(C#) QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

For more information, see https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/ecommerce/account#create-an-account

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// 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.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
bool success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbAuth = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"));
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString();

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonRequest = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonRequest.AppendString("AccountType","Credit Card");
jsonRequest.AppendString("Name","Banana Republic");
string requestBody = jsonRequest.Emit();

// "123146096291789" is the company ID.
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbPath = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbPath.Append("/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45");

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

string responseBody = rest.FullRequestString("POST",sbPath.GetAsString(),requestBody);
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Request Header: ");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("----");
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusCode = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonResponse = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonResponse.Load(responseBody);
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit());
Debug.WriteLine("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"
// }