(Unicode C) JSON FindRecord Example

Demonstrates the FindRecord method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecord.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

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#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    BOOL success;
    const wchar_t *arrayPath;
    const wchar_t *relativePath;
    const wchar_t *value;
    BOOL caseSensitive;
    HCkJsonObjectW accountRec;

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();

    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(json,L"qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json");

    // A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
    // The goal is to search the array of Account records to return the 1st match

    // Find the account with the name "Advertising"
    arrayPath = L"QueryResponse.Account";
    relativePath = L"Name";
    value = L"Advertising";
    caseSensitive = TRUE;

    accountRec = CkJsonObjectW_FindRecord(json,arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive);
    if (CkJsonObjectW_getLastMethodSuccess(json) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Record not found.\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    // The accountRec should contain this:

    //       {
    //         "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"
    //         }
    //       }

    wprintf(L"FullyQualifiedName: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(accountRec,L"FullyQualifiedName"));
    wprintf(L"AccountType: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(accountRec,L"AccountType"));
    wprintf(L"AccountSubType: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(accountRec,L"AccountSubType"));
    wprintf(L"----\n");
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(accountRec);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Find the first account where the currency is USD
    relativePath = L"CurrencyRef.value";
    value = L"USD";
    caseSensitive = TRUE;

    accountRec = CkJsonObjectW_FindRecord(json,arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive);
    if (CkJsonObjectW_getLastMethodSuccess(json) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Record not found.\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Name: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(accountRec,L"Name"));
    wprintf(L"CurrencyRef.name: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(accountRec,L"CurrencyRef.name"));
    wprintf(L"----\n");
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(accountRec);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Find the first account with "receivable" in the name (case insensitive)
    relativePath = L"Name";
    value = L"*receivable*";
    caseSensitive = FALSE;

    accountRec = CkJsonObjectW_FindRecord(json,arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive);
    if (CkJsonObjectW_getLastMethodSuccess(json) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Record not found.\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Name: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(accountRec,L"Name"));
    wprintf(L"----\n");
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(accountRec);

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // qb_accounts.json contains this data
    // 
    // {
    //   "QueryResponse": {
    //     "Account": [
    //       {
    //         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
    //         "SubAccount": false,
    //         "Description": "Description added during update.",
    //         "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": "1",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "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"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
    //         "SubAccount": false,
    //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
    //         "Active": true,
    //         "Classification": "Liability",
    //         "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
    //         "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
    //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //         "CurrencyRef": {
    //           "value": "USD",
    //           "name": "United States Dollar"
    //         },
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "89",
    //         "SyncToken": "0",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
    //         }
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "Name": "Automobile",
    //         "SubAccount": false,
    //         "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
    //         "Active": true,
    //         "Classification": "Expense",
    //         "AccountType": "Expense",
    //         "AccountSubType": "Auto",
    //         "CurrentBalance": 0,
    //         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
    //         "CurrencyRef": {
    //           "value": "USD",
    //           "name": "United States Dollar"
    //         },
    //         "domain": "QBO",
    //         "sparse": false,
    //         "Id": "55",
    //         "SyncToken": "0",
    //         "MetaData": {
    //           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
    //           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
    //         }
    //       },
    // ...
    // 


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);

    }