C#

QuickBooks - Create an Employee

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee C#

bool 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"
//  }

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

Chilkat.Rest rest = 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.
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();

//  Create the following JSON:

//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Code to Create JSON

//  {
//    "SSN": "444-55-6666",
//    "PrimaryAddr": {
//      "Id": "50",
//      "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//      "City": "Middlefield",
//      "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//      "PostalCode": "93242"
//    },
//    "GivenName": "John",
//    "FamilyName": "Meuller",
//    "PrimaryPhone": {
//      "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
//    }
//  }
//  
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("SSN","444-55-6666");
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id","50");
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1","45 N. Elm Street");
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City","Middlefield");
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA");
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode","93242");
json.UpdateString("GivenName","John");
json.UpdateString("FamilyName","Meuller");
json.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","408-525-1234");

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

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
string responseBody = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45",json.Emit());
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.");

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  A sample JSON response:
//  {
//    "Employee": {
//      "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
//      "PrimaryAddr": {
//        "Id": "97",
//        "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//        "City": "Middlefield",
//        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//        "PostalCode": "93242"
//      },
//      "BillableTime": false,
//      "domain": "QBO",
//      "sparse": false,
//      "Id": "59",
//      "SyncToken": "0",
//      "MetaData": {
//        "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
//        "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
//      },
//      "GivenName": "John",
//      "FamilyName": "Meuller",
//      "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
//      "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
//      "Active": true,
//      "PrimaryPhone": {
//        "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
//      }
//    },
//    "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
//  }
//