(PowerShell) QuickBooks - Query Employees

Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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

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

$query = "select * from Employee"
$rest.AddQueryParam("query",$query)
$rest.AddQueryParam("minorversion","45")

# The company ID is 123146096291789
$responseBody = $rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
if ($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
}

# Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
# A sample JSON response is shown below.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.Load($responseBody)

# Show the full JSON response.
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())

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

# These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
$dtime = New-Object Chilkat.CkDateTime
$bLocalTime = $true

# Iterate over each account returned.
$numRecords = $json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee")
$i = 0
while ($i -lt $numRecords) {

    $json.I = $i
    $("DisplayName: " + $json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName"))
    $("Id: " + $json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id"))
    $("Active: " + $json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active"))

    # Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    $dtime.SetFromTimestamp($json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    $dt = $dtime.GetDtObj($bLocalTime)
    $([string]$dt.Month + "/" + $dt.Day + "/" + $dt.Year + "  " + $dt.Hour + ":" + $dt.Minute)

    # The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
    # The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
    if ($json.HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") -eq $true) {
        $sTab = New-Object Chilkat.StringTable
        $sTab.SplitAndAppend($json.StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",$true,$true)
        $year = $sTab.StringAt(0)
        $month = $sTab.StringAt(1)
        $day = $sTab.StringAt(2)
        $("BirthDate: " + $month + "/" + $day + "/" + $year)
    }

    $("----")
    $i = $i + 1
}

$("Success.")

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

# {
#   "QueryResponse": {
#     "Employee": [
#       {
#         "BillableTime": false,
#         "domain": "QBO",
#         "sparse": false,
#         "Id": "55",
#         "SyncToken": "0",
#         "MetaData": {
#           "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00",
#           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00"
#         },
#         "GivenName": "Emily",
#         "FamilyName": "Platt",
#         "DisplayName": "Emily Platt",
#         "PrintOnCheckName": "Emily Platt",
#         "Active": true
#       },
#       {
#         "BillableTime": false,
#         "BirthDate": "1985-09-11",
#         "HiredDate": "2016-08-17",
#         "domain": "QBO",
#         "sparse": false,
#         "Id": "54",
#         "SyncToken": "1",
#         "MetaData": {
#           "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:28-07:00",
#           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:46:26-07:00"
#         },
#         "GivenName": "John",
#         "FamilyName": "Johnson",
#         "DisplayName": "John Johnson",
#         "PrintOnCheckName": "John Johnson",
#         "Active": true,
#         "PrimaryPhone": {
#           "FreeFormNumber": "(540) 555-9645"
#         }
#       },
#       {
#         "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
#         "PrimaryAddr": {
#           "Id": "98",
#           "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
#           "City": "Middlefield",
#           "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
#           "PostalCode": "93242"
#         },
#         "BillableTime": false,
#         "domain": "QBO",
#         "sparse": false,
#         "Id": "60",
#         "SyncToken": "0",
#         "MetaData": {
#           "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00",
#           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00"
#         },
#         "GivenName": "John",
#         "FamilyName": "Meuller",
#         "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
#         "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
#         "Active": true,
#         "PrimaryPhone": {
#           "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
#         }
#       }
#     ],
#     "startPosition": 1,
#     "maxResults": 3
#   },
#   "time": "2016-10-25T14:18:38.487-07:00"
#