thanhtutoo / xero-refreshtoken-generator

Xero NodeJS OAuth 2.0 Typescript Starter

This NodeJS Typescript project is meant to get you started interacting with the Xero API using the xero-node SDK and OAuth 2.0.

Note: this project was built using Visual Studio Code and NodeJS

How to use

Configure with your credentials

Create an OAuth 2.0 app in Xero to get a CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET.

• Create a free Xero user account (if you don't have one)
• Login to Xero Developer center https://developer.xero.com/myapps
• Click "Try OAuth 2.0"
• Enter your app details (your redirect URI: http://localhost:${PORT})
• Click "Create App"
• Click "Generate a secret"
• Create a .env file in the root of your project & replace the 3 variables

touch .env

CLIENT_ID=...
CLIENT_SECRET=...
REDIRECT_URI=...

Build and run

npm install
npm run dev

In the url, https://acd7-124-66-134-186.ngrok.io/?code=ce46895670e6ce4e7bb5d28fbe65c70e77eff4dac762a790c8cd60450915fd9d&scope=openid%20profile%20email%20accounting.settings%20accounting.reports.read%20accounting.journals.read%20accounting.contacts%20accounting.attachments%20accounting.transactions%20offline_access&session_state=92LxrEwSm395VvWoCOk4owjBb--4wDmoS-8icmNZqZw.e19f940bacbc5ef0acfddadfaad7c778 code=bla bla bla is the refresh token