Integrate Airbase Into Your Product Without an API
The Integration Barrier
Airbase handles corporate cards, bill pay, and expense management for mid-market finance teams. It has an API, but integrating it requires building OAuth authentication, handling the data pipeline, and maintaining the connector as Airbase evolves. For accounting or ERP products that need Airbase transaction and bill data, this is a dedicated development investment for each customer segment you want to support. Deck pulls structured Airbase data for your product without any OAuth setup or developer work.
Workflows Deck Supports
- Pull card transaction records and deliver them to your expense categorization or accounting product
- Extract bill records — vendor, amount, due date, approval status — and surface them in your AP tool
- Pull receipt documents and sync them to your document management layer
- Extract approval workflow status and surface pending items in your finance operations product
- Pull vendor spend summaries and deliver them to your procurement analytics dashboard
- Extract budget utilization data and keep your spend management platform current
Airbase Connection Methods Compared
| Deck | Airbase API (direct) | Manual export | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requires OAuth setup | No | Yes | No |
| Requires developer to build | No | Yes | No |
| Runs on schedule or on-demand | Yes | Yes (if built) | No |
| Single endpoint for all customers | Yes | No | No |
| Setup time | 15 min | Weeks | Ongoing |
How to Set Up Deck with Airbase
- Connect your customer’s Airbase account — Deck Vault handles credentials and MFA
- Define the data you need in plain language
- Call Deck’s API to get structured Airbase data on demand or on schedule
FAQ
Does Airbase have a public API?
Yes, with OAuth 2.0 authentication. Wiring it into your product means building that flow yourself and maintaining it as Airbase evolves. Deck does that instead.
What Airbase data can Deck extract?
Card transactions, bill records with vendor and line-item detail, receipt documents, approval workflow status for pending items, vendor spend summaries, and budget utilization by department.
Can Deck pull Airbase data for multiple customer companies?
Yes. Each Airbase customer account is a separate session in Deck. One API endpoint, one account ID per call, clean data back.
How does Deck handle Airbase’s authentication and MFA?
Deck Vault holds credentials encrypted and resolves any MFA challenge at login. Sessions run fully automated.
Is Airbase financial data secure with Deck?
Credentials are stored encrypted and never transmitted in plain text. After extraction, data goes to your endpoint and Deck doesn’t retain a copy.