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Quickbooks Create a New Customer

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Demonstrates how to create a new customer via the Quickbooks REST API.

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success = 0

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

'  Connect to the REST server.
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)

set sbAuth = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
success = sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()

'  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Note: The above code to setup the initial REST connection
'  can be done once.  After connecting, any number of REST calls can be made.
'  If the connection is lost, the next REST method call will automatically
'  reconnect if needed.
'  --------------------------------------------------------------------------

'  Create the following JSON:

'  {
'    "FullyQualifiedName": "King Groceries",
'    "PrimaryEmailAddr": {
'      "Address": "jdrew@myemail.com"
'    },
'    "DisplayName": "King's Groceries",
'    "Suffix": "Jr",
'    "Title": "Mr",
'    "MiddleName": "B",
'    "Notes": "Here are other details.",
'    "FamilyName": "King",
'    "PrimaryPhone": {
'      "FreeFormNumber": "(555) 555-5555"
'    },
'    "CompanyName": "King Groceries",
'    "BillAddr": {
'      "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
'      "City": "Mountain View",
'      "PostalCode": "94042",
'      "Line1": "123 Main Street",
'      "Country": "USA"
'    },
'    "GivenName": "James"
'  }
'  
'  Use the this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
'  Generate Code to Create JSON

set jsonReq = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("FullyQualifiedName","King Groceries")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("PrimaryEmailAddr.Address","jdrew@myemail.com")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("DisplayName","King's Groceries")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("Suffix","Jr")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("Title","Mr")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("MiddleName","B")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("Notes","Here are other details.")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("FamilyName","King")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","(555) 555-5555")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("CompanyName","King Groceries")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.City","Mountain View")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.PostalCode","94042")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.Line1","123 Main Street")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.Country","USA")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("GivenName","James")

set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = jsonReq.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
success = rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = 0

set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v3/company/<realmID>/customer",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode

'  Success is indicated by a 200 response status code.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"

set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResponse.Emit()) & "</pre>"

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Sample output...
'  (See the parsing code below..)
'  
'  Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
'  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

'  {
'    "Customer": {
'      "domain": "QBO",
'      "PrimaryEmailAddr": {
'        "Address": "jdrew@myemail.com"
'      },
'      "DisplayName": "King's Groceries",
'      "CurrencyRef": {
'        "name": "United States Dollar",
'        "value": "USD"
'      },
'      "DefaultTaxCodeRef": {
'        "value": "2"
'      },
'      "PreferredDeliveryMethod": "Print",
'      "GivenName": "James",
'      "FullyQualifiedName": "King's Groceries",
'      "BillWithParent": false,
'      "Title": "Mr",
'      "Job": false,
'      "BalanceWithJobs": 0,
'      "PrimaryPhone": {
'        "FreeFormNumber": "(555) 555-5555"
'      },
'      "Taxable": true,
'      "MetaData": {
'        "CreateTime": "2015-07-23T10:58:12-07:00",
'        "LastUpdatedTime": "2015-07-23T10:58:12-07:00"
'      },
'      "BillAddr": {
'        "City": "Mountain View",
'        "Country": "USA",
'        "Line1": "123 Main Street",
'        "PostalCode": "94042",
'        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
'        "Id": "112"
'      },
'      "MiddleName": "B",
'      "Notes": "Here are other details.",
'      "Active": true,
'      "Balance": 0,
'      "SyncToken": "0",
'      "Suffix": "Jr",
'      "CompanyName": "King Groceries",
'      "FamilyName": "King",
'      "PrintOnCheckName": "King Groceries",
'      "sparse": false,
'      "Id": "67"
'    },
'    "time": "2015-07-23T10:58:12.099-07:00"
'  }
'  

CustomerDomain = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.domain")
CustomerPrimaryEmailAddrAddress = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PrimaryEmailAddr.Address")
CustomerDisplayName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.DisplayName")
CustomerCurrencyRefName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.CurrencyRef.name")
CustomerCurrencyRefValue = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.CurrencyRef.value")
CustomerDefaultTaxCodeRefValue = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.DefaultTaxCodeRef.value")
CustomerPreferredDeliveryMethod = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PreferredDeliveryMethod")
CustomerGivenName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.GivenName")
CustomerFullyQualifiedName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.FullyQualifiedName")
CustomerBillWithParent = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.BillWithParent")
CustomerTitle = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Title")
CustomerJob = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.Job")
CustomerBalanceWithJobs = jsonResponse.IntOf("Customer.BalanceWithJobs")
CustomerPrimaryPhoneFreeFormNumber = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber")
CustomerTaxable = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.Taxable")
CustomerMetaDataCreateTime = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.MetaData.CreateTime")
CustomerMetaDataLastUpdatedTime = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.MetaData.LastUpdatedTime")
CustomerBillAddrCity = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.City")
CustomerBillAddrCountry = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.Country")
CustomerBillAddrLine1 = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.Line1")
CustomerBillAddrPostalCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.PostalCode")
CustomerBillAddrCountrySubDivisionCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode")
CustomerBillAddrId = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.Id")
CustomerMiddleName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.MiddleName")
CustomerNotes = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Notes")
CustomerActive = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.Active")
CustomerBalance = jsonResponse.IntOf("Customer.Balance")
CustomerSyncToken = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.SyncToken")
CustomerSuffix = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Suffix")
CustomerCompanyName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.CompanyName")
CustomerFamilyName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.FamilyName")
CustomerPrintOnCheckName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PrintOnCheckName")
CustomerSparse = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.sparse")
CustomerId = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Id")
time = jsonResponse.StringOf("time")

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