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Xojo Plugin

GeoOp - Create Client

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Creates a new client.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// This example also assumes an OAuth2 access token was previously fetched.
// and saved in a JSON file.  

// First get our previously obtained access token.
// {"access_token":"e6dqdG....mzjpT04w==","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":2592000,"owner_id":999236}
Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/geoop.json")

// This example assumes we previously obtained an access token
Dim oauth2 As New Chilkat.OAuth2
oauth2.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

// Connect to GeoOp..
// Note: The same REST object, once connected, can be used for many requests.
// The bAutoReconnect argument allows it to automatically reconnect as required for any subsequent request.

Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("api.geoop.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

// Set the X-Version header.
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Version","1.0")

// To create a new client, we can build and send the following JSON:
// 	{
// 	  "clients": [
// 	    {
// 	      "firstName": "Joe",
// 	      "lastName": "Miller",
// 	      "companyName": "Miller Bakery",
// 	      "businessType": "Licensed Bakery",
// 	      "account": {
// 	        "id": 39409
// 	      },
// 	      "address": {
// 	        "line1": "1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
// 	        "city": "Washington",
// 	        "postcode": "20006",
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	}

Dim jsonClient As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonClient.UpdateInt("clients[0].account.id",39409)
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].firstName","Joe")
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].lastName","Miller")
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].companyName","Miller Bakery")
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].businessType","Licensed Bakery")
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].address.line1","1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW")
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].address.city","Washington")
success = jsonClient.UpdateString("clients[0].address.postcode","20006")

// Examine the JSON we're about to send...
jsonClient.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog(jsonClient.Emit())

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

jsonClient.EmitCompact = True
Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/clients",jsonClient.Emit())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False

// If the response status code did not indicate success, then see what happened..
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("Request Header: ")
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    System.DebugLog("----")
    System.DebugLog("Response StatusCode = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(rest.ResponseHeader)
    success = json.Load(responseBody)
    System.DebugLog(json.Emit())
    Return
End If

success = json.Load(responseBody)
// Show the full JSON response..
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())

// The success JSON looks like this:

// 	{
// 	  "result": "success",
// 	  "clients": [
// 	    {
// 	      "id": 9571218,
// 	      "firstName": "Joe",
// 	      "lastName": "Miller",
// 	      "companyName": "Miller Bakery",
// 	      "businessType": "Licensed Bakery",
// 	      "leadSource": "",
// 	      "emailAddress": null,
// 	      "phoneNumber": null,
// 	      "mobileNumber": null,
// 	      "faxNumber": null,
// 	      "notes": "",
// 	      "deleted": false,
// 	      "hasRecentJobs": false,
// 	      "created": "2016-10-31T13:02:07+00:00",
// 	      "modified": "2016-10-31T13:02:07+00:00",
// 	      "billingClient": null,
// 	      "account": {
// 	        "id": 39409
// 	      },
// 	      "address": {
// 	        "line1": "1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
// 	        "line2": "",
// 	        "city": "Washington",
// 	        "postcode": "20006",
// 	        "latitude": 0,
// 	        "longitude": 0
// 	      },
// 	      "mailingAddress": {
// 	        "line1": "",
// 	        "line2": "",
// 	        "city": ""
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "metadata": {
// 	    "receivedItemsCount": 1,
// 	    "validItems": [
// 	      0
// 	    ],
// 	    "invalidItems": [
// 	    ]
// 	  }
// 	}
// 
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