Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Xojo Plugin
QuickBooks - Query an Account
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.Chilkat Xojo Plugin Downloads
Dim success As Boolean
success = False
// 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"
// }
Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")
Dim rest As New 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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = False) Then
System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
Dim sbAuth As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
success = sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()
success = rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = False
// Add a SELECT statement
success = rest.AddQueryParam("query","select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")
// The company ID is 123146096291789
Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
success = rest.ClearAllQueryParams()
// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
System.DebugLog("Request Header: ")
System.DebugLog(rest.LastRequestHeader)
System.DebugLog("----")
System.DebugLog("Response StatusCode = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
System.DebugLog("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
System.DebugLog(rest.ResponseHeader)
System.DebugLog(responseBody)
Return
End If
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.Load(responseBody)
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
Dim dtime As New Chilkat.CkDateTime
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean
bLocalTime = True
Dim dt As New Chilkat.DtObj
// Iterate over each account returned.
Dim numAccounts As Int32
numAccounts = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
While i < numAccounts
json.I = i
System.DebugLog("Name: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name"))
System.DebugLog("Id: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id"))
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
success = dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
dtime.ToDtObj bLocalTime,dt
System.DebugLog(Str(dt.Month) + "/" + Str(dt.Day) + "/" + Str(dt.Year) + " " + Str(dt.Hour) + ":" + Str(dt.Minute))
System.DebugLog("----")
i = i + 1
Wend
System.DebugLog("Success.")
// ------------------------------------------------------
// The JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "QueryResponse": {
// "Account": [
// {
// "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
// "SubAccount": false,
// "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": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:10:36-07:00"
// }
// },
// {
// "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"
// }
// },
// ...
// "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
// }