(PowerShell) QuickBooks - Create an Employee

Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee

For more information, see https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/all-entities/employee#create-an-employee

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$success = $jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

$rest = New-Object 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 = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,$true,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbAuth = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
$sbAuth.Append($jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
$rest.Authorization = $sbAuth.GetAsString()

# Create the following JSON:

# Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Code to Create JSON

# {
#   "SSN": "444-55-6666",
#   "PrimaryAddr": {
#     "Id": "50",
#     "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
#     "City": "Middlefield",
#     "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
#     "PostalCode": "93242"
#   },
#   "GivenName": "John",
#   "FamilyName": "Meuller",
#   "PrimaryPhone": {
#     "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
#   }
# }
# 
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("SSN","444-55-6666")
$json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id","50")
$json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1","45 N. Elm Street")
$json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City","Middlefield")
$json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA")
$json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode","93242")
$json.UpdateString("GivenName","John")
$json.UpdateString("FamilyName","Meuller")
$json.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","408-525-1234")

$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
$rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
$rest.AllowHeaderFolding = $false

# The company ID is 123146096291789
$responseBody = $rest.FullRequestString("POST","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45",$json.Emit())
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("Request Header: ")
    $($rest.LastRequestHeader)
    $("----")
    $("Response StatusCode = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("Response StatusLine: " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("Response Header:")
    $($rest.ResponseHeader)
    $($responseBody)
    exit
}

$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.Load($responseBody)
$jsonResponse.EmitCompact = $false
$($jsonResponse.Emit())
$("Success.")

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

# A sample JSON response:
# {
#   "Employee": {
#     "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
#     "PrimaryAddr": {
#       "Id": "97",
#       "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
#       "City": "Middlefield",
#       "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
#       "PostalCode": "93242"
#     },
#     "BillableTime": false,
#     "domain": "QBO",
#     "sparse": false,
#     "Id": "59",
#     "SyncToken": "0",
#     "MetaData": {
#       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
#       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
#     },
#     "GivenName": "John",
#     "FamilyName": "Meuller",
#     "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
#     "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
#     "Active": true,
#     "PrimaryPhone": {
#       "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
#     }
#   },
#   "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
# }
#