List all unit-of-measure sets

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Lists all unit-of-measure sets. NOTE: QuickBooks Desktop does not support pagination for unit-of-measure sets; hence, there is no cursor parameter. Users typically have few unit-of-measure sets.

NOTE: The QuickBooks company file must have unit-of-measure enabled (either a single unit per item or multiple units per item).

NOTE: QuickBooks Desktop does not support pagination for unit-of-measure sets; hence, there is no cursor parameter. Users typically have few unit-of-measure sets.

get/quickbooks-desktop/unit-of-measure-sets

Request

Query parameters

idsstring[]

Filter for specific unit-of-measure sets by their QuickBooks-assigned unique identifier(s).

IMPORTANT: If you include this parameter, QuickBooks will ignore all other query parameters for this request.

NOTE: If any of the values you specify in this parameter are not found, the request will return an error.

[
  "80000001-1234567890"
]
namesstring[]

Filter for specific unit-of-measure sets by their name(s), case-insensitive. Like id, name is a unique identifier for an unit-of-measure set.

IMPORTANT: If you include this parameter, QuickBooks will ignore all other query parameters for this request.

NOTE: If any of the values you specify in this parameter are not found, the request will return an error.

[
  "Weight Units"
]
limitinteger

The maximum number of objects to return.

IMPORTANT: QuickBooks Desktop does not support cursor-based pagination for unit-of-measure sets, so this parameter only limits the response size.

When this parameter is omitted, the endpoint returns all unit-of-measure sets without limit, unlike paginated endpoints which default to 150 records.

Example:10
status'active' | 'all' | 'inactive'

Filter for unit-of-measure sets that are active, inactive, or both.

Example:active
updatedAfterstring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets updated on or after this date/time. Accepts the following ISO 8601 formats:

  • date-only (YYYY-MM-DD) - QuickBooks Desktop interprets the date as the start of the specified day in the local timezone of the end-user's computer (e.g., 2025-01-01 → 2025-01-01T00:00:00).
  • datetime without timezone (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss) - QuickBooks Desktop interprets the timestamp in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.
  • datetime with timezone (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss±HH:mm) - QuickBooks Desktop interprets the timestamp using the specified timezone.
Example:2025-01-01T12:34:56+00:00
updatedBeforestring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets updated on or before this date/time. Accepts the following ISO 8601 formats:

  • date-only (YYYY-MM-DD) - QuickBooks Desktop interprets the date as the end of the specified day in the local timezone of the end-user's computer (e.g., 2025-01-01 → 2025-01-01T23:59:59).
  • datetime without timezone (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss) - QuickBooks Desktop interprets the timestamp in the local timezone of the end-user's computer.
  • datetime with timezone (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss±HH:mm) - QuickBooks Desktop interprets the timestamp using the specified timezone.
Example:2025-02-01T12:34:56+00:00
nameContainsstring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets whose name contains this substring, case-insensitive.

NOTE: If you use this parameter, you cannot also use nameStartsWith or nameEndsWith.

Example:ABC
nameStartsWithstring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets whose name starts with this substring, case-insensitive.

NOTE: If you use this parameter, you cannot also use nameContains or nameEndsWith.

Example:ABC
nameEndsWithstring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets whose name ends with this substring, case-insensitive.

NOTE: If you use this parameter, you cannot also use nameContains or nameStartsWith.

Example:ABC
nameFromstring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets whose name sorts at or after this value (inclusive), compared case-insensitively in QuickBooks' sort order: punctuation first, then digits, then letters.

NOTE: If you use this parameter, you cannot also use nameContains, nameStartsWith, or nameEndsWith.

Example:A
nameTostring

Filter for unit-of-measure sets whose name sorts at or before this value (inclusive), compared case-insensitively in QuickBooks' sort order: punctuation first, then digits, then letters. If you also set nameFrom, it must not sort after this value, or QuickBooks returns an error.

NOTE: If you use this parameter, you cannot also use nameContains, nameStartsWith, or nameEndsWith.

Example:Z

Headers

Conductor-End-User-Idstring required

The ID of the End-User to receive this request.

Example:end_usr_1234567abcdefg

Response

Returns a list of unit-of-measure sets.

objectType'list' required

The type of object. This value is always "list".

urlstring required

The endpoint URL where this list can be accessed.

Example response

{
  "objectType": "list",
  "url": "/v1/quickbooks-desktop/unit-of-measure-sets",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "80000001-1234567890",
      "objectType": "qbd_unit_of_measure_set",
      "createdAt": "2025-01-01T12:34:56+00:00",
      "updatedAt": "2025-02-01T12:34:56+00:00",
      "revisionNumber": "1721172183",
      "name": "Weight Units",
      "isActive": true,
      "unitOfMeasureType": "count",
      "baseUnit": {
        "name": "Each",
        "abbreviation": "ea"
      },
      "relatedUnits": [
        {
          "name": "Case",
          "abbreviation": "ea",
          "conversionRatio": "10"
        }
      ],
      "defaultUnits": [
        {
          "unitUsedFor": "purchase",
          "unit": "Each"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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