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JSON FindRecord Example
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Demonstrates the FindRecord method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecord.Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
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Dim success As Boolean = False
' Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json")
' A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
' The goal is to search the array of Account records to return the 1st match
' Find the account with the name "Advertising"
Dim arrayPath As String = "QueryResponse.Account"
Dim relativePath As String = "Name"
Dim value As String = "Advertising"
Dim caseSensitive As Boolean = True
Dim accountRec As Chilkat.JsonObject = json.FindRecord(arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive)
If (json.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Record not found.")
Exit Sub
End If
' The accountRec should contain this:
' {
' "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"
' }
' }
Debug.WriteLine("FullyQualifiedName: " & accountRec.StringOf("FullyQualifiedName"))
Debug.WriteLine("AccountType: " & accountRec.StringOf("AccountType"))
Debug.WriteLine("AccountSubType: " & accountRec.StringOf("AccountSubType"))
Debug.WriteLine("----")
' ------------------------------------------------------------------
' Find the first account where the currency is USD
relativePath = "CurrencyRef.value"
value = "USD"
caseSensitive = True
accountRec = json.FindRecord(arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive)
If (json.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Record not found.")
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.WriteLine("Name: " & accountRec.StringOf("Name"))
Debug.WriteLine("CurrencyRef.name: " & accountRec.StringOf("CurrencyRef.name"))
Debug.WriteLine("----")
' ------------------------------------------------------------------
' Find the first account with "receivable" in the name (case insensitive)
relativePath = "Name"
value = "*receivable*"
caseSensitive = False
accountRec = json.FindRecord(arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive)
If (json.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Record not found.")
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.WriteLine("Name: " & accountRec.StringOf("Name"))
Debug.WriteLine("----")
' -----------------------------------------------------------------
' qb_accounts.json contains this data
'
' {
' "QueryResponse": {
' "Account": [
' {
' "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
' "SubAccount": false,
' "Description": "Description added during update.",
' "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": "1",
' "MetaData": {
' "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
' "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
' }
' },
' {
' "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"
' }
' },
' {
' "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
' "SubAccount": false,
' "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
' "Active": true,
' "Classification": "Liability",
' "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
' "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
' "CurrentBalance": 0,
' "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
' "CurrencyRef": {
' "value": "USD",
' "name": "United States Dollar"
' },
' "domain": "QBO",
' "sparse": false,
' "Id": "89",
' "SyncToken": "0",
' "MetaData": {
' "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
' "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
' }
' },
' {
' "Name": "Automobile",
' "SubAccount": false,
' "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
' "Active": true,
' "Classification": "Expense",
' "AccountType": "Expense",
' "AccountSubType": "Auto",
' "CurrentBalance": 0,
' "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
' "CurrencyRef": {
' "value": "USD",
' "name": "United States Dollar"
' },
' "domain": "QBO",
' "sparse": false,
' "Id": "55",
' "SyncToken": "0",
' "MetaData": {
' "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
' "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
' }
' },
' ...
'