(C++) QuickBooks - Query an Account

Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

For more information, see https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/ecommerce/account#query-an-account

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // 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;
    bool 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());

    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
    rest.put_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
    const char *responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    rest.ClearAllQueryParams();

    // 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;
    }

    // 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.
    CkJsonObject json;
    json.Load(responseBody);

    // These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
    CkDateTime dtime;
    bool bLocalTime = true;
    CkDtObj *dt = 0;

    // Iterate over each account returned.
    int numAccounts = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account");
    int i = 0;
    while (i < numAccounts) {

        json.put_I(i);
        std::cout << "Name: " << json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name") << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Id: " << json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id") << "\r\n";

        // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"));
        dt = dtime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
        std::cout << dt->get_Month() << "/" << dt->get_Day() << "/" << dt->get_Year() << "  " << dt->get_Hour()
             << ":" << dt->get_Minute() << "\r\n";
        delete dt;

        std::cout << "----" << "\r\n";
        i = i + 1;
    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";

    // ------------------------------------------------------
    // 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"
    // 
    }