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Xero Get Individual Employee Details (Payroll API Australia)

Demonstrates how to get the detailed data for a particular employee.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

' Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or greater.

' This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest



' Before sending REST API calls, the REST object needs to be
' initialized for OAuth1.
' See Xero 2-Legged OAuth1 Setup for sample code.

' Assuming the REST object's OAuth1 authenticator is setup, and the initial
' connection was made, we may now send REST HTTP requests..

Dim sbPath As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbPath.Append("/payroll.xro/1.0/Employees/")
' To get the detailed information for an individual employee,
' add the EmployeeID to the path.
sbPath.Append("056a9821-55b8-4c91-b5ce-a6ce2ab508ab")

' Get the data for the indicated employee.
Dim sbXml As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET",sbPath.GetAsString(),sbXml)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' A 200 response is expected for actual success.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(sbXml.GetAsString())
    Exit Sub
End If


' Iterate over the employees and get some information..

Dim bAutoTrim As Boolean = False
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.LoadSb(sbXml,bAutoTrim)
xml.SaveXml("qa_cache/xero_employee_lebron.xml")

' Use GetChild2 to navigate to the BankAccounts node.
success = xml.FindChild2("Employees|Employee|BankAccounts")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("BankAccounts node not found.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Demonstrate how to iterate over each of the employee's Bank Accounts to get information
' from each.  (This same technique can be used for other parts of the XML.)
Dim recordCount As Integer = xml.NumChildren
Debug.WriteLine("Number of Bank Accounts = " & recordCount)

Dim i As Integer = 0
While i < recordCount
    xml.I = i
    Debug.WriteLine("AccountName: " & xml.GetChildContent("BankAccount|AccountName"))
    Debug.WriteLine("StatementText: " & xml.GetChildContent("BankAccount|StatementText"))
    Debug.WriteLine("AccountNumber: " & xml.GetChildContent("BankAccount|AccountNumber"))
    Debug.WriteLine("Amount: " & xml.GetChildContent("BankAccount|Amount"))
    Debug.WriteLine("----")
    i = i + 1
End While

' Return back to the root.
xml.GetRoot2()

' The output looks like this:

' 	Number of Bank Accounts = 2
' 	AccountName: James Lebron Savings
' 	StatementText: Salary
' 	AccountNumber: 345678
' 	Amount: 200.00
' 	----
' 	AccountName: James Lebron Savings
' 	StatementText: Salary
' 	AccountNumber: 345678
' 	Amount: 200.00
' 	----

' The employee XML looks like this:

