Rust

QuickBooks - Create an Employee

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Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee Rust

// 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"
// }

let json_token = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json_token.load_file("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json").is_ok();

let rest = chilkat::Rest::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.
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
if rest.connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let sb_auth = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = sb_auth.append("Bearer ");
let _ = sb_auth.append(&json_token.string_of("access_token").unwrap_or_default());
rest.set_authorization(&sb_auth.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());

// Create the following JSON:

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

// {
//   "SSN": "444-55-6666",
//   "PrimaryAddr": {
//     "Id": "50",
//     "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//     "City": "Middlefield",
//     "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//     "PostalCode": "93242"
//   },
//   "GivenName": "John",
//   "FamilyName": "Meuller",
//   "PrimaryPhone": {
//     "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
//   }
// }
// 
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.update_string("SSN", "444-55-6666");
let _ = json.update_string("PrimaryAddr.Id", "50");
let _ = json.update_string("PrimaryAddr.Line1", "45 N. Elm Street");
let _ = json.update_string("PrimaryAddr.City", "Middlefield");
let _ = json.update_string("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode", "CA");
let _ = json.update_string("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode", "93242");
let _ = json.update_string("GivenName", "John");
let _ = json.update_string("FamilyName", "Meuller");
let _ = json.update_string("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber", "408-525-1234");

let _ = rest.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json");
let _ = rest.add_header("Accept", "application/json");
rest.set_allow_header_folding(false);

// The company ID is 123146096291789
let Ok(response_body) = rest.full_request_string("POST", "/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45", &json.emit().unwrap_or_default()) else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("Request Header: ");
    println!("{}", rest.last_request_header());
    println!("----");
    println!("Response StatusCode = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("Response StatusLine: {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", rest.response_header());
    println!("{}", response_body);
    return;
}

let json_response = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json_response.load(&response_body);
json_response.set_emit_compact(false);
println!("{}", json_response.emit().unwrap_or_default());
println!("Success.");

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

// A sample JSON response:
// {
//   "Employee": {
//     "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
//     "PrimaryAddr": {
//       "Id": "97",
//       "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
//       "City": "Middlefield",
//       "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
//       "PostalCode": "93242"
//     },
//     "BillableTime": false,
//     "domain": "QBO",
//     "sparse": false,
//     "Id": "59",
//     "SyncToken": "0",
//     "MetaData": {
//       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
//       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
//     },
//     "GivenName": "John",
//     "FamilyName": "Meuller",
//     "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
//     "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
//     "Active": true,
//     "PrimaryPhone": {
//       "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
//     }
//   },
//   "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
// }
//