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
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/app/manage/
- Click New app
- Enter a name for your app
- Select Web app
- Provide a valid URL (can be anything valid eg. https://www.myapp.com)
- Enter redirect URI: http://localhost:5000
- Tick to Accept the Terms & Conditions and click Create app
- On the left-hand side of the screen select Configuration
- Click Generate a secret
Create a .env file in the root of your project & replace the 3 variables eg.
touch .env
or
nano .env
CLIENT_ID=...
CLIENT_SECRET=...
REDIRECT_URI=...
npm install
npm run dev