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QuickBooks - Create an Account

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks account.

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkRest.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    ; First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    jsonToken.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If jsonToken.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkJsonObject::ckLoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

    rest.i = CkRest::ckCreate()
    If rest.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    bAutoReconnect.i = 1
    success = CkRest::ckConnect(rest,"sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkRest::ckLastErrorText(rest)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    sbAuth.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbAuth.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkStringBuilder::ckAppend(sbAuth,"Bearer ")
    CkStringBuilder::ckAppend(sbAuth,CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(jsonToken,"access_token"))
    CkRest::setCkAuthorization(rest, CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbAuth))

    jsonRequest.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If jsonRequest.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(jsonRequest,"AccountType","Credit Card")
    CkJsonObject::ckAppendString(jsonRequest,"Name","Banana Republic")
    requestBody.s = CkJsonObject::ckEmit(jsonRequest)

    ; "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    sbPath.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbPath.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkStringBuilder::ckAppend(sbPath,"/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45")

    CkRest::ckAddHeader(rest,"Content-Type","application/json")
    CkRest::ckAddHeader(rest,"Accept","application/json")
    CkRest::setCkAllowHeaderFolding(rest, 0)

    responseBody.s = CkRest::ckFullRequestString(rest,"POST",CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbPath),requestBody)
    If CkRest::ckLastMethodSuccess(rest) <> 1
        Debug CkRest::ckLastErrorText(rest)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbAuth)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonRequest)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbPath)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    If CkRest::ckResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 200
        Debug "Request Header: "
        Debug CkRest::ckLastRequestHeader(rest)
        Debug "----"
        Debug "Response StatusCode = " + Str(CkRest::ckResponseStatusCode(rest))
        Debug "Response StatusLine: " + CkRest::ckResponseStatusText(rest)
        Debug "Response Header:"
        Debug CkRest::ckResponseHeader(rest)
        Debug responseBody
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbAuth)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonRequest)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbPath)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    jsonResponse.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If jsonResponse.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckLoad(jsonResponse,responseBody)
    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(jsonResponse, 0)
    Debug CkJsonObject::ckEmit(jsonResponse)
    Debug "Success."

    ; A sample JSON response:

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

    ; {
    ;   "Account": {
    ;     "Name": "Banana Republic",
    ;     "SubAccount": false,
    ;     "FullyQualifiedName": "Banana Republic",
    ;     "Active": true,
    ;     "Classification": "Liability",
    ;     "AccountType": "Credit Card",
    ;     "AccountSubType": "CreditCard",
    ;     "CurrentBalance": 0,
    ;     "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    ;     "CurrencyRef": {
    ;       "value": "USD",
    ;       "name": "United States Dollar"
    ;     },
    ;     "domain": "QBO",
    ;     "sparse": false,
    ;     "Id": "97",
    ;     "SyncToken": "0",
    ;     "MetaData": {
    ;       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00",
    ;       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00"
    ;     }
    ;   },
    ;   "time": "2016-10-25T05:07:11.714-07:00"
    ; }


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
    CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbAuth)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonRequest)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbPath)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonResponse)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure