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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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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

Local $sQuery = "select * from Employee"
$oRest.AddQueryParam("query",$sQuery)
$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

;  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

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

;  Show the full JSON response.
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  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..
$oDtime = ObjCreate("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
Local $bLocalTime = True
$oDt = ObjCreate("Chilkat.DtObj")

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

    $oJson.I = $i
    ConsoleWrite("DisplayName: " & $oJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName") & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Id: " & $oJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id") & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Active: " & $oJson.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active") & @CRLF)

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

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

    ;  The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
    ;  The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
    If ($oJson.HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") = True) Then
        $oSTab = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringTable")
        $oSTab.SplitAndAppend($oJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",True,True)
Local $sYear = $oSTab.StringAt(0)
Local $sMonth = $oSTab.StringAt(1)
Local $sDay = $oSTab.StringAt(2)
        ConsoleWrite("BirthDate: " & $sMonth & "/" & $sDay & "/" & $sYear & @CRLF)
    EndIf

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

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)

;  ------------------------------------------------------
;  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"
;  }