Chilkat2-Python

QuickBooks - Read an Account

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Demonstrates how to fetch the information for a specific Quickbooks account. The account information is fetched by Id. The account Ids can be obtained by querying the accounts and parsing the JSON that is returned. Chilkat2-Python

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 == False):
    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

# The company ID is the 123146096291789
# The account ID is 29
responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/account/29?minorversion=45")
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    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.Load(responseBody)

# These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
dtime = chilkat2.CkDateTime()
bLocalTime = True

# Show the JSON..
json.EmitCompact = False
print(json.Emit())

# Get some information from the JSON..
print("Name: " + json.StringOf("Account.Name"))
print("Id: " + json.StringOf("Account.Id"))

# Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("Account.MetaData.CreateTime"))
dt = chilkat2.DtObj()
dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt)

print(str(dt.Month) + "/" + str(dt.Day) + "/" + str(dt.Year) + "  " + str(dt.Hour)\
     + ":" + str(dt.Minute))

print("Success.")

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

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

# {
#   "Account": {
#         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
#         "SubAccount": false,
#         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
#         "Active": true,
#         "Classification": "Liability",
#         "AccountType": "Accounts Payable",
#         "AccountSubType": "AccountsPayable",
#         "CurrentBalance": -1602.67,
#         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": -1602.67,
#         "CurrencyRef": {
#           "value": "USD",
#           "name": "United States Dollar"
#         },
#         "domain": "QBO",
#         "sparse": false,
#         "Id": "33",
#         "SyncToken": "0",
#         "MetaData": {
#           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
#           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:10:36-07:00"
#         }
#       },
#   "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
#