B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Xero Create Account

See more Xero Examples

Create new accounts in a Xero company. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

Dim jsonToken As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonToken.Initialize
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
If success = False Then
    Log(jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

'  Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
'  Get Xero Tenant IDs
http.SetRequestHeader("Xero-tenant-id", "83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7")

http.Accept = "application/json"

'  The following JSON is sent in the request body:

'  {
'    "Code": "201",
'    "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
'    "Type": "SALES"
'  }

'  Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
'  Generate Code to Create JSON

Dim jsonRequestBody As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonRequestBody.Initialize
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Code", "201")
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Name", "Sales - clearance lines")
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Type", "SALES")

Dim url As String = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpJson("PUT", url, jsonRequestBody, "application/json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode)

Dim jsonResponse As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonResponse.Initialize
jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
Log(jsonResponse.Emit)

If resp.StatusCode >= 300 Then
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  Sample output...
'  (See the parsing code below..)
'  
'  Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
'  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

'  {
'    "Id": "705036aa-771d-4c0a-9d66-28904022858c",
'    "Status": "OK",
'    "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
'    "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587161712234)\/",
'    "Accounts": [
'      {
'        "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
'        "Code": "201",
'        "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
'        "Status": "ACTIVE",
'        "Type": "SALES",
'        "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
'        "Class": "REVENUE",
'        "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
'        "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
'        "ReportingCode": "REV",
'        "ReportingCodeName": "Revenue",
'        "UpdatedDateUTC": "\/Date(1587161712283+0000)\/",
'        "AddToWatchlist": false
'      }
'    ]
'  }
'  



Dim AccountID As String
Dim Code As String
Dim Name As String
Dim Type As String
Dim TaxType As String
Dim Class As String
Dim EnablePaymentsToAccount As Boolean
Dim ShowInExpenseClaims As Boolean
Dim ReportingCode As String
Dim ReportingCodeName As String
Dim UpdatedDateUTC As String
Dim AddToWatchlist As Boolean

Dim Id As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("Id")
Dim Status As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("Status")
Dim ProviderName As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("ProviderName")
Dim DateTimeUTC As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("DateTimeUTC")
Dim i As Int = 0
Dim count_i As Int = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("Accounts")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    AccountID = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].AccountID")
    Code = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Code")
    Name = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Name")
    Status = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Status")
    Type = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Type")
    TaxType = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType")
    Class = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Class")
    EnablePaymentsToAccount = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount")
    ShowInExpenseClaims = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].ShowInExpenseClaims")
    ReportingCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCode")
    ReportingCodeName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCodeName")
    UpdatedDateUTC = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].UpdatedDateUTC")
    AddToWatchlist = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].AddToWatchlist")
    i = i + 1
Loop