Xero

Cloud accounting API for invoices, contacts, bank transactions, and financial reports.

Detail	Value
Category	Finance
Base URL	https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0
Authentication	OAuth2
Endpoints	6
Connector key	xero

Using Xero in a workflow

1. Go to Connections and click New Connection.
2. Pick Xero from the marketplace.
3. Enter your credentials (see Authentication above for what's expected).
4. In a workflow, drop an API Call node and select this connection.
5. Pick the operation you need from the Operation dropdown. The full list is below.

Available endpoints

Endpoint	Summary
GET /Invoices	List all invoices
POST /Invoices	Create an invoice
GET /Contacts	List all contacts
POST /Contacts	Create a contact
GET /BankTransactions	List bank transactions
GET /Accounts	List chart of accounts

Each endpoint is documented in full below. Use the outline on the right to jump to one.

GET /Invoices

List all invoices

Detail	Value
Operation ID	finance.listInvoices
Method	GET
Path	/Invoices

Parameters

Name	Location	Type	Required
page	query	integer	No
where	query	string	No

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Xero connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select finance.listInvoices.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Xero API reference.

POST /Invoices

Create an invoice

Detail	Value
Operation ID	finance.createInvoice
Method	POST
Path	/Invoices

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type
Type	string
Contact	object
LineItems	array

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Xero connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select finance.createInvoice.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

Required fields are marked: fill them or the call will fail at runtime.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Xero API reference.

GET /Contacts

List all contacts

Detail	Value
Operation ID	finance.listContacts
Method	GET
Path	/Contacts

Parameters

Name	Location	Type	Required
page	query	integer	No

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Xero connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select finance.listContacts.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Xero API reference.

POST /Contacts

Create a contact

Detail	Value
Operation ID	finance.createContact
Method	POST
Path	/Contacts

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type
Name	string
EmailAddress	string

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Xero connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select finance.createContact.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

Required fields are marked: fill them or the call will fail at runtime.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Xero API reference.

GET /BankTransactions

List bank transactions

Detail	Value
Operation ID	finance.listBankTransactions
Method	GET
Path	/BankTransactions

Parameters

Name	Location	Type	Required
page	query	integer	No

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Xero connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select finance.listBankTransactions.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Xero API reference.

GET /Accounts

List chart of accounts

Detail	Value
Operation ID	finance.listAccounts
Method	GET
Path	/Accounts

Parameters

No parameters.

Using this endpoint in a workflow

1. Add an API Call node to your workflow.
2. Pick your Xero connection from the Connection dropdown.
3. In the Operation dropdown, select finance.listAccounts.
4. Fill in the parameter fields that appear. Use {{...}} to reference upstream values.

What it returns

The API Call node writes the response to the workflow context:

{
  status: 200,
  success: true,
  data: { ...response body from the API... },
  latencyMs: 142
}

Reference response fields downstream as {{nodeId.data.path}}. The exact response shape is documented on the upstream Xero API reference.