bexio API PHP Client

This is a bexio API client, built with saloonphp/saloon as API connector and spatie/laravel-data for DTOs.

Introduction

The bexio API PHP Client allows you to interact with the bexio API seamlessly. It provides a simple and intuitive interface to manage contacts, sales orders, accounting, and more. As we come from the Laravel world we gave this client a Laravel-like feel.

Installation

composer require gigerit/bexio-api-client

Examples

Contacts

Get a Contact by ID:

use Bexio\BexioClient;
use Bexio\Resources\Contact;

$client = new BexioClient('API_TOKEN');

// Get the Contact with ID 1
$contact = Contact::useClient($client)->find(1); 

// Access the Contact properties
echo $contact->id;
echo $contact->name_1;
echo $contact->mail;

Get all Contacts:

use Bexio\BexioClient;
use Bexio\Resources\Contact;

$client = new BexioClient('API_TOKEN');

// Get all Contacts
$contacts = Contact::useClient($client)->all();

// Access the Contacts
foreach ($contacts as $contact) {
    echo $contact->id;
    echo $contact->name_1;
    echo $contact->mail;
}

Create a Contact:

use Bexio\BexioClient;
use Bexio\Resources\Contact;

$client = new BexioClient('API_TOKEN');

// Create a new Contact
$contact = new Contact(
    name_1: 'John Doe',
);

// Save the Contact
$contact->attachClient($client)->save();

Combine actions:

use Bexio\BexioClient;
use Bexio\Resources\Contact;

$client = new BexioClient('API_TOKEN');

// Get the Contact with the ID 1
$contact = Contact::useClient($client)->find(1); 

// Access the Contact properties
echo $contact->id;
echo $contact->name_1;
echo $contact->mail;

// Simply update the Contact properties
$contact->name_1 = 'Jane Doe';

// Send the changes back to bexio
$contact->save();

See Tests for more examples.

Data Transfer Objects

DTOs provide type hinting and autocompletion in the IDE, for a better development experience.

Authentication

To obtain an API token, you can use the BexioAuth helper to generate and refresh OAuth2 tokens.

1. Connect to Bexio: Generate an authorization URL and redirect the user to it.

use Bexio\BexioAuth;

//Provided from https://developer.bexio.com/
$auth = new BexioAuth(
    'CLIENT_ID',
    'CLIENT_SECRET',
    'http://localhost/bexio/callback'
);

$url = $auth->getAuthorizationUrl(
    scopes: [
        "company_profile",
        "email",
        "offline_access",
        "openid",
        "profile",
    ],
    state: 'random-state-string'
);

header('Location: ' . $url);

2. Callback: After the user has authorized the app, the user will be redirected back to the redirect_uri with a code parameter.

use Bexio\BexioAuth;

$code = $_GET['code'];
$state = $_GET['state'];


$auth = new BexioAuth(
    'CLIENT_ID',
    'CLIENT_SECRET',
    'http://localhost/bexio/callback'
);

$oauthAuthenticator = $auth->getAccessToken($code, $state, 'random-state-string');

// ----------------------------------------
// Your logic to store the access token and refresh token
// (e.g. in a database, you can just serialize the $oauthAuthenticator object for example)
// ----------------------------------------

3. Use Client & Refresh Token: Use the access token to authenticate the BexioClient.

use Saloon\Http\Auth\AccessTokenAuthenticator;
use Bexio\BexioClient;
use Bexio\BexioAuth;
    
// ----------------------------------------
// Your logic to retrieve the access token and refresh token
// ----------------------------------------

//create a AccessTokenAuthenticator object or unserialize it from your store/database
$auth = new AccessTokenAuthenticator(
    $yourDatastore->access_token,
    $yourDatastore->refresh_token,
    $yourDatastore->access_token_expires_at //as DateTimeImmutable
);

if ($auth->hasExpired()) {
    $auth = BexioAuth::make()->refreshAccessToken($auth);
   
   // ----------------------------------------
   // Your logic to store the new access token and refresh token
   // ----------------------------------------
}

$client = new BexioClient($auth->getAccessToken());

// Use the client to interact with the bexio API

Available Resources

CONTACTS

Resource	Implemented
Contacts	✅
Contact Relations	✅
Contact Groups	❌
Contact Sectors	❌
Additional Addresses	❌
Salutations	❌
Titles	❌

SALES ORDER MANAGEMENT

Resource	Implemented
Quotes	✅
Orders	❌
Deliveries	❌
Invoices	✅
Document Settings	❌
Comments	✅
Default positions	✅
Item positions	✅
Text positions	✅
Subtotal positions	✅
Discount positions	✅
Pagebreak positions	✅
Sub positions	✅
Document templates	❌

PURCHASE

Resource	Implemented
Bills	✅
Expenses	✅
Purchase Orders	✅
Outgoing Payment	❌

ACCOUNTING

Resource	Implemented
Accounts	✅
Account Groups	❌
Calendar Years	❌
Business Years	❌
Currencies	✅
Manual Entries	❌
Reports	❌
Taxes	✅
Vat Periods	❌

BANKING

Resource	Implemented
Bank Accounts	❌
IBAN Payments	❌
QR Payments	❌
Payments	❌

ITEMS & PRODUCTS

Resource	Implemented
Items	❌
Stock locations	❌
Stock Areas	❌

PROJECTS & TIME TRACKING

Resource	Implemented
Projects	❌
Timesheets	❌
Business Activities	❌
Communication Types	❌

FILES

Resource	Implemented
Files	❌

OTHER

Resource	Implemented
Company Profile	✅
Countries	❌
Languages	❌
Notes	❌
Payment Types	❌
Permissions	❌
Tasks	❌
Units	❌
User Management	❌