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Xojo Plugin

GeoOp - Create Job

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Create a new job.

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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 user, we must build and send the following JSON:

// 	{
// 	  "jobs": [
// 	    {
// 	      "priority": 2,
// 	      "title": "Deliver More Donuts",
// 	      "description": "Deliver more donuts to the cafe.",
// 	      "client": {
// 	        "id": 9571218
// 	      },
// 	      "account": {
// 	        "id": 39409
// 	      },
// 	      "status": {
// 	        "id": 675900
// 	      },
// 	      "address": {
// 	        "line1": "1732 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
// 	        "city": "Washington",
// 	        "postcode": "20006",
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ]
// 	}
// 

Dim jsonJob As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonJob.UpdateInt("jobs[0].priority",2)
success = jsonJob.UpdateString("jobs[0].title","Deliver More Donuts")
success = jsonJob.UpdateString("jobs[0].description","Deliver more donuts to the cafe.")
success = jsonJob.UpdateInt("jobs[0].client.id",9571218)
success = jsonJob.UpdateInt("jobs[0].account.id",39409)
success = jsonJob.UpdateInt("jobs[0].status.id",675900)
success = jsonJob.UpdateString("jobs[0].address.line1","1732 Pennsylvania Avenue NW")
success = jsonJob.UpdateString("jobs[0].address.city","Washington")
success = jsonJob.UpdateString("jobs[0].address.postcode","20006")

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

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

jsonJob.EmitCompact = True
Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/jobs",jsonJob.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",
// 	  "jobs": [
// 	    {
// 	      "id": 17639811,
// 	      "reference": "1001",
// 	      "startTime": null,
// 	      "endTime": null,
// 	      "priority": 2,
// 	      "title": "Deliver More Donuts",
// 	      "description": "Deliver more donuts to the cafe.",
// 	      "jobNumber": null,
// 	      "deleted": false,
// 	      "type": "normal",
// 	      "created": "2016-10-31T13:36:47+00:00",
// 	      "modified": "2016-10-31T13:36:47+00:00",
// 	      "client": {
// 	        "id": 9571218
// 	      },
// 	      "billingClient": null,
// 	      "status": {
// 	        "id": 675900
// 	      },
// 	      "account": {
// 	        "id": 39409
// 	      },
// 	      "address": {
// 	        "line1": "1732 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
// 	        "line2": "",
// 	        "city": "Washington",
// 	        "postcode": "20006",
// 	        "latitude": 38.8990534,
// 	        "longitude": -77.0401866
// 	      },
// 	      "metadata": {
// 	        "visitsCount": 0,
// 	        "assignedVisitsCount": 0,
// 	        "unassignedVisitsCount": 0,
// 	        "partsCount": 0,
// 	        "chargesCount": 0,
// 	        "timersCount": 0,
// 	        "notesCount": 0,
// 	        "parcelsCount": 0,
// 	        "paymentsCount": 0,
// 	        "documentsCount": 0
// 	      }
// 	    }
// 	  ],
// 	  "metadata": {
// 	    "receivedItemsCount": 1,
// 	    "validItems": [
// 	      0
// 	    ],
// 	    "invalidItems": [
// 	    ]
// 	  }
// 	}
//