(CkPython) QuickBooks - Read an Account

Demonstrates how to fetch the information for a specific Quickbooks account. The account information is fetched by Id. The account Ids can be obtained by querying the accounts and parsing the JSON that is returned.

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

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

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

# 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 != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

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

# The company ID is the 123146096291789
# The account ID is 33
responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/v3/company/123146096291789/account/33?minorversion=45")
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()

# Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
# A sample JSON response is shown below.
json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.Load(responseBody)

# These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
dtime = chilkat.CkDateTime()
bLocalTime = True

# Show the JSON..
json.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(json.emit())

# Get some information from the JSON..
print("Name: " + json.stringOf("Account.Name"))
print("Id: " + json.stringOf("Account.Id"))

# Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("Account.MetaData.CreateTime"))
# dt is a CkDtObj
dt = dtime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime)
print(str(dt.get_Month()) + "/" + str(dt.get_Day()) + "/" + str(dt.get_Year()) + "  " + str(dt.get_Hour())\
     + ":" + str(dt.get_Minute()))

print("Success.")

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

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

# {
#   "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"
#         }
#       },
#   "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
#