizing.
//
//var credentials = auth.CredentialStore;
//string oauthToken = credentials.OAuthToken;
//string oauthTokenSecret = credentials.OAuthTokenSecret;
//string screenName = credentials.ScreenName;
//ulong userID = credentials.UserID;
//
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}
}
}
After the user authorizes your application, Twitter redirects them back to the CompleteAsync method. Notice the comments on how to extract values from the auth.CredentialStore. Save those in your DB and then retrieve them in your service to make calls on the user's behalf.
Those credentials don't change, but the user can possibly de-authorize your application at some time in the future - at which time you'll need to get them to authorize again. You can get the entire sample code at the LINQ to Twitter ASP.NET Samples page.
I am 'communicating' with a Magento web app(version 1.9.2.2) via the REST API in a C# ASP.NET MVC application.
The application essentially acts as a backend order flow dashboard for pizzas. I need to display the latest orders and allow the user to check the items off as they are processed (among other things).
I am able to retrieve orders, products, customers etc; but need to be able to update the order status. From my research it seems that this can be achieved by adding an order comment.
That said, my questions are as follows:
Is adding an order comment (thus updating the order status) only possible through the SOAP Service in Magento 1.9?
If the above is true, how can I update the order status of a particular order using another secure approach?
Docs on REST API: http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/m1x/api/rest/Resources/Orders/order_comments.html
To anyone that may be facing the same issue, I discovered that it is not possible to update the order status (AKA add a sales order comment) via the REST API. You have to use the SOAP API and version 2 makes it easiest.
Setup:
In magento, create a SOAP Role and User
Add the SOAP v2 API as a web reference to your Visual Studio project
Code:
public void UpdateOrderStatus(string orderIncrementId, string newStatus, string comment = "")
{
// Init service with uri
var service = new MagentoSoap.MagentoService();
// Login - username and password (soap api key) of the soap user
string sessionId = service.login(Username, Password);
// Update order status
service.salesOrderAddComment(sessionId, orderIncrementId, newStatus, comment, 1, true);
}
You can do this by using the addComment method, which also lets you specify the new order status as one of it's parameters.
$sku='100000003';
$orderStatus = 'Downloaded';
$comment = 'The order was successfully downloaded';
$sendEmailToCustomer = false;
$proxy->call($sessionId, 'sales_order.addComment', array($sku, $orderStatus, $comment, $sendEmailToCustomer));
I want to get list of events of particular users lets say user#company1.com , user#company2.com which uses office365 accounts.
I need to retrive user#company2.com calendar with out login. My application will be like listing my available timings for my clients , so that they can select my free time and will schedule meeting with me. I need to filter the already scheduled events from my list... Is there any example code for getting calendar events without login??
I tried office365 multi-tenant application which will gives sample code for getting calendar events only after login. I need it with out authentication. Please help me on this.
Trying to access the O365 information without authentication is impossible , either user authentication or app authentication will be required . In your scenario ,you may need app authentication . You could try to build Daemon or Service Apps using client credential grant flow as described in this blog, the service app that requires admin consent, but is authorized to access any mailbox/calendar information in your Office 365 tenant.
Another choice is to use EWS Managed API, you could get free/busy information of a user and suggested meeting times by using the EWS Managed API :
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn643673(v=exchg.150).aspx
And an existing Office add-in support on Outlook:
https://findtime.microsoft.com/
Finally I tried to use the free/busy code. My code is as follows... I am following this procedure but I don't know if it is correct or not. I have a Microsoft Office 365 account, and by passing credentials silently, I am creating Exchange Server service. After that i am passing different domain attendee information as ORGANIZER and REQUIRED as follows. But it is returning all values not skipping any scheduled meetings for those users.
Lets assume user1#domain.com is ORGANIZER and user2#anotherdomain.com is REQUIRED for meeting . User1 have meeting scheduled at 7:00-7:30pm on daily basis but when I executed the following script it shows me 7:00-7:30pm as available for meeting. It supposed to block that time.
Can you suggest some changes to code and am I proceeding in the correct way?
private static void GetSuggestedMeetingTimes(ExchangeService service)
{
List<AttendeeInfo> attendees = new List<AttendeeInfo>();
attendees.Add(new AttendeeInfo()
{
SmtpAddress = "user1#mydomain.com",
AttendeeType = MeetingAttendeeType.Organizer
});
attendees.Add(new AttendeeInfo()
{
SmtpAddress = "user2#anotherdomain.com",
AttendeeType = MeetingAttendeeType.Required
});
// Specify options to request free/busy information and suggested meeting times.
AvailabilityOptions availabilityOptions = new AvailabilityOptions();
availabilityOptions.GoodSuggestionThreshold = 49;
availabilityOptions.MaximumNonWorkHoursSuggestionsPerDay = 0;
availabilityOptions.MaximumSuggestionsPerDay = 40;
// Note that 60 minutes is the default value for MeetingDuration, but setting it explicitly for demonstration purposes.
availabilityOptions.MeetingDuration = 30;
availabilityOptions.MinimumSuggestionQuality = SuggestionQuality.Good;
availabilityOptions.DetailedSuggestionsWindow = new TimeWindow(DateTime.Now.AddDays(1), DateTime.Now.AddDays(2));
availabilityOptions.RequestedFreeBusyView = FreeBusyViewType.FreeBusy;
// Return free/busy information and a set of suggested meeting times.
