One API pattern
Every operation is available at /api/{module}/{operation}, returning JSON, XML, CSV, or HTML — the same pattern across the platform, with record-scoped routes for working within a parent.
QBO Platform · Workflow APIs & integrations
Works with the systems you already have.
QBO sits above your systems of record: one API pattern across every module, queues for long-running work, and plugin integrations for storage, messaging, AI, and data providers.
What it does
Queues for long-running work
Queued operations hand work to app servers through SQL Server Service Broker or Amazon SQS, so the web tier stays fast while large jobs run in the background.
Plugins, not forks
Storage, generators, messaging providers, AI models, import engines, and external services (SQL, REST APIs) are plugins configured per installation, with configuration that can be overridden from the database.
An events hub for vendors
Send orders to outside vendors through one API, receive their callbacks and referrals, and notify your systems by webhook when a transaction completes, with retries handled for you.
Partner-safe APIs
Extranet security applies to the API exactly as it does on screen, so you can open QBO to partners’ systems with confidence.
Runs where you need it
Core libraries target .NET Standard 2.0; the current platform runs on .NET 8 and later, in the cloud or on your infrastructure.
Building blocks
| API | Every operation at /api/{module}/{operation}, with record-scoped routes |
| Queuing | Long-running work at /api/{module}/queue/{operation}, run by app servers |
| Plugins & configuration | Storage, messaging, AI, import, and service plugins, configured per installation |
Integrations
- ZapierTrigger Zaps from completed transactions in QBO’s events hub.
- Webhooks & CloudEventsNotify your systems the moment a transaction completes, with filtering on event data and an optional CloudEvents format.
Amazon SQSRun long-running operations on app servers through SQS queues.- SQL Server Service BrokerQueue operations inside SQL Server.
More of the platform
- Process & Case ManagementThe case that orchestrates everything else.
- Documents to DecisionsIngest, generate, store, and act on documents.
- Workforce ManagementRoute work and exceptions to the right people.
- Data & InsightBring data in, score it, report on it.
- Partners & SecurityLet partners in. Show them only their part.
- AIQBO orchestrates AI — under your governance.