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QuickBooks - Create an Account

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks account. Dart

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

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

  // First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
  final jsonToken = CkJsonObject();
  jsonToken.loadFile('qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json');

  final rest = CkRest();

  final bAutoReconnect = true;
  try {
    rest.connect('sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com', 443, true, bAutoReconnect);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  final sbAuth = CkStringBuilder();
  sbAuth.append('Bearer ');
  sbAuth.append(jsonToken.stringOf('access_token'));
  rest.authorization = sbAuth.getAsString();

  final jsonRequest = CkJsonObject();
  jsonRequest.appendString('AccountType', 'Credit Card');
  jsonRequest.appendString('Name', 'Banana Republic');
  final requestBody = jsonRequest.emit();

  // "123146096291789" is the company ID.
  final sbPath = CkStringBuilder();
  sbPath.append('/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45');

  rest.addHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
  rest.addHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
  rest.allowHeaderFolding = false;

  final String responseBody;
  try {
    responseBody = rest.fullRequestString('POST', sbPath.getAsString(), requestBody);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
  if (rest.responseStatusCode != 200) {
    print('Request Header: ');
    print(rest.lastRequestHeader);
    print('----');
    print('Response StatusCode = ${rest.responseStatusCode}');
    print('Response StatusLine: ${rest.responseStatusText}');
    print('Response Header:');
    print(rest.responseHeader);
    print(responseBody);
    return;
  }

  final jsonResponse = CkJsonObject();
  jsonResponse.load(responseBody);
  jsonResponse.emitCompact = false;
  print(jsonResponse.emit());
  print('Success.');

  // A sample JSON response:

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

  // {
  //   "Account": {
  //     "Name": "Banana Republic",
  //     "SubAccount": false,
  //     "FullyQualifiedName": "Banana Republic",
  //     "Active": true,
  //     "Classification": "Liability",
  //     "AccountType": "Credit Card",
  //     "AccountSubType": "CreditCard",
  //     "CurrentBalance": 0,
  //     "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
  //     "CurrencyRef": {
  //       "value": "USD",
  //       "name": "United States Dollar"
  //     },
  //     "domain": "QBO",
  //     "sparse": false,
  //     "Id": "97",
  //     "SyncToken": "0",
  //     "MetaData": {
  //       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00",
  //       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00"
  //     }
  //   },
  //   "time": "2016-10-25T05:07:11.714-07:00"
  // }
}