// This method results in a GetUserAvailabilityRequest call to EWS.
GetUserAvailabilityResults results = service.GetUserAvailability(attendees,
availabilityOptions.DetailedSuggestionsWindow,
AvailabilityData.FreeBusyAndSuggestions,
availabilityOptions);
// Display suggested meeting times.
Console.WriteLine("Availability for {0} and {1}", attendees[0].SmtpAddress, attendees[1].SmtpAddress);
Console.WriteLine();
foreach (Suggestion suggestion in results.Suggestions)
{
Console.WriteLine("Suggested date: {0}\n", suggestion.Date.ToShortDateString());
Console.WriteLine("Suggested meeting times:\n");
foreach (TimeSuggestion timeSuggestion in suggestion.TimeSuggestions)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t{0} - {1}\n",
timeSuggestion.MeetingTime.ToShortTimeString(),
timeSuggestion.MeetingTime.Add(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(availabilityOptions.MeetingDuration)).ToShortTimeString());
}
}
int i = 0;
// Display free/busy times.
foreach (AttendeeAvailability availability in results.AttendeesAvailability)
{
Console.WriteLine("Availability information for {0}:\n", attendees[i].SmtpAddress);
foreach (CalendarEvent calEvent in availability.CalendarEvents)
{
Console.WriteLine("\tBusy from {0} to {1} \n", calEvent.StartTime.ToString(), calEvent.EndTime.ToString());
}
i++;
}
After a lot of digging around I've got my WPF application signing users in via Azure Mobile Service. My Mobile Service is connected to an Azure Active Directory that I have set up. However, when I log the user in with MobileServiceClient.LoginAsync(...) the MobileServiceUser UserId is in an unreadable hash it seems. For example it looks like: "Aad:X3pvh6mmo2AgTyHdCA3Hwn6uBy91rXXXXXXXXXX". What exactly is this?
I'd like to grab the user's display name to use but I can't figure out how.
That is the userID of Azure Active Directory. You need to create a service to expose your AAD info through a service and retrieve the additional information using the access token you get from your user.
First:
ServiceUser user = this.User as ServiceUser;
var identities = await user.GetIdentitiesAsync();
var aad = identities.OfType<AzureActiveDirectoryCredentials>().FirstOrDefault();
var aadAccessToken = aad.AccessToken;
var aadObjectId = aad.ObjectId;
This will give you the access token and objectID , then you need to query the information through AAD graphy API.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn151678.aspx
Look at the sample request part. You should provide the query with the access token you got and objectId.
Here is an alternative approach, after reading http://justazure.com/azure-active-directory-part-2-building-web-applications-azure-ad/ scroll to the section on Identity in .Net it talks how claims are a standard part of the framework. So once you get the credentials object like provided by #beast
var aad = identities.OfType<AzureActiveDirectoryCredentials>().FirstOrDefault();
You can actually grab a dictionary with the various properties. Examples of some the properties can be found at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.identitymodel.claims.claimtypes(v=vs.110).aspx
So from there you can do the following:
if (aad != null)
{
var d = aad.Claims;
var email = d[ClaimTypes.Email];
}
I did this to pull the user id which was cross referenced in a table. FYI I am using App Service, but I believe the credentials object is the same in Mobile Service
Using OAuth I do get access token from Google. The sample that comes with Google and even this one:
http://code.google.com/p/google-api-dotnet-client/source/browse/Tasks.SimpleOAuth2/Program.cs?repo=samples
show how to use Tasks API. However, I want to use Calendar API. I want to get access to user's calendar. Can anybody tell me how do I do that?
Take a look at the samples:
Getting Started with the .NET Client Library
On the right side of the page linked above there is a screen shot showing the sample projects contained in the Google Data API solution. They proofed to be very helpful (I used them to start my own Google Calendar application).
I recommend keeping both your own solution and the sample solution open. This way you can switch between the examples and your own implementation.
I also recommend to use the NuGet packages:
Google.GData.AccessControl
Google.GData.Calendar
Google.GData.Client
Google.GData.Extensions
and more ...
This way you easily stay up to date.
Sample to get the users calendars:
public void LoadCalendars()
{
// Prepare service
CalendarService service = new CalendarService("Your app name");
service.setUserCredentials("username", "password");
CalendarQuery query = new CalendarQuery();
query.Uri = new Uri("https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/default/allcalendars/full");
CalendarFeed calendarFeed = (CalendarFeed)service.Query(query);
Console.WriteLine("Your calendars:\n");
foreach(CalendarEntry entry in calendarFeed.Entries)
{
Console.WriteLine(entry.Title.Text + "\n");
}
}