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QuickBooks - Query Employees
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.Chilkat C++ Downloads
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkDateTime.h>
#include <CkDtObj.h>
#include <CkStringTable.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 == false) {
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);
const char *query = "select * from Employee";
rest.AddQueryParam("query",query);
rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45");
// The company ID is 123146096291789
const char *responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query");
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
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;
}
// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
CkJsonObject json;
json.Load(responseBody);
// Show the full JSON response.
json.put_EmitCompact(false);
std::cout << json.emit() << "\r\n";
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
CkDateTime dtime;
bool bLocalTime = true;
CkDtObj dt;
// Iterate over each account returned.
int numRecords = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee");
int i = 0;
while (i < numRecords) {
json.put_I(i);
std::cout << "DisplayName: " << json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName") << "\r\n";
std::cout << "Id: " << json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id") << "\r\n";
std::cout << "Active: " << json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active") << "\r\n";
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"));
dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt);
std::cout << dt.get_Month() << "/" << dt.get_Day() << "/" << dt.get_Year() << " " << dt.get_Hour() << ":" << dt.get_Minute() << "\r\n";
// The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
// The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
if (json.HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") == true) {
CkStringTable sTab;
sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",true,true);
const char *year = sTab.stringAt(0);
const char *month = sTab.stringAt(1);
const char *day = sTab.stringAt(2);
std::cout << "BirthDate: " << month << "/" << day << "/" << year << "\r\n";
}
std::cout << "----" << "\r\n";
i = i + 1;
}
std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
// ------------------------------------------------------
// The JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "QueryResponse": {
// "Employee": [
// {
// "BillableTime": false,
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "55",
// "SyncToken": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "Emily",
// "FamilyName": "Platt",
// "DisplayName": "Emily Platt",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "Emily Platt",
// "Active": true
// },
// {
// "BillableTime": false,
// "BirthDate": "1985-09-11",
// "HiredDate": "2016-08-17",
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "54",
// "SyncToken": "1",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:28-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:46:26-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "John",
// "FamilyName": "Johnson",
// "DisplayName": "John Johnson",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "John Johnson",
// "Active": true,
// "PrimaryPhone": {
// "FreeFormNumber": "(540) 555-9645"
// }
// },
// {
// "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
// "PrimaryAddr": {
// "Id": "98",
// "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
// "City": "Middlefield",
// "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
// "PostalCode": "93242"
// },
// "BillableTime": false,
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "60",
// "SyncToken": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "John",
// "FamilyName": "Meuller",
// "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
// "Active": true,
// "PrimaryPhone": {
// "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
// }
// }
// ],
// "startPosition": 1,
// "maxResults": 3
// },
// "time": "2016-10-25T14:18:38.487-07:00"
// }
}