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---
name: sage-business-cloud-accounting
description: |
Sage Business Cloud Accounting integration via Apideck's Accounting unified API — same methods work across every connector in Accounting, switch by changing `serviceId`. Use when the user wants to read, write, or reconcile invoices, bills, payments, ledger accounts, and journal entries in Sage Business Cloud Accounting. Routes through Apideck with serviceId "sage-business-cloud-accounting".
license: Apache-2.0
alwaysApply: false
metadata:
author: apideck
version: "1.0.0"
serviceId: sage-business-cloud-accounting
unifiedApis: ["accounting"]
authType: oauth2
- tier: "2"
+ tier: "1a"
verified: true
status: beta
---
# Sage Business Cloud Accounting (via Apideck)
- Access Sage Business Cloud Accounting through Apideck's **Accounting** unified API — one of 34 Accounting connectors that share the same method surface. Code you write here ports to QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct and 30 other Accounting connectors by changing a single `serviceId` string. Apideck handles auth, pagination, rate limiting, and retries so you don't write per-tenant Sage Business Cloud Accounting plumbing.
+ Access Sage Business Cloud Accounting through Apideck's **Accounting** unified API — one of 34 Accounting connectors that share the same method surface. Code you write here ports to Access Financials, Acumatica, banqUP and 30 other Accounting connectors by changing a single `serviceId` string. Apideck handles auth, pagination, rate limiting, and retries so you don't write per-tenant Sage Business Cloud Accounting plumbing.
> **Beta connector.** Sage Business Cloud Accounting is currently in beta on Apideck. Expect partial resource coverage and occasional mapping gaps. Always verify coverage (see below) and fall back to the Proxy API for unsupported operations.
## Quick facts
- **Apideck serviceId:** `sage-business-cloud-accounting`
- **Unified API:** Accounting
- **Auth type:** oauth2
- **Status:** beta
- **Sage Business Cloud Accounting docs:** https://developer.sage.com/accounting/
- **Homepage:** https://www.sage.com/en-za/sage-business-cloud/accounting/
## When to use this skill
Activate this skill when the user explicitly wants to work with **Sage Business Cloud Accounting** — for example, "create an invoice in Sage Business Cloud Accounting" or "reconcile payments in Sage Business Cloud Accounting". This skill teaches the agent:
1. Which Apideck unified API covers Sage Business Cloud Accounting (Accounting)
2. The correct `serviceId` to pass on every call (`sage-business-cloud-accounting`)
3. Sage Business Cloud Accounting-specific auth and coverage caveats
For the full method surface (parameters, pagination, filtering), use your language SDK skill:
- [`apideck-node`](../../skills/apideck-node/), [`apideck-python`](../../skills/apideck-python/), [`apideck-dotnet`](../../skills/apideck-dotnet/), [`apideck-java`](../../skills/apideck-java/), [`apideck-go`](../../skills/apideck-go/), [`apideck-php`](../../skills/apideck-php/), or [`apideck-rest`](../../skills/apideck-rest/)
For the raw OpenAPI spec:
- **Accounting:** [https://specs.apideck.com/accounting.yml](https://specs.apideck.com/accounting.yml) · [API Explorer](https://developers.apideck.com/api-explorer?id=accounting)
## Minimal example (TypeScript)
```typescript
import { Apideck } from "@apideck/unify";
const apideck = new Apideck({
apiKey: process.env.APIDECK_API_KEY,
appId: process.env.APIDECK_APP_ID,
consumerId: "your-consumer-id",
});
// List invoices in Sage Business Cloud Accounting
const { data } = await apideck.accounting.invoices.list({
serviceId: "sage-business-cloud-accounting",
});
```
## Portable across 34 Accounting connectors
The Apideck **Accounting** unified API exposes the same methods for every connector in its catalog. Switching from Sage Business Cloud Accounting to another Accounting connector is a one-string change — no rewrite, no new SDK.