' 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' 	<Response xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
' 	    <Id>6131dfc6-d11c-4fe0-aa1c-f7356c54754c</Id>
' 	    <Status>OK</Status>
' 	    <ProviderName>ChilkatAU</ProviderName>
' 	    <DateTimeUTC>2016-11-11T20:53:38.752419Z</DateTimeUTC>
' 	    <Employees>
' 	        <Employee>
' 	            <EmployeeID>056a9821-55b8-4c91-b5ce-a6ce2ab508ab</EmployeeID>
' 	            <FirstName>James</FirstName>
' 	            <LastName>Lebron</LastName>
' 	            <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
' 	            <Email>JL@madeup.email.com</Email>
' 	            <DateOfBirth>1982-03-15T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
' 	            <Gender>M</Gender>
' 	            <HomeAddress>
' 	                <AddressLine1>123 Main St</AddressLine1>
' 	                <City>St. Kilda</City>
' 	                <Region>VIC</Region>
' 	                <PostalCode>3182</PostalCode>
' 	                <Country>AUSTRALIA</Country>
' 	            </HomeAddress>
' 	            <Phone>0400-000-123</Phone>
' 	            <Mobile> 408-230-9732</Mobile>
' 	            <StartDate>2015-09-01T00:00:00</StartDate>
' 	            <OrdinaryEarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</OrdinaryEarningsRateID>
' 	            <PayrollCalendarID>4c08f63d-53af-4521-a8be-1d77fc0faf45</PayrollCalendarID>
' 	            <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
' 	            <IsAuthorisedToApproveLeave>false</IsAuthorisedToApproveLeave>
' 	            <TaxDeclaration>
' 	                <TaxFileNumber>999999811</TaxFileNumber>
' 	                <EmploymentBasis>FULLTIME</EmploymentBasis>
' 	                <AustralianResidentForTaxPurposes>true</AustralianResidentForTaxPurposes>
' 	                <TaxFreeThresholdClaimed>true</TaxFreeThresholdClaimed>
' 	                <HasHELPDebt>true</HasHELPDebt>
' 	                <HasSFSSDebt>false</HasSFSSDebt>
' 	                <EligibleToReceiveLeaveLoading>false</EligibleToReceiveLeaveLoading>
' 	                <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
' 	                <HasStudentStartupLoan>false</HasStudentStartupLoan>
' 	            </TaxDeclaration>
' 	            <BankAccounts>
' 	                <BankAccount>
' 	                    <StatementText>Salary</StatementText>
' 	                    <AccountName>James Lebron Savings</AccountName>
' 	                    <BSB>122344</BSB>
' 	                    <AccountNumber>345678</AccountNumber>
' 	                    <Remainder>false</Remainder>
' 	                    <Amount>200.00</Amount>
' 	                </BankAccount>
' 	                <BankAccount>
' 	                    <StatementText>Salary</StatementText>
' 	                    <AccountName>James Lebron</AccountName>
' 	                    <BSB>123443</BSB>
' 	                    <AccountNumber>2345678</AccountNumber>
' 	                    <Remainder>true</Remainder>
' 	                </BankAccount>
' 	            </BankAccounts>
' 	            <OpeningBalances>
' 	                <OpeningBalanceDate>2016-02-01T00:00:00</OpeningBalanceDate>
' 	                <EarningsLines>
' 	                    <EarningsLine>
' 	                        <EarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</EarningsRateID>
' 	                        <Amount>13333.33</Amount>
' 	                    </EarningsLine>
' 	                </EarningsLines>
' 	                <DeductionLines>
' 	                    <DeductionLine>
' 	                        <DeductionTypeID>2fd4c1e2-5bbb-43e4-a396-4c146f2f9b77</DeductionTypeID>
' 	                        <Amount>40.00</Amount>
' 	                    </DeductionLine>
' 	                </DeductionLines>
' 	                <Tax>4000.00</Tax>
' 	                <SuperLines>
' 	                    <SuperLine>
' 	                        <SuperMembershipID>9e9cc70d-1d6c-4ce5-a402-2c4fe80c02b0</SuperMembershipID>
' 	                        <ContributionType>SGC</ContributionType>
' 	                        <Amount>3999.99</Amount>
' 	                    </SuperLine>
' 	                </SuperLines>
' 	                <ReimbursementLines />
' 	                <LeaveLines>
' 	                    <LeaveLine>
' 	                        <LeaveTypeID>8aa43544-f7f2-4b7a-9ddf-0a9c831c4679</LeaveTypeID>
' 	                        <NumberOfUnits>100.0000</NumberOfUnits>
