Xojo Plugin

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

Dim success As Boolean
success = 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.
Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

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

Dim sbAuth As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
success = sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()

Dim jsonRequest As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonRequest.AppendString("AccountType","Credit Card")
success = jsonRequest.AppendString("Name","Banana Republic")
Dim requestBody As String
requestBody = jsonRequest.Emit()

// "123146096291789" is the company ID.
Dim sbPath As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbPath.Append("/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45")

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

Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestString("POST",sbPath.GetAsString(),requestBody)
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
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)
    System.DebugLog(responseBody)
    Return
End If

Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonResponse.Load(responseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog(jsonResponse.Emit())
System.DebugLog("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"
// }