Creating company object using Intuit Anywhere

Question

I am creating an Intuit Anywhere backed application for QuickBooks platform. I have gone through the IPP documentation and found out that we can create Company object for QuickBooks for Windows using IDS API (https://ipp.developer.intuit.com/0010_Intuit_Partner_Platform/0050_Data_Services/0500_QuickBooks_Windows/0600_Object_Reference/Company).

However, I am confused as if it is possible to create a company object without connecting to Intuit using 'Connect to QuickBooks' widget?

Answer 1

Furhan,
The "Connect to QuickBooks" widget is a widget which kicks off the 3 legged Oauth flow, where by the end customer will authorize your application to access their QuickBooks data. and return an Oauth Access Token and RealmId to your application.

So going through this connect flow is a prerequisite for being able to make any REST API Calls.

thanks,
Jarred