(CkPython) QuickBooks - Create an Account

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

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

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import sys
import chilkat

# 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 = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

sbAuth = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"))
rest.put_Authorization(sbAuth.getAsString())

jsonRequest = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonRequest.AppendString("AccountType","Credit Card")
jsonRequest.AppendString("Name","Banana Republic")
requestBody = jsonRequest.emit()

# "123146096291789" is the company ID.
sbPath = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbPath.Append("/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45")

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
rest.put_AllowHeaderFolding(False)

responseBody = rest.fullRequestString("POST",sbPath.getAsString(),requestBody)
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    print("Request Header: ")
    print(rest.lastRequestHeader())
    print("----")
    print("Response StatusCode = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("Response StatusLine: " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.responseHeader())
    print(responseBody)
    sys.exit()

jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.Load(responseBody)
jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(jsonResponse.emit())
print("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"
# }