(MFC) QuickBooks - Create an Employee

Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee

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

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // 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"
    // }

    CkJsonObject jsonToken;
    bool success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    CkRest rest;

    // 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.
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkStringBuilder sbAuth;
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));
    rest.put_Authorization(sbAuth.getAsString());

    // Create the following JSON:

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

    // {
    //   "SSN": "444-55-6666",
    //   "PrimaryAddr": {
    //     "Id": "50",
    //     "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
    //     "City": "Middlefield",
    //     "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
    //     "PostalCode": "93242"
    //   },
    //   "GivenName": "John",
    //   "FamilyName": "Meuller",
    //   "PrimaryPhone": {
    //     "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
    //   }
    // }
    // 
    CkJsonObject json;
    json.UpdateString("SSN","444-55-6666");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id","50");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1","45 N. Elm Street");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City","Middlefield");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode","93242");
    json.UpdateString("GivenName","John");
    json.UpdateString("FamilyName","Meuller");
    json.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","408-525-1234");

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
    rest.put_AllowHeaderFolding(false);

    // The company ID is 123146096291789
    const char *responseBody = rest.fullRequestString("POST","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45",json.emit());
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(rest.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        strOut.append("Request Header: ");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(rest.lastRequestHeader());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("----");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Response StatusCode = ");
        strOut.appendInt(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Response StatusLine: ");
        strOut.append(rest.responseStatusText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Response Header:");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(rest.responseHeader());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append(responseBody);
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.Load(responseBody);
    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    strOut.append(jsonResponse.emit());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("Success.");
    strOut.append("\r\n");

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

    // A sample JSON response:
    // {
    //   "Employee": {
    //     "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
    //     "PrimaryAddr": {
    //       "Id": "97",
    //       "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
    //       "City": "Middlefield",
    //       "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
    //       "PostalCode": "93242"
    //     },
    //     "BillableTime": false,
    //     "domain": "QBO",
    //     "sparse": false,
    //     "Id": "59",
    //     "SyncToken": "0",
    //     "MetaData": {
    //       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
    //       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
    //     },
    //     "GivenName": "John",
    //     "FamilyName": "Meuller",
    //     "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
    //     "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
    //     "Active": true,
    //     "PrimaryPhone": {
    //       "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
    //     }
    //   },
    //   "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
    // }
    // 


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }