Xero NodeJS OAuth 2.0 Typescript Starter

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

How to use

Configure with your credentials

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=...

Build and run

npm install
npm run dev