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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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success = 0

' 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"
' }

set jsonToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

set rest = Server.CreateObject("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.
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

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

query = "select * from Employee"
success = rest.AddQueryParam("query",query)
success = rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")

' The company ID is 123146096291789
responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Request Header: ") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastRequestHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "----") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( responseBody) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
' A sample JSON response is shown below.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.Load(responseBody)

' Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

' 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..
set dtime = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
bLocalTime = 1
set dt = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")

' Iterate over each account returned.
numRecords = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee")
i = 0
Do While i < numRecords

    json.I = i
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "DisplayName: " & json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName")) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Id: " & json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id")) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Active: " & json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active")) & "</pre>"

    ' Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    success = dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    dtime.ToDtObj bLocalTime,dt

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( dt.Month & "/" & dt.Day & "/" & dt.Year & "  " & dt.Hour _
         & ":" & dt.Minute) & "</pre>"

    ' 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") = 1) Then
        set sTab = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringTable")
        success = sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",1,1)
        year = sTab.StringAt(0)
        month = sTab.StringAt(1)
        day = sTab.StringAt(2)
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "BirthDate: " & month & "/" & day & "/" & year) & "</pre>"
    End If

    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "----") & "</pre>"
    i = i + 1
Loop

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 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"
' 

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