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QuickBooks - Query Employees

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.

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#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkDateTimeW.h>
#include <CkDtObjW.h>
#include <CkStringTableW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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"
    // }

    CkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile(L"qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    CkRestW rest;

    // 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.
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(L"sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkStringBuilderW sbAuth;
    sbAuth.Append(L"Bearer ");
    sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.stringOf(L"access_token"));
    rest.put_Authorization(sbAuth.getAsString());

    rest.AddHeader(L"Accept",L"application/json");
    rest.put_AllowHeaderFolding(false);

    const wchar_t *query = L"select * from Employee";
    rest.AddQueryParam(L"query",query);
    rest.AddQueryParam(L"minorversion",L"45");

    // The company ID is 123146096291789
    const wchar_t *responseBody = rest.fullRequestNoBody(L"GET",L"/v3/company/123146096291789/query");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        wprintf(L"Request Header: \n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastRequestHeader());
        wprintf(L"----\n");
        wprintf(L"Response StatusCode = %d\n",rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        wprintf(L"Response StatusLine: %s\n",rest.responseStatusText());
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.responseHeader());
        wprintf(L"%s\n",responseBody);
        return;
    }

    // Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
    // A sample JSON response is shown below.
    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.Load(responseBody);

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());

    // 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..
    CkDateTimeW dtime;
    bool bLocalTime = true;
    CkDtObjW dt;

    // Iterate over each account returned.
    int numRecords = json.SizeOfArray(L"QueryResponse.Employee");
    int i = 0;
    while (i < numRecords) {

        json.put_I(i);
        wprintf(L"DisplayName: %s\n",json.stringOf(L"QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName"));
        wprintf(L"Id: %s\n",json.stringOf(L"QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id"));
        wprintf(L"Active: %d\n",json.BoolOf(L"QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active"));

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

        wprintf(L"%d/%d/%d  %d:%d\n",dt.get_Month(),dt.get_Day(),dt.get_Year(),dt.get_Hour(),dt.get_Minute());

        // The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
        // The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
        if (json.HasMember(L"QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") == true) {
            CkStringTableW sTab;
            sTab.SplitAndAppend(json.stringOf(L"QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"),L"-",true,true);
            const wchar_t *year = sTab.stringAt(0);
            const wchar_t *month = sTab.stringAt(1);
            const wchar_t *day = sTab.stringAt(2);
            wprintf(L"BirthDate: %s/%s/%s\n",month,day,year);
        }

        wprintf(L"----\n");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    wprintf(L"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"
    // 
    }