Ruby Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
QuickBooks - Query Employees

Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.
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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

#  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 == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

sbAuth = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"))
rest.put_Authorization(sbAuth.getAsString())

rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
rest.put_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.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

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

#  Show the full JSON response.
json.put_EmitCompact(false)
print json.emit() + "\n";

#  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 = Chilkat::CkDateTime.new()
bLocalTime = true
dt = Chilkat::CkDtObj.new()

#  Iterate over each account returned.
numRecords = json.SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee")
i = 0
while i < numRecords

    json.put_I(i)
    print "DisplayName: " + json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName") + "\n";
    print "Id: " + json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id") + "\n";
    print "Active: " + json.BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active").to_s() + "\n";

    #  Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    dtime.SetFromTimestamp(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
    dtime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt)

    print dt.get_Month().to_s() + "/" + dt.get_Day().to_s() + "/" + dt.get_Year().to_s() + "  " + dt.get_Hour().to_s() + ":" + dt.get_Minute().to_s() + "\n";

    #  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") == true)
        sTab = Chilkat::CkStringTable.new()
        sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.stringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),"-",true,true)
        year = sTab.stringAt(0)
        month = sTab.stringAt(1)
        day = sTab.stringAt(2)
        print "BirthDate: " + month + "/" + day + "/" + year + "\n";
    end

    print "----" + "\n";
    i = i + 1
end

print "Success." + "\n";

#  ------------------------------------------------------
#  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"
#  }