(C#) JSON FindRecordString Example

Demonstrates the FindRecordString method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecordString.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

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// Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();

bool success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json");

// A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
// The idea of FindRecordString is to search for a record matching one field,
// and then return the value of another field.

// For example, we want to find the "Id" for the record where Name = Advertising

string arrayPath = "QueryResponse.Account";
string relativePath = "Name";
string value = "Advertising";
bool caseSensitive = true;
string retRelPath = "Id";

string id = json.FindRecordString(arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive,retRelPath);
if (json.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Record not found.");
    return;
}

// The Id should be 7.
Debug.WriteLine("The Id of the Advertising account is " + id);

// -----------------------------------------------------------------
// qb_accounts.json contains this data
// 
// {
//   "QueryResponse": {
//     "Account": [
//       {
//         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "Description": "Description added during update.",
//         "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": "1",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "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"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
//         "Active": true,
//         "Classification": "Liability",
//         "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
//         "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
//         "CurrentBalance": 0,
//         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
//         "CurrencyRef": {
//           "value": "USD",
//           "name": "United States Dollar"
//         },
//         "domain": "QBO",
//         "sparse": false,
//         "Id": "89",
//         "SyncToken": "0",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "Name": "Automobile",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
//         "Active": true,
//         "Classification": "Expense",
//         "AccountType": "Expense",
//         "AccountSubType": "Auto",
//         "CurrentBalance": 0,
//         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
//         "CurrencyRef": {
//           "value": "USD",
//           "name": "United States Dollar"
//         },
//         "domain": "QBO",
//         "sparse": false,
//         "Id": "55",
//         "SyncToken": "0",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
//         }
//       },
// ...
//