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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Xero List Attachments for an Item (such as an Invoice)

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Demonstrates how to get information about the attachments for a particular Xero item.

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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");

$url = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/{$Endpoint}/{$Guid}/Attachments/";

#  Endpoint can be Invoices, Receipts, CreditNotes, PurchaseOrders, etc.
$http->SetUrlVar("Endpoint","Invoices");

#  Guid is the ID of the item, such as the InvoiceID.
$http->SetUrlVar("Guid","0032f627-3156-4d30-9b1c-4d3b994dc921");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpNoBody("GET",$url,$resp);
if ($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 response:
#  
#  Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
#  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

#  {
#    "Id": "24bfbcb9-dec9-4d33-835c-8f165d776766",
#    "Status": "OK",
#    "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
#    "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587213296972)\/",
#    "Attachments": [
#      {
#        "AttachmentID": "daf106e2-8634-4349-bfcc-86c1df0793b2",
#        "FileName": "penguins.jpg",
#        "Url": "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Invoices/0032f627-3156-4d30-9b1c-4d3b994dc921/Attachments/penguins.jpg",
#        "MimeType": "image/jpg",
#        "ContentLength": 777835
#      }
#    ]
#  }

$Id = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Id");
$Status = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Status");
$ProviderName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("ProviderName");
$DateTimeUTC = $jsonResponse->stringOf("DateTimeUTC");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray("Attachments");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->put_I($i);
    $AttachmentID = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Attachments[i].AttachmentID");
    $FileName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Attachments[i].FileName");
    $v_Url = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Attachments[i].Url");
    $MimeType = $jsonResponse->stringOf("Attachments[i].MimeType");
    $ContentLength = $jsonResponse->IntOf("Attachments[i].ContentLength");
    $i = $i + 1;
}