(Ruby) Xero Create Account

Create new accounts in a Xero company.

For more information, see https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounts#PUT

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require 'chilkat'

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

jsonToken = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
if (success == false)
    print jsonToken.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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")

# The following JSON is sent in the request body:

# {
#   "Code": "201",
#   "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
#   "Type": "SALES"
# }

# Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Code to Create JSON

jsonRequestBody = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Code","201")
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Name","Sales - clearance lines")
jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Type","SALES")

url = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts"

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PText("PUT",url,jsonRequestBody.emit(),"utf-8","application/json",false,false)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Response Status Code: " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

jsonResponse = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonResponse.Load(resp.bodyStr())
jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false)
print jsonResponse.emit() + "\n";

if (resp.get_StatusCode() >= 300)
    print "Failed." + "\n";

    exit
end

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

# {
#   "Id": "705036aa-771d-4c0a-9d66-28904022858c",
#   "Status": "OK",
#   "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
#   "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587161712234)\/",
#   "Accounts": [
#     {
#       "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
#       "Code": "201",
#       "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
#       "Status": "ACTIVE",
#       "Type": "SALES",
#       "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
#       "Class": "REVENUE",
#       "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
#       "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
#       "ReportingCode": "REV",
#       "ReportingCodeName": "Revenue",
#       "UpdatedDateUTC": "\/Date(1587161712283+0000)\/",
#       "AddToWatchlist": false
#     }
#   ]
# }
# 

Id = jsonResponse.stringOf("Id")
Status = jsonResponse.stringOf("Status")
ProviderName = jsonResponse.stringOf("ProviderName")
DateTimeUTC = jsonResponse.stringOf("DateTimeUTC")
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")
    Status = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Status")
    Type = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Type")
    TaxType = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType")
    Class = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].Class")
    EnablePaymentsToAccount = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount")
    ShowInExpenseClaims = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].ShowInExpenseClaims")
    ReportingCode = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCode")
    ReportingCodeName = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCodeName")
    UpdatedDateUTC = jsonResponse.stringOf("Accounts[i].UpdatedDateUTC")
    AddToWatchlist = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].AddToWatchlist")
    i = i + 1
end