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Xero Files API

Operations available to regular developers

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Xero Files API is one of 10 APIs that Xero publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 18 operations across 11 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 11.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0.

18 operations 11 paths 8 schemas 3 DELETE9 GET4 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
11.1.0
Base URL
https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
Xero Platform Team
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Xero Files API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 16 scopes.

  • OAuth2 — For more information

Paths & Operations 18

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 3 DELETE, 9 GET, 4 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Files 18

Operations available to regular developers

GET
/Files
Retrieves files
getFiles 5 params → 200
POST
/Files
Uploads a File to the inbox
uploadFile 2 params body → 201400
GET
/Files/{FileId}
Retrieves a file by a unique file ID
getFile 2 params → 200
PUT
/Files/{FileId}
Update a file
updateFile 3 params body → 200400
DELETE
/Files/{FileId}
Deletes a specific file
deleteFile 2 params → 204
POST
/Files/{FolderId}
Uploads a File to a specific folder
uploadFileToFolder 3 params body → 201400
GET
/Files/{FileId}/Content
Retrieves the content of a specific file
getFileContent 2 params → 200
GET
/Files/{FileId}/Associations
Retrieves a specific file associations
getFileAssociations 2 params → 200
POST
/Files/{FileId}/Associations
Creates a new file association
createFileAssociation 3 params body → 201400
DELETE
/Files/{FileId}/Associations/{ObjectId}
Deletes an existing file association
deleteFileAssociation 3 params → 204
GET
/Associations/{ObjectId}
Retrieves an association object using a unique object ID
getAssociationsByObject 6 params → 200
GET
/Associations/Count
Retrieves a count of associations for a list of objects.
getAssociationsCount 2 params → 200
GET
/Folders
Retrieves folders
getFolders 2 params → 200
POST
/Folders
Creates a new folder
createFolder 2 params body → 200400
GET
/Folders/{FolderId}
Retrieves specific folder by using a unique folder ID
getFolder 2 params → 200
PUT
/Folders/{FolderId}
Updates an existing folder
updateFolder 3 params body → 200400
DELETE
/Folders/{FolderId}
Deletes a folder
deleteFolder 2 params → 204
GET
/Inbox
Retrieves inbox folder
getInbox 1 param → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Association (9 properties), FileObject (8 properties), Folder (5 properties), User (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Files
object
4 properties
User
object
5 properties 1 required
Folder
object
5 properties 1 required
Association
object
9 properties
UploadObject
object
4 properties 3 required
ObjectType
string
The Object Type
FileObject
object
8 properties 4 required
ObjectGroup
string
The Object Group that the object is in. These roughly correlate to the endpoints that can be used to retrieve the object via the core accounting API.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

xero-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
xero:xero-files-api
Base URL
https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0
Docs
https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounting/overview
Provider
Xero
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