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QuickBooks - Create an Employee

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee C++

#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = 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"
    //  }

    CkJsonObject jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    CkRest 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.
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkStringBuilder sbAuth;
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));
    rest.put_Authorization(sbAuth.getAsString());

    //  Create the following JSON:

    //  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
    //  Generate Code to Create JSON

    //  {
    //    "SSN": "444-55-6666",
    //    "PrimaryAddr": {
    //      "Id": "50",
    //      "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
    //      "City": "Middlefield",
    //      "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
    //      "PostalCode": "93242"
    //    },
    //    "GivenName": "John",
    //    "FamilyName": "Meuller",
    //    "PrimaryPhone": {
    //      "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
    //    }
    //  }
    //  
    CkJsonObject json;
    json.UpdateString("SSN","444-55-6666");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id","50");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1","45 N. Elm Street");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City","Middlefield");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode","93242");
    json.UpdateString("GivenName","John");
    json.UpdateString("FamilyName","Meuller");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","408-525-1234");

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
    rest.put_AllowHeaderFolding(false);

    //  The company ID is 123146096291789
    const char *responseBody = rest.fullRequestString("POST","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45",json.emit());
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "Request Header: " << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.lastRequestHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "----" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response StatusCode = " << rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response StatusLine: " << rest.responseStatusText() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Header:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << responseBody << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.Load(responseBody);
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    std::cout << jsonResponse.emit() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";

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

    //  A sample JSON response:
    //  {
    //    "Employee": {
    //      "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
    //      "PrimaryAddr": {
    //        "Id": "97",
    //        "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
    //        "City": "Middlefield",
    //        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
    //        "PostalCode": "93242"
    //      },
    //      "BillableTime": false,
    //      "domain": "QBO",
    //      "sparse": false,
    //      "Id": "59",
    //      "SyncToken": "0",
    //      "MetaData": {
    //        "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
    //        "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
    //      },
    //      "GivenName": "John",
    //      "FamilyName": "Meuller",
    //      "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
    //      "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
    //      "Active": true,
    //      "PrimaryPhone": {
    //        "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
    //      }
    //    },
    //    "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
    //  }
    //
    }