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Xero Accounting

Xero is a cloud accounting platform for small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers that provides invoicing, bank reconciliation, payroll, expense management, and financial reporting. The Xero Accounting API exposes full-featured REST endpoints for invoices, contacts, bank transactions, accounts, items, journals, reports, and more. All Xero APIs share a single OAuth 2.0 authorization layer, require the Xero-Tenant-Id header to scope requests to an organization, and are served from api.xero.com.

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AccountingSmall BusinessInvoicingBookkeepingFinancial ReportingSaaS

APIs

Xero Accounting API

REST API for managing invoices, contacts, bank transactions, accounts, items, journals, reports, and other accounting resources in a Xero organization. Uses OAuth 2.0 with the X...

Xero Connections API

OAuth 2.0 connections endpoint for listing the Xero tenants authorized under an access token.

Resources

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Website
Website
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Documentation
Documentation
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Pricing
Pricing
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Sign Up
Sign Up
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GitHub Organization
GitHub Organization
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OpenAPI Specifications
OpenAPI Specifications

Sources

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aid: xero-accounting
name: Xero Accounting
description: >-
  Xero is a cloud accounting platform for small businesses, accountants, and
  bookkeepers that provides invoicing, bank reconciliation, payroll, expense
  management, and financial reporting. The Xero Accounting API exposes
  full-featured REST endpoints for invoices, contacts, bank transactions,
  accounts, items, journals, reports, and more. All Xero APIs share a single
  OAuth 2.0 authorization layer, require the Xero-Tenant-Id header to scope
  requests to an organization, and are served from api.xero.com.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Accounting
  - Small Business
  - Invoicing
  - Bookkeeping
  - Financial Reporting
  - SaaS
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/xero-accounting/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: xero-accounting:api
    name: Xero Accounting API
    description: >-
      REST API for managing invoices, contacts, bank transactions, accounts,
      items, journals, reports, and other accounting resources in a Xero
      organization. Uses OAuth 2.0 with the Xero-Tenant-Id header to scope
      requests to a tenant.
    humanURL: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounting/overview
    baseURL: https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0
    tags:
      - Accounting
      - Invoicing
      - Bookkeeping
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounting/overview
      - type: OAuth 2.0 Guide
        url: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/oauth2/overview
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://github.com/XeroAPI/Xero-OpenAPI
  - aid: xero-accounting:connections
    name: Xero Connections API
    description: >-
      OAuth 2.0 connections endpoint for listing the Xero tenants authorized
      under an access token.
    humanURL: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/oauth2/auth-flow
    baseURL: https://api.xero.com/connections
    tags:
      - OAuth
      - Tenants
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.xero.com/documentation/guides/oauth2/auth-flow

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.xero.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.xero.com/documentation
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.xero.com/pricing
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://developer.xero.com/app/manage
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/XeroAPI
  - type: OpenAPI Specifications
    url: https://github.com/XeroAPI/Xero-OpenAPI
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]