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# Connect your app to QuickBooks

> Connect your app to QuickBooks, an accounting platform, to build apps that work with customers, invoices, bills, payments, accounts, and company data.

export const connector_0 = "QuickBooks"

[QuickBooks](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/) is an accounting platform for managing company finances, customers, invoices, bills, payments, and bookkeeping workflows. The QuickBooks connector lets your Lovable app work with QuickBooks Online accounting data through a connected Intuit account.

With QuickBooks, your app can:

* Query customers, vendors, items, accounts, and company information
* Read invoices, bills, payments, purchases, and sales receipts
* Create accounting dashboards and operational finance reports
* Build workflows that create or update QuickBooks records

The QuickBooks connector connects to a single QuickBooks Online company through OAuth. It is a good fit for finance dashboards, invoice workflows, customer account tools, payment tracking, and internal operations apps that need accounting data from QuickBooks Online.

## Common use cases and example apps

| Example app              | Example prompt                                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| :----------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Finance dashboard        | *Use QuickBooks and build a dashboard that shows revenue, open invoices, overdue balances, and recent payments.*      | **Track key accounting metrics from QuickBooks in one place.**<br />The app reads invoices, payments, customers, and account data, then displays finance trends for internal teams.             |
| Invoice tracker          | *Use QuickBooks and build an invoice tracker that lists sent, paid, and overdue invoices by customer.*                | **Give teams a focused view of invoice status.**<br />The app queries QuickBooks invoices, groups them by status, and highlights accounts that need follow-up.                                  |
| Customer billing portal  | *Use QuickBooks and build a customer billing portal where staff can search customers and view their invoice history.* | **Make QuickBooks customer and invoice data easier to access.**<br />The app lets authorized team members search customer records, review balances, and inspect invoice details.                |
| Expense review app       | *Use QuickBooks and build an app that shows recent bills and purchases, grouped by vendor and account category.*      | **Organize expenses from QuickBooks for review.**<br />The app reads bills, purchases, vendors, and accounts, then helps finance teams spot unusual spending.                                   |
| Cash flow report         | *Use QuickBooks and build a cash flow report that compares paid invoices, open invoices, and upcoming bills.*         | **Summarize cash flow signals from QuickBooks.**<br />The app combines receivables and payables data to show what has been collected and what is due.                                           |
| Record creation workflow | *Use QuickBooks and build a form that creates a new customer and draft invoice from an approved request.*             | **Turn internal approvals into QuickBooks records.**<br />The app collects request details, validates required fields, and creates or updates QuickBooks records through the connected company. |

## How to connect QuickBooks

Workspace **admins** and **owners** can connect QuickBooks. You can create multiple QuickBooks connections using different Intuit accounts or companies, which is useful for separating sandbox and production environments or managing multiple businesses.

When the connection is created, QuickBooks becomes available across all projects in the workspace. Anyone building in a project can ask Lovable in chat to link their project to it.

### Prerequisites

Before connecting QuickBooks, make sure you have:

* A QuickBooks Online company you want to connect
* Access to the Intuit account that can authorize API access for that company
* Lovable workspace **owner** or **admin** role

<Note>
  All API requests made through this connector use your connected QuickBooks Online company and Intuit API access. Billing, quota, and API limits are handled by Intuit, not Lovable.
</Note>

### Set up your QuickBooks connection

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open QuickBooks in Connectors">
    Go to **Connectors → App connectors** and select **QuickBooks**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a connection">
    Click **Add connection**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name the connection">
    In **Display name**, name the connection (for example, `QuickBooks Prod`). This name is only used inside Lovable to identify the connection.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the environment">
    In **Environment**, select **Production** for a live QuickBooks Online company or **Sandbox** for an Intuit developer sandbox company.

    Leave **Company ID** blank unless you already know the QuickBooks company ID. Intuit usually returns the company ID during authorization.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose who can access this connection">
    Under **Who can access this connection**, decide who in your workspace can use the connection:

    * **Only you** (default): only the person creating the connection can use it and its associated data.
    * **Invite specific people**: only you and explicitly added workspace members can use the connection and its associated data.
    * **Invite entire workspace**: click **Invite entire workspace** to make the connection available to everyone in your Lovable workspace.

    See [Connection-level access](/integrations/introduction#connection-level-access) for more information.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect to QuickBooks and authorize">
    Click **Connect**. The QuickBooks authorization window opens, so make sure your browser doesn't block pop-ups. If it does, Lovable redirects you instead.

    Sign in to Intuit if prompted, choose the QuickBooks company to connect, review the requested permissions, and approve access.

    You'll be redirected back to Lovable with a confirmation.
  </Step>
</Steps>

When connected, anyone building in a project can ask Lovable in chat to link their project to QuickBooks (based on configured connection-level access). Your Lovable apps can then query and manage QuickBooks Online accounting data through the connected company.

## Limitations

The QuickBooks connector cannot:

* Connect to QuickBooks Desktop. It supports QuickBooks Online through Intuit's Accounting API.
* Access a QuickBooks company that the connected Intuit account cannot authorize.
* Receive QuickBooks webhooks or real-time event notifications.
* Bypass Intuit API quotas, rate limits, or account restrictions.
* Support per-end-user QuickBooks login. Each connection represents a single QuickBooks company shared across all projects linked to it.

If QuickBooks authorization is revoked from the Intuit side, you'll need to reconnect the integration in Lovable before API calls can succeed again.

## How to unlink projects from a {connector_0} connection

Editors and above can remove specific projects from a connection without deleting the connection entirely. The connection will remain available for other projects.

To unlink projects:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Connectors">
    Open **Connectors**, then go to **App connectors**, and select **{connector_0}**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the connection">
    Open the connection you want to manage.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select projects">
    Under **Linked projects**, check the projects you want to unlink.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    Click **Unlink projects** and confirm.
  </Step>
</Steps>

When unlinked, those projects will no longer have access to {connector_0} through this connection. If a project needs {connector_0} again, you can link it to any available connection.

## How to delete a {connector_0} connection

Workspace admins and owners can delete {connector_0} connections. Other members can delete a connection if they created it, or if they have been explicitly granted access to it.

<Warning>
  Deleting a connection is permanent and cannot be undone. It will remove the credentials from all linked projects, and any apps using this connection will stop working until a new connection is added.
</Warning>

Before deleting, review the **Linked projects** section to see which projects are currently using the connection.

To delete a connection:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Connectors">
    Open **Connectors**, then go to **App connectors**, and select **{connector_0}**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the connection">
    Open the connection you want to remove.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review linked projects">
    Review the **Linked projects** section.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Delete">
    Under **Delete this connection**, click **Delete** and confirm.
  </Step>
</Steps>