Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Delphi ActiveX
QuickBooks - Query Employees
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.Chilkat Delphi ActiveX Downloads
var
success: Integer;
jsonToken: TChilkatJsonObject;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
sbAuth: TChilkatStringBuilder;
query: WideString;
responseBody: WideString;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
dtime: TCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Integer;
dt: TDtObj;
numRecords: Integer;
i: Integer;
sTab: TChilkatStringTable;
year: WideString;
month: WideString;
day: WideString;
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;
query := 'select * from Employee';
rest.AddQueryParam('query',query);
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;
// 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;
// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.Load(responseBody);
// Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(json.Emit());
// 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..
dtime := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
bLocalTime := 1;
dt := TDtObj.Create(Self);
// Iterate over each account returned.
numRecords := json.SizeOfArray('QueryResponse.Employee');
i := 0;
while i < numRecords do
begin
json.I := i;
Memo1.Lines.Add('DisplayName: ' + json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName'));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Id: ' + json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id'));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Active: ' + IntToStr(Ord(json.BoolOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active'))));
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[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));
// 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') = 1) then
begin
sTab := TChilkatStringTable.Create(Self);
sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.StringOf('QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate'),'-',1,1);
year := sTab.StringAt(0);
month := sTab.StringAt(1);
day := sTab.StringAt(2);
Memo1.Lines.Add('BirthDate: ' + month + '/' + day + '/' + year);
end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
i := i + 1;
end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
// ------------------------------------------------------
// 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"
// }