Hi Paul,
This is currently being built out on a gradual basis and is roughly 50% complete. We will be releasing all future functionality on the REST API so you will see constant improvement but this is not something that we will be delivering completely at any point in the near future i'm afraid.
It is 9 years since the REST API was announced and it is still not ready for Production use? Unbelieveable...
We'll be reviewing staying with KashFlow unless this functionality makes some progress soon.
We're planning on moving to a competitor of Kashflow after our year end.
I'm so disappointed with Kashflow, we're going to be able to get so much more for our money with our new accounting software.
If there had been some progress with the API we could've possibly justified sticking with Kashflow but they've really not done themselves any favours since their last comment in October 2018.
This really is pathetic. We are now having to migrate from Kashflow as its API is limited and the stance in relation to refusing to work with Zapier is just really weird and anti-customer.
4 years on and still there is nothing of the REST API that we can use in production?
Generally REST APIs have versions that don't get changed with new stuff and changes made to the next version. is https://api.kashflow.com/v2/swagger/ui/index#! a stable v2? or is it still "constantly changing"
i am confused that the development has been stuck at 50% for several years?
Please can we have a comprehensive update on the status and expectations
Julie - there's seems to have been a small update to https://www.kashflow.com/developers/rest-api/sessiontoken/ since I last read it - the "alternative approach" - is there an option for users to get an "External Token" so authentication can be done securely?
Paul: it looks like the link Julie provided is potentially useful - did you look? Though usefulness depends on better authentication still... not yet convinced of that
Christina
Hi Paul, apologies for the lack of updates, the REST API is not finished at the moment but what has been done can be accessed from:
https://api.kashflow.com/v2/swagger/ui/index#!
Is it safe to assume that this is never going to be finished?
... time to try and bump this again I guess!
Are there any further updates on this?
I see the subscription is going up again in December 2017. In my opinion the progress of bug fixes and new developments has been woefully slow over the last 2 years - well really since IRIS bought KashFlow.
To be honest, if it wasn't for the GoCardless integration I would have jumped ship already despite having been a customer since 2009. The lack of progress with the rest API is typical of the general lack of progress from my perspective. KashFlow seems to no longer be a leader in the sector which is really sad.
I do hope the extra revenue from the price increase really does go to speed up development.
Oh what a cunning plan... change the Canvass host and all existing items are now magically new!
I have been asking about the API since early 2014 ... here's an email form November 2014
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Hi - am needing to do some work on my integration, and integration for a subscription site. I asked some months ago about the rest-api - but see that the pages are still covered in warnings about use in production. Can I confirm that this is primarily because the security has not yet been dealt with?
Hi,
Is there any chance you will be developing the RESTful API soon? Or have you just totally given up on this project?
It seems strange that you are still using a SOAP API with seemingly no active plans/development on the better, more up to date RESTful API.
The subscription has gone up but the development seems to have stopped.....
Is it not possible for us to start using what has been completed? it may be that all we currently require is already done.
If you were to put what is completed into production, you could solicit from users the functions that are the priority for them which would enable you to deliver the remaining functionality most effectively.
Hi Paul,
Unfortunately we will not be allowing access to an incomplete API. We are going to continue to build this out and will then release functionality at a later date. We have considered a partial release of functionality but we do feel that this would be a risk.
Can I ask what it is that you are looking to do using the REST API and we can see if we can help?
Thanks,
Tom
The application I need to integrate with does not support SOAP but has good support for REST.
At this stage I need to be able to create customers and invoices and get back the relevant ID in order to retrieve the relevant data at a later date.
To get these capabilities would have a huge positive impact.
Thanks
Hi Paul,
All of our REST API documentation is available via the website at http://www.kashflow.com/developers/rest-api/
You are welcome to do any work that you need from here, however we are making constant changes to the REST API so I must warn you that any integration you do set up could be put at risk if any work is done.
Have you taken a look at this documentation already?
Thanks,
Tom
I have looked.
You say 'constant changes' How recently were the last changes to Invoices and Customers
Is there anywhere that changes are notified? Is there a change log?
Hi Paul,
We do not have a public change log unfortunately. We do not publicise the availability of the REST API and as such do not provide such a log.
The documentation will allow you to work on the REST API but there are risks involved.
Thanks,
Tom
So the only way I will find out about a relevant change is when something breaks?
Are the documentation pages updated when changes are made? could I track changes to these to get an indication of api changes?
Can you tell me when the last changes to invoice and customer creation were?