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  • OAuth 2.0 Integration Tips: When testing your redirect URL….

    I’ve been playing around with the new QuickBooks Online OAuth 2.0 integration and came across an error which caused me a few hours of grief. To save you guys time I decided to write about it and show you how to avoid this minor hiccup.

  • Obtaining, Tracking and Responding to Reviews of Your App

    We know that our customers rely on a wide range of resources when they consider connecting a new app to their QuickBooks. However, one that continues to remain top of mind is App Reviews. Here are three tips for being proactive, informed, and engaged with reviews on your app.

  • Minor Versions: What are they and why they matter to you

    At Intuit, we’re constantly improving our products including the QuickBooks Online API. This means we need to be able to introduce incremental changes to the API without breaking your app. Minor versions provides a way to do just that. Now, let’s look at how it works, so you can take advantage of new features today!

  • App Cards Update

    Intuit Developer is excited to launch a new and improved way to fill out your QuickBooks App Store app cards. We’ve simplified the process, and the new changes will make sure that your apps are properly marketed to the customers who want them.

  • Upgrading your apps to support TLS 1.2

    We recently announced that QuickBooks Online apps will be required to upgrade to TLS 1.1 or above by July 31, 2017 to align with industry best practices for security and data integrity. Intuit will also require an upgrade to TLS 1.2 by December 31, 2017. Steps for upgrading to TLS 1.2 vary for different coding languages.

  • Quick start to QuickBooks Online REST API with OAuth 2.0

    As of July 17, 2017, QuickBooks Online API supports the OAuth 2.0 protocol for new developer accounts. Click here for more details on OAuth 1.0 and 2.0 for your account. This blog shows you how to generate OAuth 2.0 tokens and then call the QuickBooks Online APIs using the Postman app with OAuth 2.0. The […]

  • Updates to the Payments APIs for QuickBooks Online

    Beginning February 1, 2018, Intuit is making a change to the QuickBooks Online Payments API and QuickBooks Merchant Services Payments API that will require that the ecommerce and mobile indicators for all purchases made from a handheld device (smart phone or tablet) is set within the application. This will affect any purchase regardless if the card number is keyed in, swiped, or fetched from a pass through digital wallet like Apple Pay or a staged digital wallet like PayPal/Google Wallet.

  • Keep Your QuickBooks App Card Shiny, Part 2

    Last month, I shared several tips for keeping your app card up to date as well as some best practices for responding to reviews. This month, we’re going back to the basics: communicating what your app does and how it will improve the life of a small business.

  • What are Batch Operations and Why They are Important to You

    Did you know that QuickBooks Online has batch operations? Instead of sending requests to the QuickBooks API one at a time, requiring you to make a request and then wait for a response, Batch operations provides a way to perform batches of operations on multiple services. For example, in a single batch request an application can create a customer, update an invoice, and read an account.

  • Design 4 Delight: How to make your app stand out in the Intuit App Store

    At Intuit we use design thinking to deeply understand our customers and solve their problems through our design principles: Design 4 Delight and Customer Driven Innovation. These simple principles that help us solve customer problems in delightful ways are equally accessible to you. In order to help developers continue their success and offer integrations that customers love, we’ve created a list of ways that will continue to delight those who use your current products or ones you plan to build.