Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Xero Update Account Details

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Update some details of an account in a Xero company (Accounting API) Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

loJsonToken = createobject("CkJsonObject")
llSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loJsonToken.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    return
endif

loHttp.AuthToken = loJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

//  Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
//  Get Xero Tenant IDs
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Xero-tenant-id","83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7")

loHttp.Accept = "application/json"

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

//  {
//    "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
//    "Name": "Sales account",
//    "Type": "REVENUE",
//    "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
//    "Description": "Income from any normal business trading activity",
//    "EnablePaymentsToAccount": "false",
//    "ShowInExpenseClaims": "false"
//  }

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

loJsonRequestBody = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("AccountID","54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Name","Sales account")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Type","REVENUE")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("TaxType","OUTPUT")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Description","Income from any normal business trading activity")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("EnablePaymentsToAccount","false")
loJsonRequestBody.UpdateString("ShowInExpenseClaims","false")

lcUrl = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts/54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0"

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST",lcUrl,loJsonRequestBody,"application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    release loJsonRequestBody
    release loResp
    return
endif

? "Response Status Code: " + str(loResp.StatusCode)

loJsonResponse = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJsonResponse.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
loJsonResponse.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJsonResponse.Emit()

if (loResp.StatusCode >= 300) then
    ? "Failed."
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    release loJsonRequestBody
    release loResp
    release loJsonResponse
    return
endif

//  Sample output...
//  (See the parsing code below..)
//  
//  Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  {
//    "Id": "430e92a8-de02-41d5-a00e-3ef899188aea",
//    "Status": "OK",
//    "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
//    "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587162517005)\/",
//    "Accounts": [
//      {
//        "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
//        "Code": "201",
//        "Name": "Sales account",
//        "Status": "ACTIVE",
//        "Type": "REVENUE",
//        "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
//        "Description": "Income from any normal business trading activity",
//        "Class": "REVENUE",
//        "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
//        "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
//        "ReportingCode": "REV",
//        "ReportingCodeName": "Revenue",
//        "UpdatedDateUTC": "\/Date(1587162517090+0000)\/",
//        "AddToWatchlist": false
//      }
//    ]
//  }
//  

lcId = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Id")
lcStatus = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Status")
lcProviderName = loJsonResponse.StringOf("ProviderName")
lcDateTimeUTC = loJsonResponse.StringOf("DateTimeUTC")
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("Accounts")
do while i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcAccountID = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].AccountID")
    lcCode = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Code")
    lcName = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Name")
    lcStatus = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Status")
    lcType = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Type")
    lcTaxType = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType")
    lcDescription = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Description")
    lcClass = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Class")
    llEnablePaymentsToAccount = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount")
    llShowInExpenseClaims = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].ShowInExpenseClaims")
    lcReportingCode = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCode")
    lcReportingCodeName = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCodeName")
    lcUpdatedDateUTC = loJsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].UpdatedDateUTC")
    llAddToWatchlist = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].AddToWatchlist")
    i = i + 1
enddo


release loHttp
release loJsonToken
release loJsonRequestBody
release loResp
release loJsonResponse