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Xero Get Employees (Payroll API Australia)

Demonstrates how to get the summarised list of active employees.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or greater.

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#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkXmlW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.64 or greater.

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

    CkRestW rest;

    //  Before sending REST API calls, the REST object needs to be
    //  initialized for OAuth1.
    //  See Xero 2-Legged OAuth1 Setup for sample code.

    //  Assuming the REST object's OAuth1 authenticator is setup, and the initial
    //  connection was made, we may now send REST HTTP requests..

    //  Get the full list of employees.
    CkStringBuilderW sbXml;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb(L"GET",L"/payroll.xro/1.0/Employees",sbXml);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  A 200 response is expected for actual success.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sbXml.getAsString());
        return;
    }

    //  Iterate over the employees and get some information..

    bool bAutoTrim = false;
    CkXmlW xml;
    xml.LoadSb(sbXml,bAutoTrim);
    xml.SaveXml(L"qa_cache/xero_employees.xml");

    //  How many records exist?
    int recordCount = xml.NumChildrenAt(L"Employees");
    wprintf(L"numRecords = %d\n",recordCount);

    int i = 0;
    while (i < recordCount) {
        xml.put_I(i);
        wprintf(L"EmployeeID: %s\n",xml.getChildContent(L"Employees|Employee[i]|EmployeeID"));
        wprintf(L"FirstName: %s\n",xml.getChildContent(L"Employees|Employee[i]|FirstName"));
        wprintf(L"LastName: %s\n",xml.getChildContent(L"Employees|Employee[i]|LastName"));
        wprintf(L"----\n");
        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  The output looks like this:

    //  	numRecords = 6
    //  	EmployeeID: 056a9821-55b8-4c91-b5ce-a6ce2ab508ab
    //  	FirstName: James
    //  	LastName: Lebron
    //  	----
    //  	EmployeeID: 1f606d28-0537-42af-80ce-312d449458af
    //  	FirstName: Odette
    //  	LastName: Garrison
    //  	----
    //  	EmployeeID: c086c9ce-821b-4636-8e9a-7864bd50d882
    //  	FirstName: Oliver
    //  	LastName: Gray
    //  	----
    //  	EmployeeID: 1612dfee-37d2-4c5d-a7b9-187aee5f264a
    //  	FirstName: Sally 
    //  	LastName: Martin
    //  	----
    //  	EmployeeID: 2df65756-538b-4bc1-b0c3-f3971d86b650
    //  	FirstName: Sonia
    //  	LastName: Michaels
    //  	----
    //  	EmployeeID: 08dcd870-3d8f-495f-af54-69029a89eb7d
    //  	FirstName: Tracy
    //  	LastName: Green
    //  	----

    //  The xero_employees.xml file contains data that looks like this:

    //  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    //  <Response xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    //      <Id>c1dfd096-5552-4459-bf94-f283357998c5</Id>
    //      <Status>OK</Status>
    //      <ProviderName>ChilkatAU</ProviderName>
    //      <DateTimeUTC>2016-11-11T20:47:18.4411917Z</DateTimeUTC>
    //      <Employees>
    //          <Employee>
    //              <EmployeeID>056a9821-55b8-4c91-b5ce-a6ce2ab508ab</EmployeeID>
    //              <FirstName>James</FirstName>
    //              <LastName>Lebron</LastName>
    //              <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    //              <Email>JL@madeup.email.com</Email>
    //              <DateOfBirth>1982-03-15T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
    //              <Gender>M</Gender>
    //              <Phone>0400-000-123</Phone>
    //              <Mobile> 408-230-9732</Mobile>
    //              <StartDate>2015-09-01T00:00:00</StartDate>
    //              <OrdinaryEarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</OrdinaryEarningsRateID>
    //              <PayrollCalendarID>4c08f63d-53af-4521-a8be-1d77fc0faf45</PayrollCalendarID>
    //              <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
    //          </Employee>
    //          <Employee>
    //              <EmployeeID>1f606d28-0537-42af-80ce-312d449458af</EmployeeID>
    //              <FirstName>Odette</FirstName>
    //              <LastName>Garrison</LastName>
    //              <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    //              <Email>ogg@madeup.email.com</Email>
    //              <DateOfBirth>1978-12-18T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
    //              <Gender>F</Gender>
    //              <Phone>9000 1234</Phone>
    //              <StartDate>2015-11-05T00:00:00</StartDate>
    //              <OrdinaryEarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</OrdinaryEarningsRateID>
    //              <PayrollCalendarID>e53023e6-70f1-45c7-b699-6558b5e42b4e</PayrollCalendarID>
    //              <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
    //          </Employee>
    //          <Employee>
    //              <EmployeeID>c086c9ce-821b-4636-8e9a-7864bd50d882</EmployeeID>
    //              <FirstName>Oliver</FirstName>
    //              <LastName>Gray</LastName>
    //              <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    //              <Email>og@madeup.email.com</Email>
    //              <DateOfBirth>1969-07-28T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
    //              <Gender>M</Gender>
    //              <Phone>0401 123 456</Phone>
    //              <StartDate>2016-02-02T00:00:00</StartDate>
    //              <OrdinaryEarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</OrdinaryEarningsRateID>
    //              <PayrollCalendarID>4c08f63d-53af-4521-a8be-1d77fc0faf45</PayrollCalendarID>
    //              <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
    //          </Employee>
    //          <Employee>
    //              <EmployeeID>1612dfee-37d2-4c5d-a7b9-187aee5f264a</EmployeeID>
    //              <FirstName>Sally </FirstName>
    //              <LastName>Martin</LastName>
    //              <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    //              <Email>sm@madeup3993.com</Email>
    //              <DateOfBirth>1987-06-28T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
    //              <Gender>F</Gender>
    //              <Phone>0400 123 456</Phone>
    //              <StartDate>2016-08-01T00:00:00</StartDate>
    //              <OrdinaryEarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</OrdinaryEarningsRateID>
    //              <PayrollCalendarID>4c08f63d-53af-4521-a8be-1d77fc0faf45</PayrollCalendarID>
    //              <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
    //          </Employee>
    //          <Employee>
    //              <EmployeeID>2df65756-538b-4bc1-b0c3-f3971d86b650</EmployeeID>
    //              <FirstName>Sonia</FirstName>
    //              <LastName>Michaels</LastName>
    //              <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    //              <Email>som@madeup3993.com</Email>
    //              <DateOfBirth>1989-08-24T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
    //              <Gender>F</Gender>
    //              <Phone>02 2345 6789</Phone>
    //              <Mobile> </Mobile>
    //              <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
    //          </Employee>
    //          <Employee>
    //              <EmployeeID>08dcd870-3d8f-495f-af54-69029a89eb7d</EmployeeID>
    //              <FirstName>Tracy</FirstName>
    //              <LastName>Green</LastName>
    //              <Status>ACTIVE</Status>
    //              <Email>tg@madeup.email.com</Email>
    //              <DateOfBirth>1989-03-06T00:00:00</DateOfBirth>
    //              <Gender>F</Gender>
    //              <Phone>0402 123 456</Phone>
    //              <StartDate>2015-12-02T00:00:00</StartDate>
    //              <OrdinaryEarningsRateID>2c4fbb29-aa68-4a8d-bc05-3f6366f75227</OrdinaryEarningsRateID>
    //              <PayrollCalendarID>e53023e6-70f1-45c7-b699-6558b5e42b4e</PayrollCalendarID>
    //              <UpdatedDateUTC>2016-11-11T20:29:03</UpdatedDateUTC>
    //          </Employee>
    //      </Employees>
    //  </Response>
    }