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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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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
    DECLARE @iTmp1 int
    DECLARE @iTmp2 int
    DECLARE @iTmp3 int
    DECLARE @iTmp4 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.

    -- 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"
    -- }

    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

    -- 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.
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com', 443, 1, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success = 0
      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

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

    -- Add a SELECT statement 
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'query', 'select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > ''2014-12-31'''
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'minorversion', '45'

    -- The company ID is 123146096291789
    DECLARE @responseBody nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestNoBody', @responseBody OUT, 'GET', '/v3/company/123146096291789/query'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      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
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'ClearAllQueryParams', @success OUT

    -- 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
        RETURN
      END

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

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @responseBody

    -- These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
    DECLARE @dtime int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CkDateTime', @dtime OUT

    DECLARE @bLocalTime int
    SELECT @bLocalTime = 1
    DECLARE @dt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.DtObj', @dt OUT

    -- Iterate over each account returned.
    DECLARE @numAccounts int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @numAccounts OUT, 'QueryResponse.Account'
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i < @numAccounts
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Account[i].Name'
        PRINT 'Name: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Account[i].Id'
        PRINT 'Id: ' + @sTmp0

        -- Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @dtime, 'SetFromTimestamp', @success OUT, @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @dtime, 'ToDtObj', NULL, @bLocalTime, @dt

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Month', @iTmp0 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Day', @iTmp1 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Year', @iTmp2 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Hour', @iTmp3 OUT

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Minute', @iTmp4 OUT
        PRINT @iTmp0 + '/' + @iTmp1 + '/' + @iTmp2 + '  ' + @iTmp3 + ':' + @iTmp4


        PRINT '----'
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END


    PRINT '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"
    -- 

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dtime
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt


END
GO