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Go Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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    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 := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()

    //  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 {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    sbAuth := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
    sbAuth.Append(*jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
    rest.SetAuthorization(sbAuth.GetAsString())

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

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

    //  The company ID is 123146096291789
    responseBody := rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        sbAuth.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    //  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println("Request Header: ")
        fmt.Println(rest.LastRequestHeader())
        fmt.Println("----")
        fmt.Println("Response StatusCode = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("Response StatusLine: ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("Response Header:")
        fmt.Println(rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println(*responseBody)
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        sbAuth.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    //  Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
    //  A sample JSON response is shown below.
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.Load(*responseBody)

    //  Show the full JSON response.
    json.SetEmitCompact(false)
    fmt.Println(*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..
    dtime := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
    bLocalTime := true
    dt := chilkat.NewDtObj()

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

        json.SetI(i)
        fmt.Println("DisplayName: ", *json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName"))
        fmt.Println("Id: ", *json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id"))
        fmt.Println("Active: ", *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)

        fmt.Println(dt.Month(), "/", dt.Day(), "/", dt.Year(), "  ", dt.Hour(), ":", dt.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 {
            sTab := chilkat.NewStringTable()
            sTab.SplitAndAppend(*json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",true,true)
            year := sTab.StringAt(0)
            month := sTab.StringAt(1)
            day := sTab.StringAt(2)
            fmt.Println("BirthDate: ", *month, "/", *day, "/", *year)
        }

        fmt.Println("----")
        i = i + 1
    }

    fmt.Println("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"
    //  }

    jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
    rest.DisposeRest()
    sbAuth.DisposeStringBuilder()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    dtime.DisposeCkDateTime()
    dt.DisposeDtObj()
    sTab.DisposeStringTable()