(Swift 2) QuickBooks - Create an Account

Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks account.

For more information, see https://developer.intuit.com/app/developer/qbo/docs/api/accounting/ecommerce/account#create-an-account

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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    // First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    let jsonToken = CkoJsonObject()
    var success: Bool = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

    let rest = CkoRest()

    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", port: 443, tls: true, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    let sbAuth = CkoStringBuilder()
    sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
    rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()

    let jsonRequest = CkoJsonObject()
    jsonRequest.AppendString("AccountType", value: "Credit Card")
    jsonRequest.AppendString("Name", value: "Banana Republic")
    var requestBody: String? = jsonRequest.Emit()

    // "123146096291789" is the company ID.
    let sbPath = CkoStringBuilder()
    sbPath.Append("/v3/company/123146096291789/account?minorversion=45")

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", value: "application/json")
    rest.AddHeader("Accept", value: "application/json")
    rest.AllowHeaderFolding = false

    var responseBody: String? = rest.FullRequestString("POST", uriPath: sbPath.GetAsString(), bodyText: requestBody)
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue != 200 {
        print("Request Header: ")
        print("\(rest.LastRequestHeader)")
        print("----")
        print("Response StatusCode = \(rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue)")
        print("Response StatusLine: \(rest.ResponseStatusText)")
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(rest.ResponseHeader)")
        print("\(responseBody!)")
        return
    }

    let jsonResponse = CkoJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.Load(responseBody)
    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false
    print("\(jsonResponse.Emit())")
    print("Success.")

    // A sample JSON response:

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

    // {
    //   "Account": {
    //     "Name": "Banana Republic",
    //     "SubAccount": false,
    //     "FullyQualifiedName": "Banana Republic",
    //     "Active": true,
    //     "Classification": "Liability",
    //     "AccountType": "Credit Card",
    //     "AccountSubType": "CreditCard",
    //     "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //     "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //     "CurrencyRef": {
    //       "value": "USD",
    //       "name": "United States Dollar"
    //     },
    //     "domain": "QBO",
    //     "sparse": false,
    //     "Id": "97",
    //     "SyncToken": "0",
    //     "MetaData": {
    //       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00",
    //       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T05:07:12-07:00"
    //     }
    //   },
    //   "time": "2016-10-25T05:07:11.714-07:00"
    // }

}