(Go) QuickBooks - Query Employees

Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

For more information, see https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/employee#query-an-employee

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    // 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 := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    success := jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()

    // 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 = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    sbAuth := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
    sbAuth.Append(*jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
    rest.SetAuthorization(sbAuth.GetAsString())

    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
    rest.SetAllowHeaderFolding(false)

    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() != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        sbAuth.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println("Request Header: ")
        fmt.Println(rest.LastRequestHeader())
        fmt.Println("----")
        fmt.Println("Response StatusCode = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("Response StatusLine: ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("Response Header:")
        fmt.Println(rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println(*responseBody)
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        sbAuth.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
    // A sample JSON response is shown below.
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.Load(*responseBody)

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.SetEmitCompact(false)
    fmt.Println(*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 := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
    bLocalTime := true
    // dt is a DtObj

    // Iterate over each account returned.
    numRecords := json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee")
    i := 0
    for i < numRecords {

        json.SetI(i)
        fmt.Println("DisplayName: ", *json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName"))
        fmt.Println("Id: ", *json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id"))
        fmt.Println("Active: ", *json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active"))

        // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        dtime.SetFromTimestamp(*json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
        dt := dtime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime)
        fmt.Println(dt.Month(), "/", dt.Day(), "/", dt.Year(), "  ", dt.Hour(), ":", dt.Minute())
        dt.DisposeDtObj()

        // 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") == true {
            sTab := chilkat.NewStringTable()
            sTab.SplitAndAppend(*json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",true,true)
            year := sTab.StringAt(0)
            month := sTab.StringAt(1)
            day := sTab.StringAt(2)
            fmt.Println("BirthDate: ", *month, "/", *day, "/", *year)
        }

        fmt.Println("----")
        i = i + 1
    }

    fmt.Println("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"
    // 

    jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
    rest.DisposeRest()
    sbAuth.DisposeStringBuilder()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    dtime.DisposeCkDateTime()
    sTab.DisposeStringTable()