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QuickBooks - Query an Account
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.Chilkat B4X Downloads
Dim success As Boolean = 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"
' }
Dim jsonToken As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonToken.Initialize
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")
Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, True, bAutoReconnect)
If success = False Then
Log(rest.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
Dim sbAuth As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbAuth.Initialize
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString
rest.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json")
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = False
' Add a SELECT statement
rest.AddQueryParam("query", "select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion", "45")
' The company ID is 123146096291789
Dim responseBody As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
Log(rest.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
rest.ClearAllQueryParams
' We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 Then
Log("Request Header: ")
Log(rest.LastRequestHeader)
Log("----")
Log("Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
Log("Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
Log("Response Header:")
Log(rest.ResponseHeader)
Log(responseBody)
Return
End If
' 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.
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.Load(responseBody)
' These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
Dim dtime As ChilkatDateTime
dtime.Initialize
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean = True
Dim dt As ChilkatDtObj
dt.Initialize
' Iterate over each account returned.
Dim numAccounts As Int = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
Dim i As Int = 0
Do While i < numAccounts
json.I = i
Log("Name: " & json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name"))
Log("Id: " & json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id"))
' Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime, dt)
Log(dt.Month & "/" & dt.Day & "/" & dt.Year & " " & dt.Hour & ":" & dt.Minute)
Log("----")
i = i + 1
Loop
Log("Success.")
' ------------------------------------------------------
' 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"
' }