Xojo Plugin
QuickBooks - Query an Account

Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.
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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.

// 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"
// }

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

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

// 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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = False) 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()

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

// Add a SELECT statement 
success = rest.AddQueryParam("query","select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")

// The company ID is 123146096291789
Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = rest.ClearAllQueryParams()

// 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

// 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.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.Load(responseBody)

// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
Dim dtime As New Chilkat.CkDateTime
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean
bLocalTime = True
Dim dt As New Chilkat.DtObj

// Iterate over each account returned.
Dim numAccounts As Int32
numAccounts = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
While i < numAccounts

    json.I = i
    System.DebugLog("Name: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name"))
    System.DebugLog("Id: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id"))

    // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    success = dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    dtime.ToDtObj bLocalTime,dt

    System.DebugLog(Str(dt.Month) + "/" + Str(dt.Day) + "/" + Str(dt.Year) + "  " + Str(dt.Hour) + ":" + Str(dt.Minute))

    System.DebugLog("----")
    i = i + 1
Wend

System.DebugLog("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"
//