C

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObject jsonToken;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilder sbAuth;
    HCkJsonObject jsonRequest;
    const char *requestBody;
    HCkStringBuilder sbPath;
    const char *responseBody;
    HCkJsonObject jsonResponse;

    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.
    jsonToken = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    sbAuth = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbAuth,"Bearer ");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbAuth,CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonToken,"access_token"));
    CkRest_putAuthorization(rest,CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbAuth));

    jsonRequest = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_AppendString(jsonRequest,"AccountType","Credit Card");
    CkJsonObject_AppendString(jsonRequest,"Name","Banana Republic");
    requestBody = CkJsonObject_emit(jsonRequest);

    // "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    sbPath = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,"/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45");

    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Content-Type","application/json");
    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Accept","application/json");
    CkRest_putAllowHeaderFolding(rest,FALSE);

    responseBody = CkRest_fullRequestString(rest,"POST",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbPath),requestBody);
    if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbAuth);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonRequest);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
        return;
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        printf("Request Header: \n");
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastRequestHeader(rest));
        printf("----\n");
        printf("Response StatusCode = %d\n",CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        printf("Response StatusLine: %s\n",CkRest_responseStatusText(rest));
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));
        printf("%s\n",responseBody);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbAuth);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonRequest);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_Load(jsonResponse,responseBody);
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,FALSE);
    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(jsonResponse));
    printf("Success.\n");

    // 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"
    // }


    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbAuth);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonRequest);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }