Delphi DLL

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder, Rest, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
jsonToken: HCkJsonObject;
rest: HCkRest;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
sbAuth: HCkStringBuilder;
jsonRequest: HCkJsonObject;
requestBody: PWideChar;
sbPath: HCkStringBuilder;
responseBody: PWideChar;
jsonResponse: HCkJsonObject;

begin
success := False;

// 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 := CkJsonObject_Create();
success := CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,'qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json');

rest := CkRest_Create();

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

sbAuth := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbAuth,'Bearer ');
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbAuth,CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonToken,'access_token'));
CkRest_putAuthorization(rest,CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbAuth));

jsonRequest := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_AppendString(jsonRequest,'AccountType','Credit Card');
CkJsonObject_AppendString(jsonRequest,'Name','Banana Republic');
requestBody := CkJsonObject__emit(jsonRequest);

// "123146096291789" is the company ID.
sbPath := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,'/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45');

CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Content-Type','application/json');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Accept','application/json');
CkRest_putAllowHeaderFolding(rest,False);

responseBody := CkRest__fullRequestString(rest,'POST',CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbPath),requestBody);
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

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

jsonResponse := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_Load(jsonResponse,responseBody);
CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonResponse,False);
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(jsonResponse));
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"
// }

CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbAuth);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonRequest);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

end;