XeroAPI / xero-java-custom-connections-starter

Sample java code to show the XeroAPI Custom Connections workflow

Xero Java Custom Connections Starter

This Java project contains the code necessary to use the Xero-Java SDK and complete Custom Connection flow

Note: this project was built & tested using Visual Studio Code and Apache Tomcat 9.x server.

Create a Xero App

To obtain your API keys, follow these steps and create a Xero app

• Create a free Xero user account (if you don't have one)
• Login to Xero developer center
• Click "New App" link
• Select Custom connection
• Enter your App name, company url
• Agree to terms and condition and click "Create App".
• On the "Authorisation details" page, select the scopes for your app and designate the authorised user.
• Click "Save and connect" button.
• Authorise the connection from the email sent to the designated user
• Back in "My Apps" > "App details", click "Generate a secret" button.
• Copy your client id and client secret and save for use later.

Add your API keys to this app

You'll need to set the clientId, clientSecret in the following files

• Authorization.java
• TokenRefresh.java

Build and deploy

Compile your app and deploy to a server (tomcat, etc)

mvn clean install

Deploy on Tomcat or other Java server.

License

This software is published under the MIT License.

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