Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Delphi DLL
QuickBooks - Query an Account
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.Chilkat Delphi DLL Downloads
var
success: Boolean;
jsonToken: HCkJsonObject;
rest: HCkRest;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
sbAuth: HCkStringBuilder;
responseBody: PWideChar;
json: HCkJsonObject;
dtime: HCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Boolean;
dt: HCkDtObj;
numAccounts: Integer;
i: Integer;
begin
success := False;
// 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 := CkJsonObject_Create();
success := CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,'qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json');
rest := CkRest_Create();
// 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 := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com',443,True,bAutoReconnect);
if (success = False) 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));
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Accept','application/json');
CkRest_putAllowHeaderFolding(rest,False);
// Add a SELECT statement
CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,'query','select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > ''2014-12-31''');
CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,'minorversion','45');
// The company ID is 123146096291789
responseBody := CkRest__fullRequestNoBody(rest,'GET','/v3/company/123146096291789/query');
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) = False) then
begin
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
Exit;
end;
CkRest_ClearAllQueryParams(rest);
// 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;
// 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 := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_Load(json,responseBody);
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
dtime := CkDateTime_Create();
bLocalTime := True;
dt := CkDtObj_Create();
// Iterate over each account returned.
numAccounts := CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(json,'QueryResponse.Account');
i := 0;
while i < numAccounts do
begin
CkJsonObject_putI(json,i);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Name: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(json,'QueryResponse.Account[i].Name'));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Id: ' + CkJsonObject__stringOf(json,'QueryResponse.Account[i].Id'));
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
CkDateTime_SetFromTimestamp(dtime,CkJsonObject__stringOf(json,'QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime'));
CkDateTime_ToDtObj(dtime,bLocalTime,dt);
Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(CkDtObj_getMonth(dt)) + '/' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getDay(dt)) + '/' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getYear(dt)) + ' ' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getHour(dt))
+ ':' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getMinute(dt)));
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"
// }
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbAuth);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkDateTime_Dispose(dtime);
CkDtObj_Dispose(dt);