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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  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"
//  }

loJsonToken = createobject("CkJsonObject")
llSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

loRest = createobject("CkRest")

//  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.
llBAutoReconnect = .T.
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,.T.,llBAutoReconnect)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loJsonToken
    release loRest
    return
endif

loSbAuth = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loSbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
loSbAuth.Append(loJsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
loRest.Authorization = loSbAuth.GetAsString()

loRest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
loRest.AllowHeaderFolding = .F.

//  Add a SELECT statement 
loRest.AddQueryParam("query","select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
loRest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
lcResponseBody = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
if (loRest.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loJsonToken
    release loRest
    release loSbAuth
    return
endif

loRest.ClearAllQueryParams()

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    ? "Request Header: "
    ? loRest.LastRequestHeader
    ? "----"
    ? "Response StatusCode = " + str(loRest.ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "Response StatusLine: " + loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? lcResponseBody
    release loJsonToken
    release loRest
    release loSbAuth
    return
endif

//  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.
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.Load(lcResponseBody)

//  These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
loDtime = createobject("CkDateTime")
llBLocalTime = .T.
loDt = createobject("CkDtObj")

//  Iterate over each account returned.
lnNumAccounts = loJson.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
i = 0
do while i < lnNumAccounts

    loJson.I = i
    ? "Name: " + loJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name")
    ? "Id: " + loJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id")

    //  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    loDtime.SetFromTimestamp(loJson.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    loDtime.ToDtObj(llBLocalTime,loDt)

    ? str(loDt.Month) + "/" + str(loDt.Day) + "/" + str(loDt.Year) + "  " + str(loDt.Hour) + ":" + str(loDt.Minute)

    ? "----"
    i = i + 1
enddo

? "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"
//  }


release loJsonToken
release loRest
release loSbAuth
release loJson
release loDtime
release loDt