(Visual Basic 6.0) Xero Create Account

Create new accounts in a Xero company.

For more information, see https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounts#PUT

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

Dim jsonToken As New ChilkatJsonObject
Dim success As Long
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print jsonToken.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

' Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
' Get Xero Tenant IDs
http.SetRequestHeader "Xero-tenant-id","83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7"

http.Accept = "application/json"

' The following JSON is sent in the request body:

' {
'   "Code": "201",
'   "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
'   "Type": "SALES"
' }

' Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
' Generate Code to Create JSON

Dim jsonRequestBody As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Code","201")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Name","Sales - clearance lines")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Type","SALES")

Dim url As String
url = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PText("PUT",url,jsonRequestBody.Emit(),"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode

Dim jsonResponse As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
Debug.Print jsonResponse.Emit()

If (resp.StatusCode >= 300) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

' Sample output...
' (See the parsing code below..)
' 
' Use the this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON

' {
'   "Id": "705036aa-771d-4c0a-9d66-28904022858c",
'   "Status": "OK",
'   "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
'   "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587161712234)\/",
'   "Accounts": [
'     {
'       "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
'       "Code": "201",
'       "Name": "Sales - clearance lines",
'       "Status": "ACTIVE",
'       "Type": "SALES",
'       "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
'       "Class": "REVENUE",
'       "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
'       "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
'       "ReportingCode": "REV",
'       "ReportingCodeName": "Revenue",
'       "UpdatedDateUTC": "\/Date(1587161712283+0000)\/",
'       "AddToWatchlist": false
'     }
'   ]
' }
' 

Dim AccountID As String
Dim Code As String
Dim Name As String
Dim Type As String
Dim TaxType As String
Dim Class As String
Dim EnablePaymentsToAccount As Long
Dim ShowInExpenseClaims As Long
Dim ReportingCode As String
Dim ReportingCodeName As String
Dim UpdatedDateUTC As String
Dim AddToWatchlist As Long

Dim Id As String
Id = jsonResponse.StringOf("Id")
Dim Status As String
Status = jsonResponse.StringOf("Status")
Dim ProviderName As String
ProviderName = jsonResponse.StringOf("ProviderName")
Dim DateTimeUTC As String
DateTimeUTC = jsonResponse.StringOf("DateTimeUTC")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("Accounts")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    AccountID = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].AccountID")
    Code = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Code")
    Name = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Name")
    Status = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Status")
    Type = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Type")
    TaxType = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType")
    Class = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Class")
    EnablePaymentsToAccount = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount")
    ShowInExpenseClaims = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].ShowInExpenseClaims")
    ReportingCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCode")
    ReportingCodeName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCodeName")
    UpdatedDateUTC = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].UpdatedDateUTC")
    AddToWatchlist = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].AddToWatchlist")
    i = i + 1
Loop