(AutoIt) QuickBooks - Create an Employee

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

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

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; 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"
; }

$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
Local $bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

$oRest = ObjCreate("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.
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oSbAuth = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
$oSbAuth.Append($oJsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
$oRest.Authorization = $oSbAuth.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"
;   }
; }
; 
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("SSN","444-55-6666")
$oJson.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id","50")
$oJson.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1","45 N. Elm Street")
$oJson.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City","Middlefield")
$oJson.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA")
$oJson.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode","93242")
$oJson.UpdateString("GivenName","John")
$oJson.UpdateString("FamilyName","Meuller")
$oJson.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","408-525-1234")

$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
$oRest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
$oRest.AllowHeaderFolding = False

; The company ID is 123146096291789
Local $sResponseBody = $oRest.FullRequestString("POST","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45",$oJson.Emit())
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Request Header: " & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastRequestHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("----" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response StatusCode = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response StatusLine: " & $oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response Header:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($sResponseBody & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJsonResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonResponse.Load($sResponseBody)
$oJsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJsonResponse.Emit() & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)

; 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"
; }
;