Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Delphi ActiveX
QuickBooks - Query an Account
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.Chilkat Delphi ActiveX Downloads
var
success: Integer;
jsonToken: TChilkatJsonObject;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
sbAuth: TChilkatStringBuilder;
responseBody: WideString;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
dtime: TCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Integer;
dt: TDtObj;
numAccounts: Integer;
i: Integer;
begin
success := 0;
// 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"
// }
jsonToken := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := jsonToken.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json');
rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);
// 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.
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com',443,1,bAutoReconnect);
if (success = 0) 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();
rest.AddHeader('Accept','application/json');
rest.AllowHeaderFolding := 0;
// 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
responseBody := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/v3/company/123146096291789/query');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
begin
Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
// 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;
// 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.
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.Load(responseBody);
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
dtime := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
bLocalTime := 1;
dt := TDtObj.Create(Self);
// Iterate over each account returned.
numAccounts := json.SizeOfArray('QueryResponse.Account');
i := 0;
while i < numAccounts do
begin
json.I := i;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Name: ' + json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Account[i].Name'));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Id: ' + json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Account[i].Id'));
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime'));
dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt.ControlInterface);
Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(dt.Month) + '/' + IntToStr(dt.Day) + '/' + IntToStr(dt.Year) + ' ' + IntToStr(dt.Hour) + ':' + IntToStr(dt.Minute));
Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
i := i + 1;
end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
// ------------------------------------------------------
// 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"
// }