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Delphi ActiveX

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
jsonToken: TChilkatJsonObject;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
sbAuth: TChilkatStringBuilder;
jsonRequest: TChilkatJsonObject;
requestBody: WideString;
sbPath: TChilkatStringBuilder;
responseBody: WideString;
jsonResponse: TChilkatJsonObject;

begin
success := 0;

// 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.
jsonToken := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := jsonToken.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json');

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com',443,1,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

sbAuth := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
sbAuth.Append('Bearer ');
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf('access_token'));
rest.Authorization := sbAuth.GetAsString();

jsonRequest := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jsonRequest.AppendString('AccountType','Credit Card');
jsonRequest.AppendString('Name','Banana Republic');
requestBody := jsonRequest.Emit();

// "123146096291789" is the company ID.
sbPath := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
sbPath.Append('/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45');

rest.AddHeader('Content-Type','application/json');
rest.AddHeader('Accept','application/json');
rest.AllowHeaderFolding := 0;

responseBody := rest.FullRequestString('POST',sbPath.GetAsString(),requestBody);
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Request Header: ');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response StatusCode = ' + IntToStr(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response StatusLine: ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(responseBody);
    Exit;
  end;

jsonResponse := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jsonResponse.Load(responseBody);
jsonResponse.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(jsonResponse.Emit());
Memo1.Lines.Add('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;