# Quickbooks Online

The QuickBooks Online plugin enables Mitto to pipe data from QuickBooks Online
and store the data in a database.

.. image:: assets/quickbooks-online__connection.png
   :alt: Connect Quickbooks Online to Mitto

## Authentication

The QuickBooks Online API requires username and password
authentication. During the initial setup you will be redirected to Intuit's
login page to authenticate and authorize Mitto with QuickBooks Online.

## Steps to create QuickBooks Online jobs in Mitto

Select **Add Job** at the bottom left of Mitto. Select **QuickBooks Online**
from the list of plugins.

.. image:: assets/quickbooks-online__icon.png
   :alt: QBO Icon

*If you have a sandbox QuickBooks Online account, check the ****Sandbox****
box. *Click **Next**.

.. image:: assets/quickbooks-online__auth.png
   :alt: QBO Mitto Auth

You will be redirected to an Intuit login page. Sign in with your QuickBooks
Online administrator account.

.. image:: assets/quickbooks-online__signin.png
   :alt: Sign in to Quickbooks

Accept the authorization to allow Mitto to connect to the QuickBooks Online
API.

You will then be redirected back to Mitto to specify which database you would
like to pipe the QuickBooks Online data into.

- Local Database: Mitto's internal PostgreSQL database
- Custom: Any external database. See [database
  URLs](/databases/database-urls/) for more information.
  
Click **Save**.

Congratulations! You have just added QuickBooks Online jobs to Mitto. Next,
you will want to run and [schedule](/jobs/index) your newly created
QuickBooks Online sequence.