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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

//  Get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token, which should contain JSON like this:
//  {
//    "expires_in": 3600,
//    "x_refresh_token_expires_in": 8726400,
//    "refresh_token": "L011546037639r ... 3vR2DrbOmg0Sdagw",
//    "access_token": "eyJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0 ... oETJEMbeggg",
//    "token_type": "bearer"
//  }

$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json');

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

//  Connect using TLS.
//  A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Quickbooks REST API calls.
//  The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
//  then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbAuth = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbAuth->Append('Bearer ');
$sbAuth->Append($jsonToken->stringOf('access_token'));
$rest->Authorization = $sbAuth->getAsString();

$rest->AddHeader('Accept','application/json');
$rest->AllowHeaderFolding = 0;

//  Add a SELECT statement 
$rest->AddQueryParam('query','select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'');
$rest->AddQueryParam('minorversion','45');

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestNoBody('GET','/v3/company/123146096291789/query');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->ClearAllQueryParams();

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    print 'Request Header: ' . "\n";
    print $rest->LastRequestHeader . "\n";
    print '----' . "\n";
    print 'Response StatusCode = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Response StatusLine: ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print $responseBody . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below.
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->Load($responseBody);

//  These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
$dtime = new COM("Chilkat.CkDateTime");
$bLocalTime = 1;
$dt = new COM("Chilkat.DtObj");

//  Iterate over each account returned.
$numAccounts = $json->SizeOfArray('QueryResponse.Account');
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numAccounts) {

    $json->I = $i;
    print 'Name: ' . $json->stringOf('QueryResponse.Account[i].Name') . "\n";
    print 'Id: ' . $json->stringOf('QueryResponse.Account[i].Id') . "\n";

    //  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    $dtime->SetFromTimestamp($json->stringOf('QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime'));
    $dtime->ToDtObj($bLocalTime,$dt);

    print $dt->Month . '/' . $dt->Day . '/' . $dt->Year . '  ' . $dt->Hour . ':' . $dt->Minute . "\n";

    print '----' . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

//  ------------------------------------------------------
//  The JSON response looks like this:

//  {
//    "QueryResponse": {
//      "Account": [
//        {
//          "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
//          "SubAccount": false,
//          "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
//          "Active": true,
//          "Classification": "Liability",
//          "AccountType": "Accounts Payable",
//          "AccountSubType": "AccountsPayable",
//          "CurrentBalance": -1602.67,
//          "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": -1602.67,
//          "CurrencyRef": {
//            "value": "USD",
//            "name": "United States Dollar"
//          },
//          "domain": "QBO",
//          "sparse": false,
//          "Id": "33",
//          "SyncToken": "0",
//          "MetaData": {
//            "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
//            "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:10:36-07:00"
//          }
//        },
//        {
//          "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
//          "SubAccount": false,
//          "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
//          "Active": true,
//          "Classification": "Asset",
//          "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
//          "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
//          "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
//          "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
//          "CurrencyRef": {
//            "value": "USD",
//            "name": "United States Dollar"
//          },
//          "domain": "QBO",
//          "sparse": false,
//          "Id": "84",
//          "SyncToken": "0",
//          "MetaData": {
//            "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
//            "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
//          }
//        },
//        {
//          "Name": "Advertising",
//          "SubAccount": false,
//          "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
//          "Active": true,
//          "Classification": "Expense",
//          "AccountType": "Expense",
//          "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
//          "CurrentBalance": 0,
//          "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
//          "CurrencyRef": {
//            "value": "USD",
//            "name": "United States Dollar"
//          },
//          "domain": "QBO",
//          "sparse": false,
//          "Id": "7",
//          "SyncToken": "0",
//          "MetaData": {
//            "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
//            "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
//          }
//        },
//  ...
//    "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
//  }

?>