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GeoOp - Find Client ID by Name

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Download the client JSON data and lookup a client ID by name.

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

-- This example also assumes an OAuth2 access token was previously fetched.
-- and saved in a JSON file.

-- First get our previously obtained access token.
-- {"access_token":"e6dqdG....mzjpT04w==","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":2592000,"owner_id":999236}
local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local success = jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/geoop.json")

-- This example assumes we previously obtained an access token
local oauth2 = chilkat.OAuth2.new()
oauth2.access_token = jsonToken:string_of("access_token")

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect to GeoOp and send the following GET request:

-- GET /users HTTP/1.1
-- Host: api.geoop.com
local bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest:connect("api.geoop.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
rest:set_auth_oauth2(oauth2)

-- Set the X-Version header.
rest:add_header("X-Version", "1.0")

local responseBody = rest:full_request_no_body("GET", "/clients")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json.emit_compact = false

-- If the response status code did not indicate success, then see what happened..
if rest.response_status_code ~= 200 then
    print(rest.last_request_start_line)
    print("Request Header: ")
    print(rest.last_request_header)
    print("----")
    print("Response StatusCode = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("Response StatusLine: " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.response_header)
    json:load(responseBody)
    print(json:emit())
    return
end

json:load(responseBody)
-- Show the full JSON response.. (see below)
print(json:emit())

-- To find the client id for a given company name:
local caseSensitive = false
local clientId = json:find_record_string("clients", "companyName", "Miller Bakery", caseSensitive, "id")
if not json.last_method_success then
    print("Client not found.")
else
    print("The client ID is: " .. clientId)
end

-- Find the client ID for the 1st company matching "M*Bakery*"
clientId = json:find_record_string("clients", "companyName", "M*Bakery*", caseSensitive, "id")
if not json.last_method_success then
    print("Client not found.")
else
    print("The client ID is: " .. clientId)
end

-- The full JSON response containing all client data:
--
--     {
--       "result": "success",
--       "clients": [
--         {
--           "id": 9555868,
--           "firstName": "[ Demo",
--           "lastName": "Client ]",
--           "companyName": "Miller Park Cafe",
--           "businessType": "Licensed Restaurant",
--           "leadSource": "",
--           "emailAddress": null,
--           "phoneNumber": null,
--           "mobileNumber": null,
--           "faxNumber": null,
--           "notes": "",
--           "deleted": false,
--           "hasRecentJobs": true,
--           "created": "2016-10-26T12:05:09+00:00",
--           "modified": "2016-10-26T12:05:09+00:00",
--           "billingClient": null,
--           "account": {
--             "id": 39409
--           },
--           "address": {
--             "line1": "1732 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
--             "line2": "",
--             "city": "Washington",
--             "postcode": "20006",
--             "latitude": 38.899037,
--             "longitude": -77.040207
--           },
--           "mailingAddress": {}
--         },
--         {
--           "id": 9571176,
--           "firstName": "Mildred",
--           "lastName": "Vanildred",
--           "companyName": "Ice Cream Industries",
--           "businessType": "Ice Cream",
--           "leadSource": null,
--           "emailAddress": "milli@icecreamindustries.com",
--           "phoneNumber": "678-555-1012",
--           "mobileNumber": null,
--           "faxNumber": null,
--           "notes": "",
--           "deleted": false,
--           "hasRecentJobs": true,
--           "created": "2016-10-31T12:32:12+00:00",
--           "modified": "2016-10-31T12:32:13+00:00",
--           "billingClient": null,
--           "account": {
--             "id": 39409
--           },
--           "address": {
--             "line1": "2101 West Roosevelt Road",
--             "line2": null,
--             "city": "Wheaton",
--             "postcode": "60187",
--             "latitude": 41.8581778,
--             "longitude": -88.1380111
--           },
--           "mailingAddress": {
--             "line1": "2101 West Roosevelt Road",
--             "line2": null,
--             "city": "Wheaton"
--           }
--         },
--         {
--           "id": 9571218,
--           "firstName": "Joe",
--           "lastName": "Miller",
--           "companyName": "Miller Bakery",
--           "businessType": "Licensed Bakery",
--           "leadSource": "",
--           "emailAddress": null,
--           "phoneNumber": null,
--           "mobileNumber": null,
--           "faxNumber": null,
--           "notes": "",
--           "deleted": false,
--           "hasRecentJobs": true,
--           "created": "2016-10-31T13:02:07+00:00",
--           "modified": "2016-10-31T13:02:07+00:00",
--           "billingClient": null,
--           "account": {
--             "id": 39409
--           },
--           "address": {
--             "line1": "1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
--             "line2": "",
--             "city": "Washington",
--             "postcode": "20006",
--             "latitude": 0,
--             "longitude": 0
--           },
--           "mailingAddress": {
--             "line1": "",
--             "line2": "",
--             "city": ""
--           }
--         }
--       ],
--       "metadata": {
--         "page": 1,
--         "pagesCount": 1,
--         "recordsPerPage": 20,
--         "recordsCount": 3
--       }
--     }
--