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Perl

Xero Get Accounts

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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;
}