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Expose everything via the API
Everything visible in the web interface should be exposed via the API. In fact ideally the web interface itself would be a client of the API, which would ensure that all useful technology is exposed.
223 votesWe’re closing this request out and asking that developers suggest or vote for the specific features you’re after as it’s easier to get feedback to you on each request this way and also free up your votes. I’d like to reassure you we’re committed to offering the best API we can.
Tony Rule
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make Xero contacts available over LDAP
Xero could export contacts via LDAP for integration with VOIP caller ID, email addressbooks and access control systems.
2 votesWhile I think it is a cool idea, it is not our model to provide specific technology interfaces like LDAP – it should be quite straightforward to connect to our API, return contacts in XML, and then make them available over LDAP with your own code.
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Allow third party apps to plug into the Xero interface
If the Xero interface could be configured to display data from and interact with the apps third party developers are creating similar to the way Facebook applications work inside their platform
34 votesIt is certainly a nice idea in a lot of ways, and Jesse’s use case example is good one.
On the other side, allowing 3rd party applications plug into the core Xero application present some quite major security implications. The data we hold on behalf of our customers is considered highly sensitive by us and we ensure we have bank level security across all aspects of our application.
Second to that, we are a design lead and focused company – we want our software to be really easy to use and remain simple and intuitive, so allowing 3rd parties to introduce interface elements into Xero would be something we would need to carefully plan for.
With this in mind, it would be quite an onerous task for us to implement a secure framework that would allow 3rd party applications to interface within Xero, in a sensible way that does not…
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Link AP tranactions to a 3rd party payment program
The ability to run AP transactions into high volume payment program (BACS/ CHAPS/ Cheque run etc) rather than paying invoices manually...and record result against AP transaction
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be an aggregator for bank transactions in New Zealand
This is a challenge for SaaS financial apps in New Zealand, both for small business and personal finance. Since Xero already integrates with banks, it would be great to be able to procure transactions through you via a standardised API :-)
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Could Xero grab a RSS feed periodically to enter invoices
Rather than having a system push data to Xero , Xero could be set to subscribe to an RSS feed that is in the correct format to add invoices.
1 voteThis doesn’t fit with out API model.
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