Low touch Accounting integration
Low touch Pinch and Accounting integration allows the use of the Pinch Pre-Approval or Pay Now just by sending urls with Xero parameters to your customers.
API
Create Pre-Approval
https://app.getpinch.com.au/preapproval/{PinchMerchantId}/{PinchPayerId}
- PinchMerchantId- The Pinch API identifier for the merchant (A string identifier starting with
mch_
) - PinchPayerId- The Pinch API identifier of the Payer (A string identifier starting with
pyr_
)
Xero
Pay Now Link
https://app.getpinch.com.au/xero/pay?shortCode={AccountId}&invoiceNumber={XeroInvoiceNumber}
- AccountId- Either the Xero account identifier or The Pinch identifier for your account (found on the account settings page in the Pre-Approval sign up link)
- XeroInvoiceNumber - The Invoice number in Xero of the invoice to pay.
Create Pre-Approval
https://app.getpinch.com.au/agreement/new?merchantId={ShortCode}&externalRef={XeroContactId}
- ShortCode- The Pinch API id for the Merchant (string identifier starts with
mch_
) or the identifier for your Pinch account (found on the account settings page in the Pre-Approval sign up link) - XeroContactId - The id of the customer contact in Xero (Typically a Guid)
QuickBooks
Pay Now Link
https://app.getpinch.com.au/qb/pay?shortCode={ShortCode}&invoiceNumber={QBInvoiceNumber}
- ShortCode- The Pinch identifier for your account (found on the account settings page in the Pre-Approval sign up link) or the QuickBooks Company Id (referred to as
realmId
in the API) - QBInvoiceNumber - The Invoice number in QB of the invoice to pay (referred to as
docNumber
in the API).
MYOB
Pay Now Link
https://app.getpinch.com.au/myob/pay?shortCode={ShortCode}&invoiceNumber={MYOBInvoiceNumber}
- ShortCode- The Pinch identifier for your account (found on the account settings page in the Pre-Approval sign up link)
- MYOBInvoiceNumber - The Invoice number in MYOB of the invoice to pay.
Updated 4 months ago
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