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Xero Upload Attachment

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Demonstrates how to upload an attachment to Xero.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

; Important: Make sure your OAuth2 access token was obtained with the scope "accounting.attachments"
; included in the list of scopes.

$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oJsonToken.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oHttp.AuthToken = $oJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

; Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
; Get Xero Tenant IDs
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "Xero-tenant-id","83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7"

$oHttp.Accept = "application/json"

Local $sUrl = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/{$Endpoint}/{$Guid}/Attachments/{$Filename}"

; Endpoint can be Invoices, Receipts, CreditNotes, PurchaseOrders, etc.
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("Endpoint","Invoices")

; Guid is the ID of the item, such as the InvoiceID.
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("Guid","0032f627-3156-4d30-9b1c-4d3b994dc921")

; Filename is the filename of the attachment you are uploading.
$oHttp.SetUrlVar("Filename","penguins.jpg")

; Load the file to be uploaded (from the local filesystem).
$oBd = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$bSuccess = $oBd.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to load attachment file." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Indicate the content-type according to the file content type.
; Common content-types are:   image/jpg, image/png, application/pdf, application/zip, application/msword
; If you don't know, use application/octet-stream
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpBd("POST",$sUrl,$oBd,"image/jpg",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Response Status Code: " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)

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

If ($oResp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A sample response:

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

; {
;   "Id": "35333c64-4449-457b-bf6a-1b64d538e3c7",
;   "Status": "OK",
;   "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
;   "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587212597758)\/",
;   "Attachments": [
;     {
;       "AttachmentID": "daf106e2-8634-4349-bfcc-86c1df0793b2",
;       "FileName": "penguins.jpg",
;       "Url": "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Invoices/0032f627-3156-4d30-9b1c-4d3b994dc921/Attachments/penguins.jpg",
;       "MimeType": "image/jpg",
;       "ContentLength": 777835
;     }
;   ]
; }