' 	                    </LeaveLine>
' 	                    <LeaveLine>
' 	                        <LeaveTypeID>8874e0c0-d1d8-4635-a359-c09f6cf1c747</LeaveTypeID>
' 	                        <NumberOfUnits>40.0000</NumberOfUnits>
' 	                    </LeaveLine>
' 	                </LeaveLines>
' 	            </OpeningBalances>
' 	            <PayTemplate>
' 	                <EarningsLines>
' 	                    <EarningsLine>
' 	                        <EarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</EarningsRateID>
' 	                        <CalculationType>ANNUALSALARY</CalculationType>
' 	                        <AnnualSalary>40000.00</AnnualSalary>
' 	                        <NumberOfUnitsPerWeek>38.0000</NumberOfUnitsPerWeek>
' 	                    </EarningsLine>
' 	                </EarningsLines>
' 	                <DeductionLines>
' 	                    <DeductionLine>
' 	                        <DeductionTypeID>2fd4c1e2-5bbb-43e4-a396-4c146f2f9b77</DeductionTypeID>
' 	                        <CalculationType>FIXEDAMOUNT</CalculationType>
' 	                        <Amount>10.00</Amount>
' 	                    </DeductionLine>
' 	                </DeductionLines>
' 	                <SuperLines>
' 	                    <SuperLine>
' 	                        <SuperMembershipID>9e9cc70d-1d6c-4ce5-a402-2c4fe80c02b0</SuperMembershipID>
' 	                        <ContributionType>SGC</ContributionType>
' 	                        <CalculationType>PERCENTAGEOFEARNINGS</CalculationType>
' 	                        <MinimumMonthlyEarnings>450.00</MinimumMonthlyEarnings>
' 	                        <ExpenseAccountCode>478</ExpenseAccountCode>
' 	                        <LiabilityAccountCode>826</LiabilityAccountCode>
' 	                        <Percentage>9.0000</Percentage>
' 	                    </SuperLine>
' 	                    <SuperLine>
' 	                        <SuperMembershipID>9e9cc70d-1d6c-4ce5-a402-2c4fe80c02b0</SuperMembershipID>
' 	                        <ContributionType>SALARYSACRIFICE</ContributionType>
' 	                        <CalculationType>FIXEDAMOUNT</CalculationType>
' 	                        <ExpenseAccountCode>478</ExpenseAccountCode>
' 	                        <LiabilityAccountCode>826</LiabilityAccountCode>
' 	                        <Amount>50.0000</Amount>
' 	                    </SuperLine>
' 	                </SuperLines>
' 	                <ReimbursementLines />
' 	                <LeaveLines>
' 	                    <LeaveLine>
' 	                        <LeaveTypeID>8aa43544-f7f2-4b7a-9ddf-0a9c831c4679</LeaveTypeID>
' 	                        <CalculationType>FIXEDAMOUNTEACHPERIOD</CalculationType>
' 	                        <AnnualNumberOfUnits>152.0000</AnnualNumberOfUnits>
' 	                    </LeaveLine>
' 	                    <LeaveLine>
' 	                        <LeaveTypeID>8874e0c0-d1d8-4635-a359-c09f6cf1c747</LeaveTypeID>
' 	                        <CalculationType>FIXEDAMOUNTEACHPERIOD</CalculationType>
' 	                        <AnnualNumberOfUnits>76.0000</AnnualNumberOfUnits>
' 	                    </LeaveLine>
' 	                </LeaveLines>
' 	            </PayTemplate>
' 	            <SuperMemberships>
' 	                <SuperMembership>
' 	                    <SuperMembershipID>9e9cc70d-1d6c-4ce5-a402-2c4fe80c02b0</SuperMembershipID>
' 	                    <SuperFundID>2bab4eeb-6f3c-4c66-a1f0-52fcb81f412a</SuperFundID>
' 	                    <EmployeeNumber>1234</EmployeeNumber>
' 	                </SuperMembership>
' 	            </SuperMemberships>
' 	            <LeaveBalances>
' 	                <LeaveBalance>
' 	                    <LeaveName>Annual Leave</LeaveName>
' 	                    <LeaveTypeID>8aa43544-f7f2-4b7a-9ddf-0a9c831c4679</LeaveTypeID>
' 	                    <NumberOfUnits>88.8602</NumberOfUnits>
' 	                    <TypeOfUnits>Hours</TypeOfUnits>
' 	                </LeaveBalance>
' 	                <LeaveBalance>
' 	                    <LeaveName>Personal/Carer's Leave</LeaveName>
' 	                    <LeaveTypeID>8874e0c0-d1d8-4635-a359-c09f6cf1c747</LeaveTypeID>
' 	                    <NumberOfUnits>45.8302</NumberOfUnits>
' 	                    <TypeOfUnits>Hours</TypeOfUnits>
' 	                </LeaveBalance>
' 	            </LeaveBalances>
' 	        </Employee>
' 	    </Employees>
' 	</Response>
' 
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