Perl

Xero Create Account

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Create new accounts in a Xero company. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

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

$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonToken->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$http->put_AuthToken($jsonToken->stringOf("access_token"));

# Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
# Get Xero Tenant IDs
$http->SetRequestHeader("Xero-tenant-id","83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7");

$http->put_Accept("application/json");

# The following JSON is sent in the request body:

# {
#   "Code": "201",
#   "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
#   "Type": "SALES"
# }

# Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Code to Create JSON

$jsonRequestBody = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonRequestBody->UpdateString("Code","201");
$jsonRequestBody->UpdateString("Name","Sales - clearance lines");
$jsonRequestBody->UpdateString("Type","SALES");

$url = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts";

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("PUT",$url,$jsonRequestBody,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Response Status Code: " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResponse->Load($resp->bodyStr());
$jsonResponse->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\r\n";

if ($resp->get_StatusCode() >= 300) {
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Sample output...
# (See the parsing code below..)
# 
# Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

# {
#   "Id": "705036aa-771d-4c0a-9d66-28904022858c",
#   "Status": "OK",
#   "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
#   "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587161712234)\/",
#   "Accounts": [
#     {
#       "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
#       "Code": "201",
#       "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
#       "Status": "ACTIVE",
#       "Type": "SALES",
#       "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
#       "Class": "REVENUE",
#       "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
#       "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
#       "ReportingCode": "REV",
#       "ReportingCodeName": "Revenue",
#       "UpdatedDateUTC": "\/Date(1587161712283+0000)\/",
#       "AddToWatchlist": false
#     }
#   ]
# }
# 

$Id = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Id");
$Status = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Status");
$ProviderName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("ProviderName");
$DateTimeUTC = $jsonResponse->stringOf("DateTimeUTC");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray("Accounts");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->put_I($i);
    $AccountID = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].AccountID");
    $Code = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Code");
    $Name = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Name");
    $Status = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Status");
    $Type = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Type");
    $TaxType = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType");
    $Class = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Class");
    $EnablePaymentsToAccount = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount");
    $ShowInExpenseClaims = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("Accounts[i].ShowInExpenseClaims");
    $ReportingCode = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCode");
    $ReportingCodeName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCodeName");
    $UpdatedDateUTC = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].UpdatedDateUTC");
    $AddToWatchlist = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("Accounts[i].AddToWatchlist");
    $i = $i + 1;
}