Node.js

QuickBooks - Create an Account

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks account. 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.

    //  First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    var jsonToken = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var sbAuth = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ");
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"));
    rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString();

    var jsonRequest = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonRequest.AppendString("AccountType","Credit Card");
    jsonRequest.AppendString("Name","Banana Republic");
    var requestBody = jsonRequest.Emit();

    //  "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    var sbPath = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbPath.Append("/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45");

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

    var responseBody = rest.FullRequestString("POST",sbPath.GetAsString(),requestBody);
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    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 jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.Load(responseBody);
    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
    console.log(jsonResponse.Emit());
    console.log("Success.");

    //  A sample JSON response:

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

    //  {
    //    "Account": {
    //      "Name": "Banana Republic",
    //      "SubAccount": false,
    //      "FullyQualifiedName": "Banana Republic",
    //      "Active": true,
    //      "Classification": "Liability",
    //      "AccountType": "Credit Card",
    //      "AccountSubType": "CreditCard",
    //      "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //      "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //      "CurrencyRef": {
    //        "value": "USD",
    //        "name": "United States Dollar"
    //      },
    //      "domain": "QBO",
    //      "sparse": false,
    //      "Id": "97",
    //      "SyncToken": "0",
    //      "MetaData": {
    //        "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00",
    //        "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00"
    //      }
    //    },
    //    "time": "2016-10-25T05:07:11.714-07:00"
    //  }

}

chilkatExample();