Leapfin

Leapfin is a comprehensive financial data platform that provides automated accounting and financial reporting solutions, enabling businesses to streamline financial operations, ensure compliance, and gain real-time insights into their financial performance through advanced data processing and analytics capabilities.

Power end-to-end data operations for your Leapfin API with Nexla. Our bi-directional Leapfin connector is purpose-built for Leapfin, making it simple to ingest data, sync it across systems, and deliver it anywhere — all with no coding required. Nexla turns API-sourced data into ready-to-use, reusable data products and makes it easy to send data to Leapfin or any other destination. With comprehensive monitoring, lineage tracking, and access controls, Nexla keeps your Leapfin workflows fast, secure, and fully governed.

Features

Type: API

SourceDestination

• Seamless API Integration: Connect to any endpoint as source or destination without coding, with automatic data product creation
• Visual Composition & Chaining: Build complex integrations using visual templates, chain API calls, and compose workflows with data validation and filtering
• API Proxy: Expose curated slices of your data securely with a secure and customizable API proxy that validates and transforms data on the fly
• Request optimization with intelligent batching, retry, and caching to minimize API calls and costs

Prerequisites

Before creating a Leapfin credential, you need to have a Leapfin account and obtain an API Key from your Leapfin account settings. The API Key is required to authenticate with the Leapfin API.

To obtain your API Key, sign in to your Leapfin account and navigate to your account settings or API settings section. Locate the API Keys or API Settings section where you can view and manage your API keys. You can generate a new API Key or use an existing one. If you're generating a new API Key, you may be asked to provide a name or description for the key to help identify it later. Copy the API Key immediately after generation, as it may not be displayed again for security reasons. Store the API Key securely, as you will need it to configure your Nexla credential.

The API Key is sent in the X-Api-Key header for all API requests to the Leapfin API. The API Key authenticates your account and grants access to your Leapfin data, allowing you to add records of various object types including payments, invoices, credits, and tax records. For detailed information about API key setup, authentication, and available API endpoints, refer to the Leapfin API documentation.

Authenticate

Credentials required

Field	Required	Secret	Description
API Key Value	Yes	Yes	Account required to get Api key

Create a credential in Nexla

1. After selecting the data source/destination type, click the Add Credential tile to open the Add New Credential overlay.

New Credential Overlay – Leapfin

2. Enter a name for the credential in the Credential Name field and a short, meaningful description in the Credential Description field.

Leapfin uses API Key authentication for all API requests. The API Key is sent in the X-Api-Key header to authenticate API requests to the Leapfin API.

3. Enter your Leapfin API Key in the API Key Value field. This is the API Key you obtained from your Leapfin account settings. The API Key is sent in the X-Api-Key header for all API requests to the Leapfin API. The API Key authenticates your account and determines what data and operations you can access based on your account permissions.

   Keep your API Key secure and do not share it publicly. The API Key provides access to your Leapfin account data and should be treated as sensitive information. If your API Key is compromised, you should immediately regenerate it in your Leapfin account settings. Your Leapfin API Key can be found in your Leapfin account settings (API Keys or API Settings section) where you manage API keys. The API Key is sent in the X-Api-Key header for all API requests to the Leapfin API. The API Key does not expire automatically, but you can regenerate it at any time if needed. For detailed information about obtaining and managing API keys, API authentication, and available endpoints, see the Leapfin API documentation.

4. Click the Save button at the bottom of the overlay. The newly added credential will now appear in a tile on the Authenticate screen during data source/destination creation.

Use as a destination

Click the + icon on the Nexset that will be sent to the Leapfin destination, and select the Send to Destination option from the menu. Select the Leapfin connector from the list of available destination connectors, then select the credential that will be used to connect to the Leapfin account, and click Next; or, create a new Leapfin credential for use in this flow.

Endpoint templates

Nexla provides pre-built templates that can be used to rapidly configure destinations to send data to common Leapfin endpoints. Select the endpoint to which data will be sent from the Endpoint pulldown menu. Then, click on the template in the list below to expand it, and follow the instructions to configure additional endpoint settings.

Add Records of ObjectType

Add Records of ObjectType

• Select the object type you want to add records for from the Object Type pulldown menu. Available object types include: Payments, Invoice, Credit, and Tax. The default value is "payments". Check the API documentation URL for more details on object schema and required fields for each object type.
• The endpoint uses POST requests to https://api.leapfin.com/v1/data/{object_type} where {object_type} is the object type you selected. The endpoint URL is automatically constructed based on your selection.
• The endpoint sends data from your Nexset as the request body in JSON format. The request body is automatically formatted according to the schema fields and data mapping you configure. Each record in your Nexset will be sent as a JSON object containing the record data to add.
• This endpoint does not automatically create a data source to track the responses received from the Leapfin API after each call.

The request body must be properly formatted JSON that matches the Leapfin API specification for the selected object type. The endpoint requires API Key authentication, which is handled automatically by your credential configuration. The Content-Type: application/json header is automatically included in requests. The API Key is sent in the X-Api-Key header for all API requests. The request body must contain the required fields for the selected object type. For detailed information about adding records, including required fields, field names, and request formats for each object type, see the Leapfin API documentation.

Manual configuration

Leapfin destinations can also be manually configured to send data to any valid Leapfin API endpoint, including endpoints not covered by the pre-built templates or custom request formatting. Select the Advanced tab at the top of the configuration screen, and follow the instructions in Connect to Any API to configure the API method, data format, endpoint URL, request headers, attribute exclusions, record batching, and response webhooks.

Leapfin API endpoints typically follow the pattern https://api.leapfin.com/v1/{endpoint_path}, and the Leapfin API typically uses JSON format for request bodies. The endpoint requires API Key authentication, which is handled automatically by your credential configuration, with the API Key sent in the X-Api-Key header. For detailed information about Leapfin API endpoints, authentication, and available APIs, see the Leapfin API documentation.

Save & activate

Once all endpoint settings have been configured, click the Done button in the upper right corner of the screen to save and create the destination. To send the data to the configured Leapfin endpoint, open the destination resource menu, and select Activate.

The Nexset data will not be sent to the Leapfin endpoint until the destination is activated. Destinations can be activated immediately or at a later time, providing full control over data movement.