Getting Started Guide

Welcome

Getting started with the Sage Business Cloud Accounting API is simple.

Sign up and register your application

Before you can start using the API, you need to:

Obtain your existing API subscription key.: If starting a new application use the latest version of Sage Business Cloud Accounting API by signing up at https://developer.sage.com/api/accounting.

Maintain your existing application.: Amend registered callback url’s for existing applications, use the latest version of Sage Business Cloud Accounting API for new applications https://developer.sage.com/api/accounting.

Get your Client ID and Client Secret

To use the API, you need the following:

• client_id - Required for authentication. This is provided when you register your application.
• client_secret - Required for authentication This is provided when you register your application.
• subscription_id - Required in the Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key header of every request. This is provided when you subscribe to the API. You can either use the primary or secondary key.

Explore the API with Postman

To jump right into the API, use the provided Postman collections and explore the API by yourself. https://developer.columbus.sage.com/docs#/uki/sageone/accounts/gs-using-postman

Take a look at the guides

For more information about getting up and running, read though the rest of the getting started guides.

For more information about the available resources, take a look at the resource specific documentation by choosing the required resource from the menu on the left.

Check out the code samples

To help you get up and running, we have provided a number of sample applications that you can reference. These include:

• Authenticating
• Getting and Posting data

Build!

Have fun creating amazing solutions for your customers!