Introduction

This plugin simplifies the parsing of qbXML messages into ActiveRecord model attributes.

Usage

class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_quickbooks_model
end

xml = <
  150000-933272658
  Abercrombie, Kristy

    Kristy Abercrombie
    5647 Cypress Hill Rd
    Bayshore
    CA
    94326


XML

customer = Customer.new(:qbxml => xml)
customer.list_id # => "150000-933272658"
customer.name # => "Abercrombie, Kristy"
customer.bill_address_city # => "Bayshore"
...

Auto-builds has_many associations

class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_quickbooks_model
  has_many :invoice_lines
  has_many :invoice_line_groups
end
class InvoiceLine < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_quickbooks_model
  belongs_to :invoice
end
class InvoiceLineGroup < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_quickbooks_model
  belongs_to :invoice
end

xml = <
  123

    456

      789



    012

      567



    321

      987



XML

invoice = Invoice.create(:qbxml => xml)
invoice.txn_id # => "123"
invoice.invoice_lines.count # => 2
invoice.invoice_line_groups.count # => 1
invoice.invoice_lines.first.txn_line_id # => "456"
invoice.invoice_line_groups.first.txn_line_id # => "321"
...

References

QuickBooks SDK Reference