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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // Get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token, which should contain JSON like this:
    // {
    //   "expires_in": 3600,
    //   "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
    //   "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
    //   "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
    //   "token_type": "bearer"
    // }

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect using TLS.
    // A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Quickbooks REST API calls.
    // The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
    // then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbAuth = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));
    rest.put_Authorization(sbAuth.getAsString());

    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
    rest.put_AllowHeaderFolding(false);

    String query = "select * from Employee";
    rest.AddQueryParam("query",query);
    rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45");

    // The company ID is 123146096291789
    String responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Request Header: ");
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastRequestHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "----");
        Log.i(TAG, "Response StatusCode = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response StatusLine: " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, responseBody);
        return;
        }

    // Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
    // A sample JSON response is shown below.
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.Load(responseBody);

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
    CkDateTime dtime = new CkDateTime();
    boolean bLocalTime = true;
    CkDtObj dt = new CkDtObj();

    // Iterate over each account returned.
    int numRecords = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee");
    int i = 0;
    while (i < numRecords) {

        json.put_I(i);
        Log.i(TAG, "DisplayName: " + json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName"));
        Log.i(TAG, "Id: " + json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id"));
        Log.i(TAG, "Active: " + String.valueOf(json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active")));

        // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"));
        dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt);

        Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(dt.get_Month()) + "/" + String.valueOf(dt.get_Day()) + "/" + String.valueOf(dt.get_Year())
             + "  " + String.valueOf(dt.get_Hour()) + ":" + String.valueOf(dt.get_Minute()));

        // The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
        // The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
        if (json.HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") == true) {
            CkStringTable sTab = new CkStringTable();
            sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",true,true);
            String year = sTab.stringAt(0);
            String month = sTab.stringAt(1);
            String day = sTab.stringAt(2);
            Log.i(TAG, "BirthDate: " + month + "/" + day + "/" + year);
            }

        Log.i(TAG, "----");
        i = i + 1;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

    // ------------------------------------------------------
    // The JSON response looks like this:

    // {
    //   "QueryResponse": {
    //     "Employee": [
    //       {
    //         "BillableTime": false,
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "55",
    //         "SyncToken": "0",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00"
    //         },
    //         "GivenName": "Emily",
    //         "FamilyName": "Platt",
    //         "DisplayName": "Emily Platt",
    //         "PrintOnCheckName": "Emily Platt",
    //         "Active": true
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "BillableTime": false,
    //         "BirthDate": "1985-09-11",
    //         "HiredDate": "2016-08-17",
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "54",
    //         "SyncToken": "1",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:28-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:46:26-07:00"
    //         },
    //         "GivenName": "John",
    //         "FamilyName": "Johnson",
    //         "DisplayName": "John Johnson",
    //         "PrintOnCheckName": "John Johnson",
    //         "Active": true,
    //         "PrimaryPhone": {
    //           "FreeFormNumber": "(540) 555-9645"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
    //         "PrimaryAddr": {
    //           "Id": "98",
    //           "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
    //           "City": "Middlefield",
    //           "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
    //           "PostalCode": "93242"
    //         },
    //         "BillableTime": false,
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "60",
    //         "SyncToken": "0",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00"
    //         },
    //         "GivenName": "John",
    //         "FamilyName": "Meuller",
    //         "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
    //         "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
    //         "Active": true,
    //         "PrimaryPhone": {
    //           "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
    //         }
    //       }
    //     ],
    //     "startPosition": 1,
    //     "maxResults": 3
    //   },
    //   "time": "2016-10-25T14:18:38.487-07:00"
    // 

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}