Accounts

URL	https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts
Methods Supported	GET
Description	Returns the Chart of Accounts for a Xero organisation

GET Accounts

Optional parameters for GET Accounts

AccountID	The Xero identifier for an account – specified as a string following the endpoint name e.g. /297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9
Modified After	The ModifiedAfter filter is actually an HTTP header: ‘If-Modified-Since‘. A UTC timestamp (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss) . Only contacts created or modified since this timestamp will be returned e.g. 2009-11-12T00:00:00
Where	Filter by an any element (see Filters)
order	Order by any element returned (see Order By)

Response elements returned for GET Accounts

AccountID	Xero identifier
Code	Customer defined account code eg. 200
Name	Name of account
Status	See Account Status Codes
Type	See Account Types
Tax Type	See Tax Types
Description	Description of Account. All accounts except bank accounts return this element
Class	See Account Class Types
SystemAccount	If this is a system account then this element is returned. See System Account types
EnablePaymentsToAccount	Boolean – describes whether account can have payments applied to it
BankAccountNumber	Shown for bank accounts only
CurrencyCode	Shown for bank accounts only
ReportingCode	shown if set (NZ Orgs only)
ReportingCodeName	shown if set (NZ Orgs only)

Example response for GET Accounts

<Accounts>
 	<Account>
 	 	<AccountID>297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9</AccountID>
 	 	<Code/>
 	 	<Name>BNZ Cheque Account</Name>
 	 	<Type>BANK</Type>
 	 	<TaxType>NONE</TaxType>
  		<EnablePaymentsToAccount>false</EnablePaymentsToAccount>
                <BankAccountNumber>3809087654321500</BankAccountNumber>
                <CurrencyCode>NZD</CurrencyCode>
 	</Account>
 	<Account>
  		<AccountID>5040915e-8ce7-4177-8d08-fde416232f18</AccountID>
 	 	<Code>200</Code>
 	 	<Name>Sales</Name>
 	 	<Type>REVENUE</Type>
  	        <TaxType>OUTPUT</TaxType>
 	 	<Description>Income from any normal business activity</Description>
 	 	<EnablePaymentsToAccount>false</EnablePaymentsToAccount>
 	</Account>
</Accounts>

Example response for GET Accounts/297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9 (an AccountID identifier following the endpoint name)

<Accounts>
 	<Account>
 	 	<AccountID>297c2dc5-cc47-4afd-8ec8-74990b8761e9</AccountID>
 	 	<Code/>
 	 	<Name>BNZ Cheque Account</Name>
 	 	<Type>BANK</Type>
 	 	<TaxType>NONE</TaxType>
  		<EnablePaymentsToAccount>false</EnablePaymentsToAccount>
                <BankAccountNumber>3809087654321500</BankAccountNumber>
                <CurrencyCode>NZD</CurrencyCode>
 	</Account>
</Accounts>

Developer

Accounts