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GeoOp - Find Account ID by Name

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Finds an account ID by name.

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    //  This example also assumes an OAuth2 access token was previously fetched.
    //  and saved in a JSON file.  

    //  First get our previously obtained access token.
    //  {"access_token":"e6dqdG....mzjpT04w==","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":2592000,"owner_id":999236}
    var jsonToken = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/geoop.json");

    //  This example assumes we previously obtained an access token
    var oauth2 = new chilkat.OAuth2();
    oauth2.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    //  Connect to GeoOp and send the following GET request:

    //  GET /users HTTP/1.1
    //  Host: api.geoop.com
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("api.geoop.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

    //  Set the X-Version header.
    rest.AddHeader("X-Version","1.0");

    var responseBody = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/accounts");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  If the response status code did not indicate success, then see what happened..
    if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
        console.log("Request Header: ");
        console.log(rest.LastRequestHeader);
        console.log("----");
        console.log("Response StatusCode = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
        console.log("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log(responseBody);
        return;
    }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.EmitCompact = false;
    json.Load(responseBody);
    //  Show the full JSON response.  (see the sample response at the bottom of this example)
    console.log(json.Emit());

    //  To find the account id for a given company name:
    var caseSensitive = false;
    var accountId = json.FindRecordString("accounts","companyName","Chilkat Software, Inc.",caseSensitive,"id");
    if (json.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("Account not found.");
    }
    else {
        console.log("The account ID is: " + accountId);
    }

    //  Find the account ID for the 1st company matching "Chilkat*"
    accountId = json.FindRecordString("accounts","companyName","Chilkat*",caseSensitive,"id");
    if (json.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log("Account not found.");
    }
    else {
        console.log("The account ID is: " + accountId);
    }

    //  The full JSON response for GET /accounts looks like this:

    //  	{
    //  	  "result": "success",
    //  	  "accounts": [
    //  	    {
    //  	      "id": 39409,
    //  	      "companyName": "Chilkat Software, Inc.",
    //  	      "licenses": 999,
    //  	      "countryCode": 1
    //  	    }
    //  	  ],
    //  	  "metadata": {
    //  	    "page": 1,
    //  	    "pagesCount": 1,
    //  	    "recordsPerPage": 20,
    //  	    "recordsCount": 1
    //  	  }
    //  	}
    //  

}

chilkatExample();