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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Xero Get Accounts

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Download Xero accounts information

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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");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpNoBody("GET","https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts",$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() != 200) {
    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

#  {
#    "Accounts": [
#      {
#        "AccountID": "ebd06280-af70-4bed-97c6-7451a454ad85",
#        "Code": "091",
#        "Name": "Business Savings Account",
#        "Type": "BANK",
#        "TaxType": "NONE",
#        "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
#        "BankAccountNumber": "0209087654321050",
#        "BankAccountType": "BANK",
#        "CurrencyCode": "NZD"
#      },
#      {
#        "AccountID": "7d05a53d-613d-4eb2-a2fc-dcb6adb80b80",
#        "Code": "200",
#        "Name": "Sales",
#        "Type": "REVENUE",
#        "TaxType": "OUTPUT2",
#        "Description": "Income from any normal business activity",
#        "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false
#      }
#    ]
#  }
#  

$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");
    $Type = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Type");
    $TaxType = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType");
    $EnablePaymentsToAccount = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount");
    $BankAccountNumber = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].BankAccountNumber");
    $BankAccountType = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].BankAccountType");
    $CurrencyCode = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].CurrencyCode");
    $Description = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Accounts[i].Description");
    $i = $i + 1;
}