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QuickBooks - Full Update an Account

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Demonstrates how to update any of the writable fields of an existing account. The example first reads the JSON data for the account, makes some changes, and then POST's the updated JSON to update the 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.

    -- 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

    -- First get the full JSON for the account we'll be updating..
    -- The company ID is the 123146096291789
    -- The account ID is 29
    DECLARE @responseBody nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestNoBody', @responseBody OUT, 'GET', '/v3/company/123146096291789/account/29?minorversion=45'
    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/updating
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

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

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

    PRINT '----'

    -- The JSON passed in the HTTP POST for updating is the inner content of the Account
    DECLARE @updateJson int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @updateJson OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'ObjectOf2', @success OUT, 'Account', @updateJson

    -- Add or update the Description.
    -- (If a Description already exists, it is replace, otherwise the Description is added.)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @updateJson, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'Description', 'Description added during update.'

    -- Examine the JSON we'll be sending in the body of the POST.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @updateJson, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @updateJson, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    PRINT '----'

    -- Now we're going to POST the changes to update the Quickbooks account.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'ClearAllHeaders', @success OUT
    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_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'

    -- The updated JSON is passed as the HTTP request body.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @updateJson, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestString', @responseBody OUT, 'POST', '/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45', @sTmp0
    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 @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @updateJson
        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 @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @updateJson
        RETURN
      END

    -- Load the JSON response into a JSON object to emit in indented form..
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @responseBody
    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


    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbAuth
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @updateJson


END
GO