(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) QuickBooks - Create an Employee

Demonstrates how to send an JSON request to create a QuickBooks employee

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

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' 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"
' }

Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
Dim success As Boolean = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

Dim rest As New Chilkat.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.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = Await rest.ConnectAsync("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



Dim sbAuth As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()

' Create the following JSON:

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

' {
'   "SSN": "444-55-6666",
'   "PrimaryAddr": {
'     "Id": "50",
'     "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
'     "City": "Middlefield",
'     "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
'     "PostalCode": "93242"
'   },
'   "GivenName": "John",
'   "FamilyName": "Meuller",
'   "PrimaryPhone": {
'     "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
'   }
' }
' 
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("SSN","444-55-6666")
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id","50")
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1","45 N. Elm Street")
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City","Middlefield")
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA")
json.UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode","93242")
json.UpdateString("GivenName","John")
json.UpdateString("FamilyName","Meuller")
json.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","408-525-1234")

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

' The company ID is 123146096291789
Dim responseBody As String = Await rest.FullRequestStringAsync("POST","/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45",json.Emit())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Request Header: ")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("----")
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonResponse.Load(responseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit())
Debug.WriteLine("Success.")

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

' A sample JSON response:
' {
'   "Employee": {
'     "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
'     "PrimaryAddr": {
'       "Id": "97",
'       "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
'       "City": "Middlefield",
'       "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
'       "PostalCode": "93242"
'     },
'     "BillableTime": false,
'     "domain": "QBO",
'     "sparse": false,
'     "Id": "59",
'     "SyncToken": "0",
'     "MetaData": {
'       "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00",
'       "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:05:05-07:00"
'     },
'     "GivenName": "John",
'     "FamilyName": "Meuller",
'     "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
'     "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
'     "Active": true,
'     "PrimaryPhone": {
'       "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
'     }
'   },
'   "time": "2016-10-25T14:05:05.661-07:00"
' }
'