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QuickBooks - Create an Account

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks account.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json'

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT

    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com', 443, 1, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @sbAuth int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbAuth OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'Append', @success OUT, 'Bearer '
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'Append', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbAuth, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @rest, 'Authorization', @sTmp0

    DECLARE @jsonRequest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonRequest OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonRequest, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'AccountType', 'Credit Card'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonRequest, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'Name', 'Banana Republic'
    DECLARE @requestBody nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonRequest, 'Emit', @requestBody OUT

    -- "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    DECLARE @sbPath int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbPath OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbPath, 'Append', @success OUT, '/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Accept', 'application/json'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @rest, 'AllowHeaderFolding', 0

    DECLARE @responseBody nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbPath, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestString', @responseBody OUT, 'POST', @sTmp0, @requestBody
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonRequest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbPath
        RETURN
      END

    -- We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Request Header: '
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastRequestHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT '----'

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Response StatusCode = ' + @iTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Response StatusLine: ' + @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT @responseBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonRequest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbPath
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @jsonResponse int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonResponse OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'Load', @success OUT, @responseBody
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jsonResponse, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    PRINT 'Success.'

    -- A sample JSON response:

    -- Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    -- Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    -- {
    --   "Account": {
    --     "Name": "Banana Republic",
    --     "SubAccount": false,
    --     "FullyQualifiedName": "Banana Republic",
    --     "Active": true,
    --     "Classification": "Liability",
    --     "AccountType": "Credit Card",
    --     "AccountSubType": "CreditCard",
    --     "CurrentBalance": 0,
    --     "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    --     "CurrencyRef": {
    --       "value": "USD",
    --       "name": "United States Dollar"
    --     },
    --     "domain": "QBO",
    --     "sparse": false,
    --     "Id": "97",
    --     "SyncToken": "0",
    --     "MetaData": {
    --       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00",
    --       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00"
    --     }
    --   },
    --   "time": "2016-10-25T05:07:11.714-07:00"
    -- }

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonRequest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbPath
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonResponse


END
GO