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C#
QuickBooks - Query Employees
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.Chilkat C# Downloads
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 == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
return;
}
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbAuth = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"));
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString();
rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = false;
string query = "select * from Employee";
rest.AddQueryParam("query",query);
rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45");
// The company ID is 123146096291789
string responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
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;
}
// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.Load(responseBody);
// Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit());
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
Chilkat.CkDateTime dtime = new Chilkat.CkDateTime();
bool bLocalTime = true;
Chilkat.DtObj dt = new Chilkat.DtObj();
// Iterate over each account returned.
int numRecords = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee");
int i = 0;
while (i < numRecords) {
json.I = i;
Debug.WriteLine("DisplayName: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName"));
Debug.WriteLine("Id: " + json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id"));
Debug.WriteLine("Active: " + Convert.ToString(json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active")));
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"));
dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt);
Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(dt.Month) + "/" + Convert.ToString(dt.Day) + "/" + Convert.ToString(dt.Year) + " " + Convert.ToString(dt.Hour) + ":" + Convert.ToString(dt.Minute));
// The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
// The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
if (json.HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") == true) {
Chilkat.StringTable sTab = new Chilkat.StringTable();
sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",true,true);
string year = sTab.StringAt(0);
string month = sTab.StringAt(1);
string day = sTab.StringAt(2);
Debug.WriteLine("BirthDate: " + month + "/" + day + "/" + year);
}
Debug.WriteLine("----");
i = i + 1;
}
Debug.WriteLine("Success.");
// ------------------------------------------------------
// The JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "QueryResponse": {
// "Employee": [
// {
// "BillableTime": false,
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "55",
// "SyncToken": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "Emily",
// "FamilyName": "Platt",
// "DisplayName": "Emily Platt",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "Emily Platt",
// "Active": true
// },
// {
// "BillableTime": false,
// "BirthDate": "1985-09-11",
// "HiredDate": "2016-08-17",
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "54",
// "SyncToken": "1",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:28-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:46:26-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "John",
// "FamilyName": "Johnson",
// "DisplayName": "John Johnson",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "John Johnson",
// "Active": true,
// "PrimaryPhone": {
// "FreeFormNumber": "(540) 555-9645"
// }
// },
// {
// "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
// "PrimaryAddr": {
// "Id": "98",
// "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
// "City": "Middlefield",
// "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
// "PostalCode": "93242"
// },
// "BillableTime": false,
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "60",
// "SyncToken": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "John",
// "FamilyName": "Meuller",
// "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
// "Active": true,
// "PrimaryPhone": {
// "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
// }
// }
// ],
// "startPosition": 1,
// "maxResults": 3
// },
// "time": "2016-10-25T14:18:38.487-07:00"
// }