Fondo SDK Patterns

Overview

Production-ready patterns for integrating with Fondo tax and accounting data. Fondo is a managed bookkeeping platform that syncs through QuickBooks Online and payroll providers. Integration uses the FONDO_API_KEY-authenticated REST endpoints for exports, the QuickBooks Online API for GL data, and structured CSV parsing with Zod validation for bulk imports.

Prerequisites

• Scoped credentials, authorized source/destination mappings, synthetic fixtures, and a designated finance-data owner.
• Schema validation, idempotent import design, redacted diagnostics, and professional review for financial conclusions.

Instructions

1. Validate source schema and field allowlists before parsing or forwarding data.
2. Use opaque operation IDs, bounded retries, and reconciliation gates to prevent duplicate or partial imports.
3. Quarantine unknown fields and mismatches for finance review rather than broadening data access.

Output

Produce a client-validation receipt with contract/fixture version, aggregate schema and reconciliation outcome, operation ID, owner, and redacted failure reference. Do not log transactions, accounts, tax/payroll data, or tokens.

Examples

Import a fictional aggregate ledger fixture into staging, repeat it under the same operation ID, and verify duplicate suppression. Introduce an unexpected field and confirm the parser blocks it for review without revealing record contents.

Singleton Client

const FONDO_BASE = 'https://api.fondo.com/v1';
let _client: FondoClient | null = null;
export function getClient(): FondoClient {
  if (!_client) {
    const apiKey = process.env.FONDO_API_KEY;
    if (!apiKey) throw new Error('FONDO_API_KEY must be set — get it from your Fondo dashboard');
    _client = new FondoClient(apiKey);
  }
  return _client;
}
class FondoClient {
  private headers: Record<string, string>;
  constructor(apiKey: string) { this.headers = { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }; }
  async getTransactions(start: string, end: string): Promise<FondoTransaction[]> {
    const res = await fetch(`${FONDO_BASE}/transactions?start=${start}&end=${end}`, { headers: this.headers });
    if (!res.ok) throw new FondoError(res.status, await res.text()); return res.json();
  }
  async getAccounts(): Promise<FondoAccount[]> {
    const res = await fetch(`${FONDO_BASE}/accounts`, { headers: this.headers });
    if (!res.ok) throw new FondoError(res.status, await res.text()); return res.json();
  }
}

Error Wrapper

export class FondoError extends Error {
  constructor(public status: number, message: string) { super(message); this.name = 'FondoError'; }
}
export async function safeCall<T>(operation: string, fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
  try { return await fn(); }
  catch (err: any) {
    if (err instanceof FondoError && err.status === 429) { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 5000)); return fn(); }
    if (err instanceof FondoError && err.status === 401) throw new FondoError(401, 'Invalid FONDO_API_KEY');
    throw new FondoError(err.status ?? 0, `${operation} failed: ${err.message}`);
  }
}

Request Builder

class FondoQuery {
  private params: Record<string, string> = {};
  dateRange(start: string, end: string) { this.params.start = start; this.params.end = end; return this; }
  category(cat: string) { this.params.category = cat; return this; }
  accountId(id: string) { this.params.account_id = id; return this; }
  rndOnly() { this.params.is_rnd = 'true'; return this; }
  limit(n: number) { this.params.limit = String(n); return this; }
  build() { return new URLSearchParams(this.params).toString(); }
}
// Usage: new FondoQuery().dateRange('2025-01-01','2025-03-31').rndOnly().build();

Response Types

interface FondoTransaction {
  id: string; date: string; description: string; amount: number;
  category: string; account: string; is_rnd: boolean; vendor: string;
}
interface FondoAccount {
  id: string; name: string; type: 'asset' | 'liability' | 'equity' | 'revenue' | 'expense';
  balance: number; currency: string;
}
interface FondoReport {
  id: string; period: string; type: 'trial_balance' | 'profit_loss' | 'balance_sheet';
  generated_at: string; rows: Array<{ account: string; debit: number; credit: number }>;
}
interface FondoRnDCredit {
  tax_year: number; qualifying_expenses: number; credit_amount: number;
  status: 'draft' | 'filed' | 'approved';
}

Testing Utilities

export function mockTransaction(overrides: Partial<FondoTransaction> = {}): FondoTransaction {
  return { id: 'txn-001', date: '2025-03-15', description: 'AWS hosting',
    amount: 450.00, category: 'Cloud Infrastructure', account: 'Operating Expenses',
    is_rnd: true, vendor: 'Amazon Web Services', ...overrides };
}
export function mockAccount(overrides: Partial<FondoAccount> = {}): FondoAccount {
  return { id: 'acct-001', name: 'Operating Expenses', type: 'expense',
    balance: 12500.00, currency: 'USD', ...overrides };
}

Error Handling

Pattern	When to Use	Example
safeCall wrapper	All Fondo API calls	Structured error logging with operation context
Retry on 429	Bulk transaction exports	5s backoff before retry
Zod validation	CSV import parsing	Reject malformed rows before DB insert
Auth validation	Client init	Fail fast on missing FONDO_API_KEY

Resources

• Fondo

Next Steps

Apply patterns in fondo-core-workflow-a.