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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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// 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"
// }

let json_token = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json_token.load_file("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json").is_ok();

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// 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.
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
if rest.connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let sb_auth = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = sb_auth.append("Bearer ");
let _ = sb_auth.append(&json_token.string_of("access_token").unwrap_or_default());
rest.set_authorization(&sb_auth.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());

let _ = rest.add_header("Accept", "application/json");
rest.set_allow_header_folding(false);

let query = "select * from Employee".to_string();
let _ = rest.add_query_param("query", &query);
let _ = rest.add_query_param("minorversion", "45");

// The company ID is 123146096291789
let Ok(response_body) = rest.full_request_no_body("GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("Request Header: ");
    println!("{}", rest.last_request_header());
    println!("----");
    println!("Response StatusCode = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("Response StatusLine: {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", rest.response_header());
    println!("{}", response_body);
    return;
}

// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.load(&response_body);

// Show the full JSON response.
json.set_emit_compact(false);
println!("{}", json.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// 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..
let dtime = chilkat::DateTime::new();
let b_local_time = true;
let dt = chilkat::DtObj::new();

// Iterate over each account returned.
let num_records = json.size_of_array("QueryResponse.Employee");
let mut i = 0;
while i < num_records {

    json.set_i(i);
    println!("DisplayName: {}", json.string_of("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("Id: {}", json.string_of("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("Active: {}", json.bool_of("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active"));

    // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    let _ = dtime.set_from_timestamp(&json.string_of("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime").unwrap_or_default());
    dtime.to_dt_obj(b_local_time, &dt);

    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.has_member("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") {
        let s_tab = chilkat::StringTable::new();
        let _ = s_tab.split_and_append(&json.string_of("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate").unwrap_or_default(), "-", true, true);
        let year = s_tab.string_at(0).unwrap_or_default();
        let month = s_tab.string_at(1).unwrap_or_default();
        let day = s_tab.string_at(2).unwrap_or_default();
        println!("BirthDate: {}/{}/{}", month, day, year);
    }

    println!("----");
    i = i + 1;
}

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"
// }