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JSON FindRecord Example
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Demonstrates the FindRecord method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecord.Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcArrayPath
LOCAL lcRelativePath
LOCAL lcValue
LOCAL lnCaseSensitive
LOCAL loAccountRec
lnSuccess = 0
* Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
lnSuccess = loJson.LoadFile("qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json")
* A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
* The goal is to search the array of Account records to return the 1st match
* Find the account with the name "Advertising"
lcArrayPath = "QueryResponse.Account"
lcRelativePath = "Name"
lcValue = "Advertising"
lnCaseSensitive = 1
loAccountRec = loJson.FindRecord(lcArrayPath,lcRelativePath,lcValue,lnCaseSensitive)
IF (loJson.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
? "Record not found."
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
* The accountRec should contain this:
* {
* "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"
* }
* }
? "FullyQualifiedName: " + loAccountRec.StringOf("FullyQualifiedName")
? "AccountType: " + loAccountRec.StringOf("AccountType")
? "AccountSubType: " + loAccountRec.StringOf("AccountSubType")
? "----"
RELEASE loAccountRec
* ------------------------------------------------------------------
* Find the first account where the currency is USD
lcRelativePath = "CurrencyRef.value"
lcValue = "USD"
lnCaseSensitive = 1
loAccountRec = loJson.FindRecord(lcArrayPath,lcRelativePath,lcValue,lnCaseSensitive)
IF (loJson.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
? "Record not found."
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
? "Name: " + loAccountRec.StringOf("Name")
? "CurrencyRef.name: " + loAccountRec.StringOf("CurrencyRef.name")
? "----"
RELEASE loAccountRec
* ------------------------------------------------------------------
* Find the first account with "receivable" in the name (case insensitive)
lcRelativePath = "Name"
lcValue = "*receivable*"
lnCaseSensitive = 0
loAccountRec = loJson.FindRecord(lcArrayPath,lcRelativePath,lcValue,lnCaseSensitive)
IF (loJson.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) THEN
? "Record not found."
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
? "Name: " + loAccountRec.StringOf("Name")
? "----"
RELEASE loAccountRec
* -----------------------------------------------------------------
* qb_accounts.json contains this data
*
* {
* "QueryResponse": {
* "Account": [
* {
* "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
* "SubAccount": false,
* "Description": "Description added during update.",
* "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": "1",
* "MetaData": {
* "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
* "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
* }
* },
* {
* "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"
* }
* },
* {
* "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
* "SubAccount": false,
* "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
* "Active": true,
* "Classification": "Liability",
* "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
* "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
* "CurrentBalance": 0,
* "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
* "CurrencyRef": {
* "value": "USD",
* "name": "United States Dollar"
* },
* "domain": "QBO",
* "sparse": false,
* "Id": "89",
* "SyncToken": "0",
* "MetaData": {
* "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
* "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
* }
* },
* {
* "Name": "Automobile",
* "SubAccount": false,
* "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
* "Active": true,
* "Classification": "Expense",
* "AccountType": "Expense",
* "AccountSubType": "Auto",
* "CurrentBalance": 0,
* "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
* "CurrencyRef": {
* "value": "USD",
* "name": "United States Dollar"
* },
* "domain": "QBO",
* "sparse": false,
* "Id": "55",
* "SyncToken": "0",
* "MetaData": {
* "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
* "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
* }
* },
* ...
*
RELEASE loJson