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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oSbAuth
LOCAL cQuery
LOCAL cResponseBody
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oDtime
LOCAL nBLocalTime
LOCAL oDt
LOCAL nNumRecords
LOCAL i
LOCAL oSTab
LOCAL cYear
LOCAL cMonth
LOCAL cDay

nSuccess := 0

//  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"
//  }

oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.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.
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, 1, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oSbAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbAuth:Append("Bearer ")
oSbAuth:Append(oJsonToken:StringOf("access_token"))
oRest:Authorization := oSbAuth:GetAsString()

oRest:AddHeader("Accept", "application/json")
oRest:AllowHeaderFolding := 0

cQuery := "select * from Employee"
oRest:AddQueryParam("query", cQuery)
oRest:AddQueryParam("minorversion", "45")

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
cResponseBody := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oSbAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "Request Header: "
    ? oRest:LastRequestHeader
    ? "----"
    ? "Response StatusCode = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "Response StatusLine: " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? cResponseBody
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oSbAuth:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:Load(cResponseBody)

//  Show the full JSON response.
oJson:EmitCompact := 0
? oJson: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..
oDtime := CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
nBLocalTime := 1
oDt := CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")

//  Iterate over each account returned.
nNumRecords := oJson:SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < nNumRecords

    oJson:I := i
    ? "DisplayName: " + oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName")
    ? "Id: " + oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id")
    ? "Active: " + Str(oJson:BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active"))

    //  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    oDtime:SetFromTimestamp(oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    oDtime:ToDtObj(nBLocalTime, oDt)

    ? Str(oDt:Month) + "/" + Str(oDt:Day) + "/" + Str(oDt:Year) + "  " + Str(oDt:Hour) + ":" + Str(oDt:Minute)

    //  The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
    //  The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
    IF (oJson:HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") == 1)
        oSTab := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringTable")
        oSTab:SplitAndAppend(oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"), "-", 1, 1)
        cYear := oSTab:StringAt(0)
        cMonth := oSTab:StringAt(1)
        cDay := oSTab:StringAt(2)
        ? "BirthDate: " + cMonth + "/" + cDay + "/" + cYear
    ENDIF

    ? "----"
    i := i + 1
ENDDO

? "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"
//  }

oJsonToken:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oDtime:destroy()
oDt:destroy()
oSTab:destroy()