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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.DateTime;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.DtObj;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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"
        // }

        JsonObject jsonToken = new JsonObject();
        jsonToken.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

        Rest rest = new 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.
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        try {
            rest.connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        StringBuilder sbAuth = new StringBuilder();
        sbAuth.append("Bearer ");
        sbAuth.append(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));
        rest.setAuthorization(sbAuth.getAsString());

        rest.addHeader("Accept", "application/json");
        rest.setAllowHeaderFolding(false);

        // Add a SELECT statement
        rest.addQueryParam("query", "select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'");
        rest.addQueryParam("minorversion", "45");

        // The company ID is 123146096291789
        String responseBody;
        try {
            responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        rest.clearAllQueryParams();

        // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
        if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
            System.out.println("Request Header: ");
            System.out.println(rest.getLastRequestHeader());
            System.out.println("----");
            System.out.println("Response StatusCode = " + rest.getResponseStatusCode());
            System.out.println("Response StatusLine: " + rest.getResponseStatusText());
            System.out.println("Response Header:");
            System.out.println(rest.getResponseHeader());
            System.out.println(responseBody);
            return;
        }

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

        // Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
        // A sample JSON response is shown below.
        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.load(responseBody);

        // These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
        DateTime dtime = new DateTime();
        boolean bLocalTime = true;
        DtObj dt = new DtObj();

        // Iterate over each account returned.
        int numAccounts = json.sizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account");
        int i = 0;
        while (i < numAccounts) {
            json.setI(i);
            System.out.println("Name: " + json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name"));
            System.out.println("Id: " + json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id"));

            // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
            dtime.setFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"));
            dtime.toDtObj(bLocalTime, dt);

            System.out.println(dt.getMonth() + "/" + dt.getDay() + "/" + dt.getYear() + "  " + dt.getHour() + ":" + dt.getMinute());

            System.out.println("----");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        System.out.println("Success.");

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

        // {
        //   "QueryResponse": {
        //     "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"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       {
        //         "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
        //         "SubAccount": false,
        //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
        //         "Active": true,
        //         "Classification": "Asset",
        //         "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
        //         "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
        //         "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
        //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
        //         "CurrencyRef": {
        //           "value": "USD",
        //           "name": "United States Dollar"
        //         },
        //         "domain": "QBO",
        //         "sparse": false,
        //         "Id": "84",
        //         "SyncToken": "0",
        //         "MetaData": {
        //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
        //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       {
        //         "Name": "Advertising",
        //         "SubAccount": false,
        //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
        //         "Active": true,
        //         "Classification": "Expense",
        //         "AccountType": "Expense",
        //         "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
        //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
        //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
        //         "CurrencyRef": {
        //           "value": "USD",
        //           "name": "United States Dollar"
        //         },
        //         "domain": "QBO",
        //         "sparse": false,
        //         "Id": "7",
        //         "SyncToken": "0",
        //         "MetaData": {
        //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
        //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
        //         }
        //       },
        // ...
        //   "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
        // }
    }
}