python-quickbooks
A Python library for accessing the QuickBooks API.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The library is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive MIT license, and provides a mature Python interface to QuickBooks Online. Install it if you need to integrate QuickBooks data into a Python application. Be aware that you must handle OAuth credential setup separately and sanitize any user input before passing it to queries.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires valid Intuit OAuth 2.0 credentials (CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, REFRESH_TOKEN, COMPANY_ID) obtained from Intuit developer portal.
- Intuit is deprecating support for minor versions 1–74 beginning August 1, 2025.
- Low friction install with four runtime dependencies (intuit-oauth, requests_oauthlib, requests, python-dateutil).
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license (permissive) places no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
last release 2025-04-16 (485 days) · last repo commit 2026-03-23 · 469 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 975,199 downloads/mo, #4,598 on PyPI
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pip install python-quickbooks
from quickbooks import QuickBooks
from quickbooks.objects.customer import Customer
# Requires AuthClient from intuit-oauth dependency
client = QuickBooks(
auth_client=auth_client,
refresh_token='REFRESH_TOKEN',
company_id='COMPANY_ID'
)
customers = Customer.all(qb=client)- Whether the library handles automatic token refresh when access_token expires without explicit user intervention
- Performance characteristics when querying large result sets (max 1000 entities per response)
- Extent of SQL query syntax support and any limitations beyond standard Intuit QBO query operations
- Specific Python version requirements (classifiers list versions 3.5–3.12 but requires_python is unspecified)
What it is and what it does
python-quickbooks is a Python 3 client library for the Intuit QuickBooks Online API, enabling programmatic access to accounting data. It wraps OAuth 2.0 authentication via the intuit-oauth dependency and provides object-oriented interfaces to query, filter, create, update, and delete QuickBooks entities (customers, invoices, payments, etc.) with support for batch operations and change-data capture to track modifications since a given timestamp.
Developers pass an AuthClient to a QuickBooks client object along with a refresh token and company ID, then use chainable query methods (all, filter, where, query, count) to retrieve entities or batch operations to perform multiple writes in a single API call. The description warns that user input must be sanitized before passing to queries, as the library does not sanitize input itself.
Use it for
- Sync QuickBooks customer and invoice data into a Python application for reporting or analytics
- Automate bulk customer or payment creation and updates via batch operations in a single API request
- Monitor accounting data changes since a specific timestamp using change-data capture for incremental sync workflows
- Build a custom accounting dashboard or integration layer that queries QuickBooks entities with complex filters and ordering
- Attach documents or notes to QuickBooks records programmatically via the Attachable API
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The library is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive MIT license, and provides a mature Python interface to QuickBooks Online. Install it if you need to integrate QuickBooks data into a Python application. Be aware that you must handle OAuth credential setup separately and sanitize any user input before passing it to queries.
Install
python-quickbooks on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with four runtime dependencies (intuit-oauth, requests_oauthlib, requests, python-dateutil). Actively maintained as of March 2026 with 469 repository stars. Last release was April 2025.
Requires valid Intuit OAuth 2.0 credentials (CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN, REFRESH_TOKEN, COMPANY_ID) obtained from Intuit developer portal. Intuit is deprecating support for minor versions 1–74 beginning August 1, 2025.
License in practice
MIT license (permissive) places no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution in proprietary or open-source projects.
Quickstart
pip install python-quickbooks
from quickbooks import QuickBooks
from quickbooks.objects.customer import Customer
# Requires AuthClient from intuit-oauth dependency
client = QuickBooks(
auth_client=auth_client,
refresh_token='REFRESH_TOKEN',
company_id='COMPANY_ID'
)
customers = Customer.all(qb=client)Verify before relying
- Whether the library handles automatic token refresh when access_token expires without explicit user intervention
- Performance characteristics when querying large result sets (max 1000 entities per response)
- Extent of SQL query syntax support and any limitations beyond standard Intuit QBO query operations
- Specific Python version requirements (classifiers list versions 3.5–3.12 but requires_python is unspecified)
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesintuit-oauthrequests_oauthlibrequestspython-dateutil |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 485 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 975,199 / month, #4,598 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 3 - AlphaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: python_quickbooks-0.9.12-py3-none-any.whl
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