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GeoOp - Find Client ID by Name

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Download the client JSON data and lookup a client ID by name.

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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 and send the following GET request:

# GET /users HTTP/1.1
# Host: api.geoop.com
$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");

$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/clients");
if ($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 $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\r\n";
    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.. (see below)
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# To find the client id for a given company name:
$caseSensitive = 0;
$clientId = $json->findRecordString("clients","companyName","Miller Bakery",$caseSensitive,"id");
if ($json->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print "Client not found." . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "The client ID is: " . $clientId . "\r\n";
}

# Find the client ID for the 1st company matching "M*Bakery*"
$clientId = $json->findRecordString("clients","companyName","M*Bakery*",$caseSensitive,"id");
if ($json->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print "Client not found." . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "The client ID is: " . $clientId . "\r\n";
}

# The full JSON response containing all client data:
# 
# 	{
# 	  "result": "success",
# 	  "clients": [
# 	    {
# 	      "id": 9555868,
# 	      "firstName": "[ Demo",
# 	      "lastName": "Client ]",
# 	      "companyName": "Miller Park Cafe",
# 	      "businessType": "Licensed Restaurant",
# 	      "leadSource": "",
# 	      "emailAddress": null,
# 	      "phoneNumber": null,
# 	      "mobileNumber": null,
# 	      "faxNumber": null,
# 	      "notes": "",
# 	      "deleted": false,
# 	      "hasRecentJobs": true,
# 	      "created": "2016-10-26T12:05:09+00:00",
# 	      "modified": "2016-10-26T12:05:09+00:00",
# 	      "billingClient": null,
# 	      "account": {
# 	        "id": 39409
# 	      },
# 	      "address": {
# 	        "line1": "1732 Pennsylvania Avenue NW",
# 	        "line2": "",
# 	        "city": "Washington",
# 	        "postcode": "20006",
# 	        "latitude": 38.899037,
# 	        "longitude": -77.040207
# 	      },
# 	      "mailingAddress": {}
# 	    },
# 	    {
# 	      "id": 9571176,
# 	      "firstName": "Mildred",
# 	      "lastName": "Vanildred",
# 	      "companyName": "Ice Cream Industries",
# 	      "businessType": "Ice Cream",
# 	      "leadSource": null,
# 	      "emailAddress": "milli@icecreamindustries.com",
# 	      "phoneNumber": "678-555-1012",
# 	      "mobileNumber": null,
# 	      "faxNumber": null,
# 	      "notes": "",
# 	      "deleted": false,
# 	      "hasRecentJobs": true,
# 	      "created": "2016-10-31T12:32:12+00:00",
# 	      "modified": "2016-10-31T12:32:13+00:00",
# 	      "billingClient": null,
# 	      "account": {
# 	        "id": 39409
# 	      },
# 	      "address": {
# 	        "line1": "2101 West Roosevelt Road",
# 	        "line2": null,
# 	        "city": "Wheaton",
# 	        "postcode": "60187",
# 	        "latitude": 41.8581778,
# 	        "longitude": -88.1380111
# 	      },
# 	      "mailingAddress": {
# 	        "line1": "2101 West Roosevelt Road",
# 	        "line2": null,
# 	        "city": "Wheaton"
# 	      }
# 	    },
# 	    {
# 	      "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": true,
# 	      "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": {
# 	    "page": 1,
# 	    "pagesCount": 1,
# 	    "recordsPerPage": 20,
# 	    "recordsCount": 3
# 	  }
# 	}
#