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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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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

    DECLARE @query nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @query = 'select * from Employee'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddQueryParam', @success OUT, 'query', @query
    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

    -- 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

    -- 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

    -- Show the full JSON response.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- 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..
    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 @numRecords int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @numRecords OUT, 'QueryResponse.Employee'
    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    WHILE @i < @numRecords
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i

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

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

        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @iTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active'
        PRINT 'Active: ' + @iTmp0

        -- Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Employee[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

        -- The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
        -- The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'HasMember', @iTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate'
        IF @iTmp0 = 1
          BEGIN
            DECLARE @sTab int
            EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringTable', @sTab OUT

            EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate'
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @sTab, 'SplitAndAppend', @success OUT, @sTmp0, '-', 1, 1
            DECLARE @year nvarchar(4000)
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @sTab, 'StringAt', @year OUT, 0
            DECLARE @month nvarchar(4000)
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @sTab, 'StringAt', @month OUT, 1
            DECLARE @day nvarchar(4000)
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @sTab, 'StringAt', @day OUT, 2



            PRINT 'BirthDate: ' + @month + '/' + @day + '/' + @year
          END


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


    PRINT '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"
    -- 

    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
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sTab


END
GO