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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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#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"
    //  }
    }