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GetHarvest - Update Contact

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Updates the specific contact by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged. Returns a contact object and a 200 OK response code if the call succeeded.

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llSuccess = .F.

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl "https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts/CONTACT_ID" \
//   -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \
//   -H "Harvest-Account-Id: ACCOUNT_ID" \
//   -H "User-Agent: MyApp (yourname@example.com)" \
//   -X PATCH \
//   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//   -d '{"title":"Owner"}'

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "title": "Owner"
// }

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("title","Owner")

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("User-Agent","MyApp (yourname@example.com)")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Harvest-Account-Id","ACCOUNT_ID")

loSbRequestBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpSb("PATCH","https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts/CONTACT_ID",loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    release loSbRequestBody
    release loResp
    return
endif

loSbResponseBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = .F.

? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + str(lnRespStatusCode)
if (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) then
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    release loSbRequestBody
    release loResp
    release loSbResponseBody
    release loJResp
    return
endif

// Sample JSON response:

// {
//   "id": 4706510,
//   "title": "Owner",
//   "first_name": "George",
//   "last_name": "Frank",
//   "email": "georgefrank@example.com",
//   "phone_office": "",
//   "phone_mobile": "",
//   "fax": "",
//   "created_at": "2017-06-26T21:44:57Z",
//   "updated_at": "2017-06-26T21:46:48Z",
//   "client": {
//     "id": 5735776,
//     "name": "123 Industries"
//   }
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

lnId = loJResp.IntOf("id")
lcTitle = loJResp.StringOf("title")
lcFirst_name = loJResp.StringOf("first_name")
lcLast_name = loJResp.StringOf("last_name")
lcEmail = loJResp.StringOf("email")
lcPhone_office = loJResp.StringOf("phone_office")
lcPhone_mobile = loJResp.StringOf("phone_mobile")
lcFax = loJResp.StringOf("fax")
lcCreated_at = loJResp.StringOf("created_at")
lcUpdated_at = loJResp.StringOf("updated_at")
lnClientId = loJResp.IntOf("client.id")
lcClientName = loJResp.StringOf("client.name")


release loHttp
release loJson
release loSbRequestBody
release loResp
release loSbResponseBody
release loJResp