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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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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // 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"
    // }

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

    let rest = CkoRest()!

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

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

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

    // Add a SELECT statement 
    rest.addQueryParam(name: "query", value: "select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
    rest.addQueryParam(name: "minorversion", value: "45")

    // The company ID is 123146096291789
    var responseBody: String? = rest.fullRequestNoBody(httpVerb: "GET", uriPath: "/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(rest.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    rest.clearAllQueryParams()

    // 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
    }

    // 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.
    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.load(json: responseBody)

    // These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
    let dtime = CkoDateTime()!
    var bLocalTime: Bool = true
    let dt = CkoDtObj()!

    // Iterate over each account returned.
    var numAccounts: Int = json.size(ofArray: "QueryResponse.Account").intValue
    var i: Int = 0
    while i < numAccounts {

        json.i = i
        print("Name: \(json.string(of: "QueryResponse.Account[i].Name")!)")
        print("Id: \(json.string(of: "QueryResponse.Account[i].Id")!)")

        // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        dtime.set(fromTimestamp: json.string(of: "QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
        dtime.toDtObj(bLocal: bLocalTime, dtObj: dt)

        print("\(dt.month.intValue)/\(dt.day.intValue)/\(dt.year.intValue)  \(dt.hour.intValue):\(dt.minute.intValue)")

        print("----")
        i = i + 1
    }

    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"
    // 

}