```typescript
// Today — Sage Business Cloud Accounting
await apideck.accounting.invoices.list({ serviceId: "sage-business-cloud-accounting" });
// Tomorrow — same code, different connector
- await apideck.accounting.invoices.list({ serviceId: "quickbooks" });
- await apideck.accounting.invoices.list({ serviceId: "netsuite" });
+ await apideck.accounting.invoices.list({ serviceId: "access-financials" });
+ await apideck.accounting.invoices.list({ serviceId: "acumatica" });
```
This is the compounding advantage of using Apideck over integrating Sage Business Cloud Accounting directly: code against the unified Accounting API once, gain access to every connector in it. New connectors Apideck adds become available to your app without code changes.
## Authentication
- **Type:** OAuth 2.0
- **Managed by:** Apideck Vault — Apideck handles the full OAuth dance (authorization code flow, token exchange, refresh). Never ask the user for API keys or tokens directly.
- **User setup:** Users authorize via the Vault modal. Connection state progresses `available → added → authorized → callable`.
- **Token refresh:** automatic. Expired tokens are refreshed transparently on the next API call.
See [`apideck-best-practices`](../../skills/apideck-best-practices/) for Vault setup, connection lifecycle, and handling re-auth flows.
## Verifying coverage
Not every Accounting operation is supported by every connector. Always verify before assuming a method works:
```bash
curl 'https://unify.apideck.com/connector/connectors/sage-business-cloud-accounting' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIDECK_API_KEY}" \
-H "x-apideck-app-id: ${APIDECK_APP_ID}"
```
See [`apideck-connector-coverage`](../../skills/apideck-connector-coverage/) for patterns around `UnsupportedOperationError` and connector-specific fallbacks.
## Escape hatch: Proxy API
When an endpoint isn't covered by the Accounting unified API, use Apideck's Proxy to call Sage Business Cloud Accounting directly — Apideck injects auth headers and handles token refresh. Set `x-apideck-downstream-url` to the target endpoint on Sage Business Cloud Accounting's own API:
```bash
curl 'https://unify.apideck.com/proxy' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIDECK_API_KEY}" \
-H "x-apideck-app-id: ${APIDECK_APP_ID}" \
-H "x-apideck-consumer-id: ${CONSUMER_ID}" \
-H "x-apideck-service-id: sage-business-cloud-accounting" \
-H "x-apideck-downstream-url: <target endpoint on Sage Business Cloud Accounting>" \
-H "x-apideck-downstream-method: GET"
```
See [Sage Business Cloud Accounting's API docs](https://developer.sage.com/accounting/) for available endpoints.
## Sibling connectors
Other **Accounting** connectors that share this unified API surface (same method signatures, just change `serviceId`):
- [`quickbooks`](../quickbooks/), [`netsuite`](../netsuite/), [`sage-intacct`](../sage-intacct/), [`workday`](../workday/), [`xero`](../xero/), [`exact-online`](../exact-online/), [`freeagent`](../freeagent/) *(beta)*, [`freshbooks`](../freshbooks/), and 25 more.
+ [`access-financials`](../access-financials/) *(beta)*, [`acumatica`](../acumatica/) *(beta)*, [`banqup`](../banqup/) *(beta)*, [`campfire`](../campfire/) *(beta)*, [`clearbooks-uk`](../clearbooks-uk/) *(beta)*, [`digits`](../digits/) *(beta)*, [`dualentry`](../dualentry/), [`exact-online`](../exact-online/), and 25 more.
## See also
- [Accounting OpenAPI spec](https://specs.apideck.com/accounting.yml) · [API Explorer](https://developers.apideck.com/api-explorer?id=accounting)
- [`apideck-connector-coverage`](../../skills/apideck-connector-coverage/) — programmatic coverage checks
- [`apideck-best-practices`](../../skills/apideck-best-practices/) — architecture, Vault, pagination, error handling
- [`apideck-node`](../../skills/apideck-node/) — TypeScript / Node SDK patterns
- [Sage Business Cloud Accounting official docs](https://developer.sage.com/accounting/)