Swift

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // 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.
    let jsonToken = CkoJsonObject()!
    success = jsonToken.loadFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

    let rest = CkoRest()!

    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.connect(hostname: "sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", port: 443, tls: true, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    let sbAuth = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbAuth.append(value: "Bearer ")
    sbAuth.append(value: jsonToken.string(of: "access_token"))
    rest.authorization = sbAuth.getAsString()

    let jsonRequest = CkoJsonObject()!
    jsonRequest.appendString(name: "AccountType", value: "Credit Card")
    jsonRequest.appendString(name: "Name", value: "Banana Republic")
    var requestBody: String? = jsonRequest.emit()

    // "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    let sbPath = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbPath.append(value: "/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45")

    rest.addHeader(name: "Content-Type", value: "application/json")
    rest.addHeader(name: "Accept", value: "application/json")
    rest.allowHeaderFolding = false

    var responseBody: String? = rest.fullRequestString(httpVerb: "POST", uriPath: sbPath.getAsString(), bodyText: requestBody)
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if rest.responseStatusCode.intValue != 200 {
        print("Request Header: ")
        print("\(rest.lastRequestHeader!)")
        print("----")
        print("Response StatusCode = \(rest.responseStatusCode.intValue)")
        print("Response StatusLine: \(rest.responseStatusText!)")
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(rest.responseHeader!)")
        print("\(responseBody!)")
        return
    }

    let jsonResponse = CkoJsonObject()!
    jsonResponse.load(json: responseBody)
    jsonResponse.emitCompact = false
    print("\(jsonResponse.emit()!)")
    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"
    // }

}