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Xero Get Accounts

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

jsonToken = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
if (success == False):
    print(jsonToken.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"))

#  Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
#  Get Xero Tenant IDs
http.SetRequestHeader("Xero-tenant-id","83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7")

http.put_Accept("application/json")

resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse()
success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts",resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Response Status Code: " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))

jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr())
jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(jsonResponse.emit())

if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200):
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

#  Sample output...
#  (See the parsing code below..)
#  
#  Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
#  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

#  {
#    "Accounts": [
#      {
#        "AccountID": "ebd06280-af70-4bed-97c6-7451a454ad85",
#        "Code": "091",
#        "Name": "Business Savings Account",
#        "Type": "BANK",
#        "TaxType": "NONE",
#        "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
#        "BankAccountNumber": "0209087654321050",
#        "BankAccountType": "BANK",
#        "CurrencyCode": "NZD"
#      },
#      {
#        "AccountID": "7d05a53d-613d-4eb2-a2fc-dcb6adb80b80",
#        "Code": "200",
#        "Name": "Sales",
#        "Type": "REVENUE",
#        "TaxType": "OUTPUT2",
#        "Description": "Income from any normal business activity",
#        "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false
#      }
#    ]
#  }
#  

i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("Accounts")
while i < count_i :
    jsonResponse.put_I(i)
    AccountID = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].AccountID")
    Code = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Code")
    Name = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Name")
    Type = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Type")
    TaxType = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType")
    EnablePaymentsToAccount = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount")
    BankAccountNumber = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].BankAccountNumber")
    BankAccountType = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].BankAccountType")
    CurrencyCode = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].CurrencyCode")
    Description = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Description")
    i = i + 1