(C) JSON FindRecord Example

Demonstrates the FindRecord method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecord.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

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#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkJsonObject json;
    BOOL success;
    const char *arrayPath;
    const char *relativePath;
    const char *value;
    BOOL caseSensitive;
    HCkJsonObject accountRec;

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();

    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(json,"qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json");

    // A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
    // The goal is to search the array of Account records to return the 1st match

    // Find the account with the name "Advertising"
    arrayPath = "QueryResponse.Account";
    relativePath = "Name";
    value = "Advertising";
    caseSensitive = TRUE;

    accountRec = CkJsonObject_FindRecord(json,arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive);
    if (CkJsonObject_getLastMethodSuccess(json) != TRUE) {
        printf("Record not found.\n");
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    // The accountRec should contain this:

    //       {
    //         "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"
    //         }
    //       }

    printf("FullyQualifiedName: %s\n",CkJsonObject_stringOf(accountRec,"FullyQualifiedName"));
    printf("AccountType: %s\n",CkJsonObject_stringOf(accountRec,"AccountType"));
    printf("AccountSubType: %s\n",CkJsonObject_stringOf(accountRec,"AccountSubType"));
    printf("----\n");
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(accountRec);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Find the first account where the currency is USD
    relativePath = "CurrencyRef.value";
    value = "USD";
    caseSensitive = TRUE;

    accountRec = CkJsonObject_FindRecord(json,arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive);
    if (CkJsonObject_getLastMethodSuccess(json) != TRUE) {
        printf("Record not found.\n");
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    printf("Name: %s\n",CkJsonObject_stringOf(accountRec,"Name"));
    printf("CurrencyRef.name: %s\n",CkJsonObject_stringOf(accountRec,"CurrencyRef.name"));
    printf("----\n");
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(accountRec);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Find the first account with "receivable" in the name (case insensitive)
    relativePath = "Name";
    value = "*receivable*";
    caseSensitive = FALSE;

    accountRec = CkJsonObject_FindRecord(json,arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive);
    if (CkJsonObject_getLastMethodSuccess(json) != TRUE) {
        printf("Record not found.\n");
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    printf("Name: %s\n",CkJsonObject_stringOf(accountRec,"Name"));
    printf("----\n");
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(accountRec);

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // qb_accounts.json contains this data
    // 
    // {
    //   "QueryResponse": {
    //     "Account": [
    //       {
    //         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
    //         "SubAccount": false,
    //         "Description": "Description added during update.",
    //         "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": "1",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "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"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
    //         "SubAccount": false,
    //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
    //         "Active": true,
    //         "Classification": "Liability",
    //         "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
    //         "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
    //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //         "CurrencyRef": {
    //           "value": "USD",
    //           "name": "United States Dollar"
    //         },
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "89",
    //         "SyncToken": "0",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "Name": "Automobile",
    //         "SubAccount": false,
    //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
    //         "Active": true,
    //         "Classification": "Expense",
    //         "AccountType": "Expense",
    //         "AccountSubType": "Auto",
    //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //         "CurrencyRef": {
    //           "value": "USD",
    //           "name": "United States Dollar"
    //         },
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "55",
    //         "SyncToken": "0",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
    //         }
    //       },
    // ...
    // 


    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

    }