(Perl) QuickBooks - Parse the JSON of a Customer Balance Detail Report

This example is to show how to parse the JSON of a particular Quickbooks report. The techniques shown here may help in parsing similar reports.

The JSON to be parsed is available at Sample Quickbooks Customer Balance Detail Report JSON

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use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Get the JSON we'll be parsing..
$jsonStr = $http->quickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/qb_customer_balance_detail_report_2.json");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->Load($jsonStr);

# As an alternative to manually writing code, use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

# Let's parse the JSON into a CSV, and then save to a CSV file.
$csv = chilkat::CkCsv->new();
$csv->put_HasColumnNames(1);

# Set the column names of the CSV.
$numColumns = $json->SizeOfArray("Columns.Column");
if ($numColumns < 0) {
    print "Unable to get column names" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;
while ($i < $numColumns) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $csv->SetColumnName($i,$json->stringOf("Columns.Column[i].ColTitle"));
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Let's get the rows.
# We'll ignore the Header and Summary, and just get the data.
$row = 0;
$numRows = $json->SizeOfArray("Rows.Row[0].Rows.Row");
if ($numRows < 0) {
    print "Unable to get data rows" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

while ($row < $numRows) {
    $json->put_I($row);
    $numColumns = $json->SizeOfArray("Rows.Row[0].Rows.Row[i].ColData");
    $col = 0;
    while ($col < $numColumns) {
        $json->put_J($col);
        $csv->SetCell($row,$col,$json->stringOf("Rows.Row[0].Rows.Row[i].ColData[j].value"));
        $col = $col + 1;
    }

    $row = $row + 1;
}

# Show the CSV 
print $csv->saveToString() . "\r\n";

# Save to a CSV file
$success = $csv->SaveFile("qa_output/customerDetailReport.csv");