Configuring Xero Operations

To use the Xero connector, add the <xero.init> element in your configuration before carrying out any other Xero operations.

Xero has three types of API applications: Private, Public and Partner. For more information on the API application types and the authentication used in each API application type, see http://developer.xero.com/documentation/getting-started/api-application-types/.

init

<xero.init>
    <consumerKey>{$ctx:consumerKey}</consumerKey>
    <accessToken>{$ctx:accessToken}</accessToken>
    <accessTokenSecret>{$ctx:accessTokenSecret}</accessTokenSecret>
    <apiUrl>{$ctx:apiUrl}</apiUrl>
    <consumerSecret>{$ctx:consumerSecret}</consumerSecret>
	<acceptType>{$ctx:acceptType}</acceptType>
</xero.init>

Properties

consumerKey: The consumer key of the created application.
accessToken: The generated access token.
accessTokenSecret: The generated access token secret.
apiUrl: The API URL of Xero.
consumerSecret: The consumer secret of the created application.
acceptType: The required response type to be returned.

Now that you have connected to Xero, use the information in the following topics to perform various operations with the connector.