DataFlex

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks account. DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoJsonToken
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Handle hoSbAuth
    Handle hoJsonRequest
    String sRequestBody
    Handle hoSbPath
    String sResponseBody
    Handle hoJsonResponse
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonToken
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonToken))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonToken
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoJsonToken "qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json" To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com" 443 True iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbAuth
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbAuth))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbAuth
    End
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbAuth "Bearer " To iSuccess
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonToken "access_token" To sTemp1
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbAuth sTemp1 To iSuccess
    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbAuth To sTemp1
    Set ComAuthorization Of hoRest To sTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonRequest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonRequest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonRequest
    End
    Get ComAppendString Of hoJsonRequest "AccountType" "Credit Card" To iSuccess
    Get ComAppendString Of hoJsonRequest "Name" "Banana Republic" To iSuccess
    Get ComEmit Of hoJsonRequest To sRequestBody

    // "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbPath
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbPath))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbPath
    End
    Get ComAppend Of hoSbPath "/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45" To iSuccess

    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Content-Type" "application/json" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Accept" "application/json" To iSuccess
    Set ComAllowHeaderFolding Of hoRest To False

    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbPath To sTemp1
    Get ComFullRequestString Of hoRest "POST" sTemp1 sRequestBody To sResponseBody
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoRest To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
        Showln "Request Header: "
        Get ComLastRequestHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "----"
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "Response StatusCode = " iTemp1
        Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln "Response StatusLine: " sTemp1
        Showln "Response Header:"
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln sResponseBody
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonResponse
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonResponse))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonResponse
    End
    Get ComLoad Of hoJsonResponse sResponseBody To iSuccess
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJsonResponse To False
    Get ComEmit Of hoJsonResponse To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Showln "Success."

    // A sample JSON response:

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

    // {
    //   "Account": {
    //     "Name": "Banana Republic",
    //     "SubAccount": false,
    //     "FullyQualifiedName": "Banana Republic",
    //     "Active": true,
    //     "Classification": "Liability",
    //     "AccountType": "Credit Card",
    //     "AccountSubType": "CreditCard",
    //     "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //     "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //     "CurrencyRef": {
    //       "value": "USD",
    //       "name": "United States Dollar"
    //     },
    //     "domain": "QBO",
    //     "sparse": false,
    //     "Id": "97",
    //     "SyncToken": "0",
    //     "MetaData": {
    //       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00",
    //       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00"
    //     }
    //   },
    //   "time": "2016-10-25T05:07:11.714-07:00"
    // }


End_Procedure