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GeoOp - Create Client

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Creates a new client.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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}
$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/geoop.json");

# This example assumes we previously obtained an access token
$oauth2 = chilkat::CkOAuth2->new();
$oauth2->put_AccessToken($jsonToken->stringOf("access_token"));

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect to GeoOp..
# Note: The same REST object, once connected, can be used for many requests.
# The bAutoReconnect argument allows it to automatically reconnect as required for any subsequent request.

$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("api.geoop.com",443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
$rest->SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2);

# Set the X-Version header.
$rest->AddHeader("X-Version","1.0");

# To create a new client, we can build and send the following JSON:
# 	{
# 	  "clients": [
# 	    {
# 	      "firstName": "Joe",
# 	      "lastName": "Miller",
# 	      "companyName": "Miller Bakery",
# 	      "businessType": "Licensed Bakery",
# 	      "account": {
# 	        "id": 39409
# 	      },
# 	      "address": {
# 	        "line1": "1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
# 	        "city": "Washington",
# 	        "postcode": "20006",
# 	      }
# 	    }
# 	}

$jsonClient = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonClient->UpdateInt("clients[0].account.id",39409);
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].firstName","Joe");
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].lastName","Miller");
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].companyName","Miller Bakery");
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].businessType","Licensed Bakery");
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].address.line1","1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW");
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].address.city","Washington");
$jsonClient->UpdateString("clients[0].address.postcode","20006");

# Examine the JSON we're about to send...
$jsonClient->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $jsonClient->emit() . "\r\n";

$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

$jsonClient->put_EmitCompact(1);
$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestString("POST","/clients",$jsonClient->emit());
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);

# If the response status code did not indicate success, then see what happened..
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "Request Header: " . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "----" . "\r\n";
    print "Response StatusCode = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "Response StatusLine: " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    $json->Load($responseBody);
    print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->Load($responseBody);
# Show the full JSON response..
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# The success JSON looks like this:

# 	{
# 	  "result": "success",
# 	  "clients": [
# 	    {
# 	      "id": 9571218,
# 	      "firstName": "Joe",
# 	      "lastName": "Miller",
# 	      "companyName": "Miller Bakery",
# 	      "businessType": "Licensed Bakery",
# 	      "leadSource": "",
# 	      "emailAddress": null,
# 	      "phoneNumber": null,
# 	      "mobileNumber": null,
# 	      "faxNumber": null,
# 	      "notes": "",
# 	      "deleted": false,
# 	      "hasRecentJobs": false,
# 	      "created": "2016-10-31T13:02:07+00:00",
# 	      "modified": "2016-10-31T13:02:07+00:00",
# 	      "billingClient": null,
# 	      "account": {
# 	        "id": 39409
# 	      },
# 	      "address": {
# 	        "line1": "1832 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
# 	        "line2": "",
# 	        "city": "Washington",
# 	        "postcode": "20006",
# 	        "latitude": 0,
# 	        "longitude": 0
# 	      },
# 	      "mailingAddress": {
# 	        "line1": "",
# 	        "line2": "",
# 	        "city": ""
# 	      }
# 	    }
# 	  ],
# 	  "metadata": {
# 	    "receivedItemsCount": 1,
# 	    "validItems": [
# 	      0
# 	    ],
# 	    "invalidItems": [
# 	    ]
# 	  }
# 	}
# 
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