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QuickBooks - Parse the JSON of a Customer Balance Detail Report

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This example is to show how to parse the JSON of a particular Quickbooks report. The techniques shown here may help in parsing similar reports.

The JSON to be parsed is available at Sample Quickbooks Customer Balance Detail Report JSON

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Get the JSON we'll be parsing..
Dim jsonStr As String = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/qb_customer_balance_detail_report_2.json")
If http.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.Load(jsonStr)

'  As an alternative to manually writing code, use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
'  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

'  Let's parse the JSON into a CSV, and then save to a CSV file.
Dim csv As ChilkatCsv
csv.Initialize
csv.HasColumnNames = True

'  Set the column names of the CSV.
Dim numColumns As Int = json.SizeOfArray("Columns.Column")
If numColumns < 0 Then
    Log("Unable to get column names")
    Return
End If

Dim i As Int = 0
Do While i < numColumns
    json.I = i
    csv.SetColumnName(i, json.StringOf("Columns.Column[i].ColTitle"))
    i = i + 1
Loop

'  Let's get the rows.
'  We'll ignore the Header and Summary, and just get the data.
Dim row As Int = 0
Dim numRows As Int = json.SizeOfArray("Rows.Row[0].Rows.Row")
If numRows < 0 Then
    Log("Unable to get data rows")
    Return
End If


Do While row < numRows
    json.I = row
    numColumns = json.SizeOfArray("Rows.Row[0].Rows.Row[i].ColData")
    Dim col As Int = 0
    Do While col < numColumns
        json.J = col
        csv.SetCell(row, col, json.StringOf("Rows.Row[0].Rows.Row[i].ColData[j].value"))
        col = col + 1
    Loop
    row = row + 1
Loop

'  Show the CSV 
Log(csv.SaveToString)

'  Save to a CSV file
success = csv.SaveFile("qa_output/customerDetailReport.csv")