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QuickBooks - Query a Customer

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Demonstrates how to query QuickBooks customers.

A sample JSON response body is available at Sample Quickbooks Customer Query JSON Response

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import sys
import chilkat2

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"
# }

jsonToken = chilkat2.JsonObject()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# 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.
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

sbAuth = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()

rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = False

query = "select * from Customer"
rest.AddQueryParam("query",query)
rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")

# The company ID is 123146096291789
responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    print("Request Header: ")
    print(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    print("----")
    print("Response StatusCode = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    print("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.ResponseHeader)
    print(responseBody)
    sys.exit()

# Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
# A sample JSON response is shown below.
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.EmitCompact = False
json.Load(responseBody)

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

# Iterate over each customer returned.
numRecords = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Customer")
i = 0
while i < numRecords :

    json.I = i
    print("Name: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Customer[i].FullyQualifiedName"))
    print("Id: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Customer[i].Id"))
    print("City: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Customer[i].BillAddr.City"))
    print("----")
    i = i + 1

print("Success.")