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QuickBooks Time Python Connector

Read, write, and update QuickBooks Time with Python

Easily connect Python-based data access, visualization, ORM, ETL, AI/ML, and custom apps with QuickBooks Time!

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Python Connector Libraries for QuickBooks Time Data Connectivity. Integrate QuickBooks Time with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl. Easy-to-use Python Database API (DB-API) Modules connect QuickBooks Time data with Python and any Python-based applications.

Features

Fully compatible with the TSheets REST API V1.0
Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
Connect to live QuickBooks Time data, for real-time data access with the QuickBooks Time Python Connectors
Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the QuickBooks Time Connector.

Specifications

Python Database API (DB-API) Modules for QuickBooks Time with bi-directional access.
Write SQL, get QuickBooks Time data. Access QuickBooks Time through standard Python Database Connectivity.
Integration with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl.
Full Unicode support for data, parameter, & metadata.

CData Python connectors in action!

Watch the video overview for a first hand-look at the powerful data integration capabilities included in the CData Python Connectors.

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Python connectivity with QuickBooks Time

Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through Python


Connecting to QuickBooks Time with Python

CData Python Connectors leverage the Database API (DB-API) interface to make it easy to work with QuickBooks Time from a wide range of standard Python data tools. Connecting to and working with your data in Python follows a basic pattern, regardless of data source:

  • Configure the connection properties to QuickBooks Time
  • Query QuickBooks Time to retrieve or update data
  • Connect your QuickBooks Time data with Python data tools.


Connecting to QuickBooks Time in Python

To connect to your data from Python, import the extension and create a connection:

Once you import the extension, you can work with all of your enterprise data using the python modules and toolkits that you already know and love, quickly building apps that help you drive business.

import cdata.quickbookstime as mod
conn = mod.connect("[email protected]; Password=password;")

#Create cursor and iterate over results
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM Payroll")
	
rs = cur.fetchall()
	
for row in rs:
print(row)
		
engine = create_engine("quickbookstime///Password=password&User=user")

df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT * FROM Payroll", engine)

df.plot()
plt.show()

Visualize QuickBooks Time Data with pandas

The data-centric interfaces of the QuickBooks Time Python Connector make it easy to integrate with popular tools like pandas and SQLAlchemy to visualize data in real-time.

More than read-only: full update/CRUD support

QuickBooks Time Connector goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the QuickBooks Time Connector as easily as interacting with a database table.

AI-assisted development with CData CLI

Build QuickBooks Time integrations faster with AI that understands your schema

Schema-aware AI

CData CLI gives AI coding tools access to your QuickBooks Time schema. No more guessing table names or column types—AI sees the same metadata in your Python Connectors.

Your AI Knows SQL

How to find table names, column names, and how to generate SQL syntax are things that AI knows well from millions of training data. No need for customization, no hallucinations. Your AI acts like a domain specialist to QuickBooks Time.

More Accurate, More Token-Efficient

With CData CLI's queryable schema detection and highly efficient queries with filters, aggregation, joins with correct pushdown, your AI will achieve more accuracy with less token usage.

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