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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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// 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());

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

// Add a SELECT statement 
let _ = rest.add_query_param("query", "select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'");
let _ = rest.add_query_param("minorversion", "45");

// The company ID is 123146096291789
let Ok(response_body) = rest.full_request_no_body("GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

let _ = rest.clear_all_query_params();

// 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;
}

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

// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.load(&response_body);

// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
let dtime = chilkat::DateTime::new();
let b_local_time = true;
let dt = chilkat::DtObj::new();

// Iterate over each account returned.
let num_accounts = json.size_of_array("QueryResponse.Account");
let mut i = 0;
while i < num_accounts {

    json.set_i(i);
    println!("Name: {}", json.string_of("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name").unwrap_or_default());
    println!("Id: {}", json.string_of("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id").unwrap_or_default());

    // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
    let _ = dtime.set_from_timestamp(&json.string_of("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime").unwrap_or_default());
    dtime.to_dt_obj(b_local_time, &dt);

    println!("{}/{}/{}  {}:{}", dt.month(), dt.day(), dt.year(), dt.hour(), dt.minute());

    println!("----");
    i = i + 1;
}

println!("Success.");

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

// {
//   "QueryResponse": {
//     "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"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "Name": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "FullyQualifiedName": "Accounts Receivable (A/R)",
//         "Active": true,
//         "Classification": "Asset",
//         "AccountType": "Accounts Receivable",
//         "AccountSubType": "AccountsReceivable",
//         "CurrentBalance": 5281.52,
//         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 5281.52,
//         "CurrencyRef": {
//           "value": "USD",
//           "name": "United States Dollar"
//         },
//         "domain": "QBO",
//         "sparse": false,
//         "Id": "84",
//         "SyncToken": "0",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T14:49:29-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:16:17-07:00"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "Name": "Advertising",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "FullyQualifiedName": "Advertising",
//         "Active": true,
//         "Classification": "Expense",
//         "AccountType": "Expense",
//         "AccountSubType": "AdvertisingPromotional",
//         "CurrentBalance": 0,
//         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
//         "CurrencyRef": {
//           "value": "USD",
//           "name": "United States Dollar"
//         },
//         "domain": "QBO",
//         "sparse": false,
//         "Id": "7",
//         "SyncToken": "0",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-09T14:42:07-07:00"
//         }
//       },
// ...
//   "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
// }