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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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Local $bSuccess = 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"
;  }

$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$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 ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oSbAuth = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
$oSbAuth.Append($oJsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
$oRest.Authorization = $oSbAuth.GetAsString()

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

;  Add a SELECT statement 
$oRest.AddQueryParam("query","select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
$oRest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")

;  The company ID is 123146096291789
Local $sResponseBody = $oRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oRest.ClearAllQueryParams()

;  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

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

;  Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
;  A sample JSON response is shown below.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.Load($sResponseBody)

;  These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
$oDtime = ObjCreate("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
Local $bLocalTime = True
$oDt = ObjCreate("Chilkat.DtObj")

;  Iterate over each account returned.
Local $iNumAccounts = $oJson.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
Local $i = 0
While $i < $iNumAccounts

    $oJson.I = $i
    ConsoleWrite("Name: " & $oJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name") & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Id: " & $oJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id") & @CRLF)

    ;  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    $oDtime.SetFromTimestamp($oJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    $oDtime.ToDtObj $bLocalTime,$oDt

    ConsoleWrite($oDt.Month & "/" & $oDt.Day & "/" & $oDt.Year & "  " & $oDt.Hour & ":" & $oDt.Minute & @CRLF)

    ConsoleWrite("----" & @CRLF)
    $i = $i + 1
Wend

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)

;  ------------------------------------------------------
;  The JSON response looks like this:

;  {
;    "QueryResponse": {
;      "Account": [
;        {
;          "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
;          "SubAccount": false,
;          "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
;          "Active": true,
;          "Classification": "Liability",
;          "AccountType": "Accounts Payable",
;          "AccountSubType": "AccountsPayable",
;          "CurrentBalance": -1602.67,
;          "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": -1602.67,
;          "CurrencyRef": {
;            "value": "USD",
;            "name": "United States Dollar"
;          },
;          "domain": "QBO",
;          "sparse": false,
;          "Id": "33",
;          "SyncToken": "0",
;          "MetaData": {
;            "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
;            "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:10:36-07:00"
;          }
;        },
;        {
;          "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
;          "SubAccount": false,
;          "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
;          "Active": true,
;          "Classification": "Asset",
;          "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
;          "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
;          "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
;          "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
;          "CurrencyRef": {
;            "value": "USD",
;            "name": "United States Dollar"
;          },
;          "domain": "QBO",
;          "sparse": false,
;          "Id": "84",
;          "SyncToken": "0",
;          "MetaData": {
;            "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
;            "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
;          }
;        },
;        {
;          "Name": "Advertising",
;          "SubAccount": false,
;          "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
;          "Active": true,
;          "Classification": "Expense",
;          "AccountType": "Expense",
;          "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
;          "CurrentBalance": 0,
;          "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
;          "CurrencyRef": {
;            "value": "USD",
;            "name": "United States Dollar"
;          },
;          "domain": "QBO",
;          "sparse": false,
;          "Id": "7",
;          "SyncToken": "0",
;          "MetaData": {
;            "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
;            "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
;          }
;        },
;  ...
;    "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
;  }