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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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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_JsonToken
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_SbAuth
string ls_ResponseBody
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Dtime
integer li_BLocalTime
oleobject loo_Dt
integer li_NumAccounts
integer i

li_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"
//  }

loo_JsonToken = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonToken.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_JsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("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.
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,1,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_SbAuth = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbAuth.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_SbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
loo_SbAuth.Append(loo_JsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
loo_Rest.Authorization = loo_SbAuth.GetAsString()

loo_Rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
loo_Rest.AllowHeaderFolding = 0

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

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
ls_ResponseBody = loo_Rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_SbAuth
    return
end if

loo_Rest.ClearAllQueryParams()

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug "Request Header: "
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastRequestHeader
    Write-Debug "----"
    Write-Debug "Response StatusCode = " + string(loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Response StatusLine: " + loo_Rest.ResponseStatusText
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug ls_ResponseBody
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_SbAuth
    return
end if

//  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.
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.Load(ls_ResponseBody)

//  These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
loo_Dtime = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Dtime.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")

li_BLocalTime = 1
loo_Dt = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Dt.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.DtObj")

//  Iterate over each account returned.
li_NumAccounts = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
i = 0
do while i < li_NumAccounts

    loo_Json.I = i
    Write-Debug "Name: " + loo_Json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name")
    Write-Debug "Id: " + loo_Json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id")

    //  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    loo_Dtime.SetFromTimestamp(loo_Json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    loo_Dtime.ToDtObj(li_BLocalTime,loo_Dt)

    Write-Debug string(loo_Dt.Month) + "/" + string(loo_Dt.Day) + "/" + string(loo_Dt.Year) + "  " + string(loo_Dt.Hour) + ":" + string(loo_Dt.Minute)

    Write-Debug "----"
    i = i + 1
loop

Write-Debug "Success."

//  ------------------------------------------------------
//  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"
//  }


destroy loo_JsonToken
destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_SbAuth
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Dtime
destroy loo_Dt