I can say that spending the time to get the integration done whether CSV or with an API call is definitely worth it. One-time work and you reap the benefits forever. I did the same for my application and I estimated it saves almost a hundred hours of time a year. That's a 2 week vacation!
On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 4:48 PM Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote: > Hello, GnuCash users? > > I use a service called Freshbooks [1] to track the time I spend working > in my sole proprietorship business, and to generate invoices to clients > billing that time, and to accept payments. In the meantime I do my > bookkeeping in GnuCash. Are there other GnuCash users who also use > Freshbooks? > > One tedious aspect of this combination is that I need to re-author my > invoices in GnuCash after I author them in Freshbooks and send them to > the customer. Also, if I buy something for a customer, I enter the > bookkeeping transaction in GnuCash and then re-author it in Freshbooks > so that I can bill the expense to my client. It would be nice to avoid > this duplication. > > Freshbooks has an API [2], which should let apps send data to and > receive data from Freshbooks via HTTP calls and JSON data structures. > They just launched an App Store [3] where vendors can advertise apps > which integrate with Freshbooks. I do not see any apps there at the > moment which mention GnuCash. But it should be possible to author such > an app. > > I am interested in an app connecting Freshbooks to GnuCash. My top > priority is to be able to export invoice and payment data from > Freshbooks to GnuCash without re-authoring. But more integration is also > potentially useful for other people. If you are also interested, I would > encourage you to let me know either directly or via this email list > thread. You could also suggest such an app to Freshbooks [4]. It > probably won't make anything happen soon, but registering the interest > can't hurt. I am a developer, so I could potentially develop such an app > — but realistically, it is far enough down my wish list that I won't get > to it soon, unless I get encouragement. > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada > > [1] <https://www.freshbooks.com/> > [2] <https://www.freshbooks.com/api/start> > [3] <https://appstore.freshbooks.com/> > [4] <https://appstore.freshbooks.com/>, click the "Suggest an App" button > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
