Objective-C

QuickBooks - Create an Employee

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee Objective-C

#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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"
//  }

CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
success = [jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json"];

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

//  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.
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] tls: YES autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoStringBuilder *sbAuth = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[sbAuth Append: @"Bearer "];
[sbAuth Append: [jsonToken StringOf: @"access_token"]];
rest.Authorization = [sbAuth GetAsString];

//  Create the following JSON:

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

//  {
//    "SSN": "444-55-6666",
//    "PrimaryAddr": {
//      "Id": "50",
//      "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//      "City": "Middlefield",
//      "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//      "PostalCode": "93242"
//    },
//    "GivenName": "John",
//    "FamilyName": "Meuller",
//    "PrimaryPhone": {
//      "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
//    }
//  }
//  
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"SSN" value: @"444-55-6666"];
[json UpdateString: @"PrimaryAddr.Id" value: @"50"];
[json UpdateString: @"PrimaryAddr.Line1" value: @"45 N. Elm Street"];
[json UpdateString: @"PrimaryAddr.City" value: @"Middlefield"];
[json UpdateString: @"PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode" value: @"CA"];
[json UpdateString: @"PrimaryAddr.PostalCode" value: @"93242"];
[json UpdateString: @"GivenName" value: @"John"];
[json UpdateString: @"FamilyName" value: @"Meuller"];
[json UpdateString: @"PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber" value: @"408-525-1234"];

[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];
[rest AddHeader: @"Accept" value: @"application/json"];
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = NO;

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
NSString *responseBody = [rest FullRequestString: @"POST" uriPath: @"/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45" bodyText: [json Emit]];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if ([rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue] != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Request Header: ");
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastRequestHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"----");
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response StatusCode = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Response StatusLine: ",rest.ResponseStatusText);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@",responseBody);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *jsonResponse = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jsonResponse Load: responseBody];
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = NO;
NSLog(@"%@",[jsonResponse Emit]);
NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");

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

//  A sample JSON response:
//  {
//    "Employee": {
//      "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
//      "PrimaryAddr": {
//        "Id": "97",
//        "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//        "City": "Middlefield",
//        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//        "PostalCode": "93242"
//      },
//      "BillableTime": false,
//      "domain": "QBO",
//      "sparse": false,
//      "Id": "59",
//      "SyncToken": "0",
//      "MetaData": {
//        "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
//        "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
//      },
//      "GivenName": "John",
//      "FamilyName": "Meuller",
//      "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
//      "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
//      "Active": true,
//      "PrimaryPhone": {
//        "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
//      }
//    },
//    "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
//  }
//