React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data. React Native

import { CkDateTime, DtObj, JsonObject, Rest, StringBuilder, StringTable } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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"
  // }

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

  const 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.
  const bAutoReconnect = true;
  try {
    await rest.connectAsync('sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com', 443, true, bAutoReconnect);
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const sbAuth = new StringBuilder();
  sbAuth.append('Bearer ');
  sbAuth.append(jsonToken.stringOf('access_token'));
  rest.authorization = sbAuth.getAsString();

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

  const query = 'select * from Employee';
  rest.addQueryParam('query', query);
  rest.addQueryParam('minorversion', '45');

  // The company ID is 123146096291789
  let responseBody: string;
  try {
    responseBody = await rest.fullRequestNoBodyAsync('GET', '/v3/company/123146096291789/query');
  } catch {
    console.log(rest.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

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

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

  // Show the full JSON response.
  json.emitCompact = false;
  console.log(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..
  const dtime = new CkDateTime();
  const bLocalTime = true;
  const dt = new DtObj();

  // Iterate over each account returned.
  const numRecords = json.sizeOfArray('QueryResponse.Employee');
  let i = 0;
  while (i < numRecords) {

    json.i = i;
    console.log(`DisplayName: ${json.stringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName')}`);
    console.log(`Id: ${json.stringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id')}`);
    console.log(`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);

    console.log(`${dt.month}/${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')) {
      const sTab = new StringTable();
      sTab.splitAndAppend(json.stringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate'), '-', true, true);
      const year = sTab.stringAt(0);
      const month = sTab.stringAt(1);
      const day = sTab.stringAt(2);
      console.log(`BirthDate: ${month}/${day}/${year}`);
    }

    console.log('----');
    i++;
  }

  console.log('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"
  // }
}