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Quickbooks Create a New Customer
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Demonstrates how to create a new customer via the Quickbooks REST API.Chilkat VBScript Downloads
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)
success = 0
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' First get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
set jsonToken = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")
set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")
' Connect to the REST server.
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
set sbAuth = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
success = sbAuth.Append(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))
rest.Authorization = sbAuth.GetAsString()
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Note: The above code to setup the initial REST connection
' can be done once. After connecting, any number of REST calls can be made.
' If the connection is lost, the next REST method call will automatically
' reconnect if needed.
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Create the following JSON:
' {
' "FullyQualifiedName": "King Groceries",
' "PrimaryEmailAddr": {
' "Address": "jdrew@myemail.com"
' },
' "DisplayName": "King's Groceries",
' "Suffix": "Jr",
' "Title": "Mr",
' "MiddleName": "B",
' "Notes": "Here are other details.",
' "FamilyName": "King",
' "PrimaryPhone": {
' "FreeFormNumber": "(555) 555-5555"
' },
' "CompanyName": "King Groceries",
' "BillAddr": {
' "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
' "City": "Mountain View",
' "PostalCode": "94042",
' "Line1": "123 Main Street",
' "Country": "USA"
' },
' "GivenName": "James"
' }
'
' Use the this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON:
' Generate Code to Create JSON
set jsonReq = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("FullyQualifiedName","King Groceries")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("PrimaryEmailAddr.Address","jdrew@myemail.com")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("DisplayName","King's Groceries")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("Suffix","Jr")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("Title","Mr")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("MiddleName","B")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("Notes","Here are other details.")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("FamilyName","King")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber","(555) 555-5555")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("CompanyName","King Groceries")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode","CA")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.City","Mountain View")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.PostalCode","94042")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.Line1","123 Main Street")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("BillAddr.Country","USA")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("GivenName","James")
set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = jsonReq.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
success = rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
rest.AllowHeaderFolding = 0
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/v3/company/<realmID>/customer",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
' Success is indicated by a 200 response status code.
outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & respStatusCode)
set jsonResponse = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit())
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")
WScript.Quit
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
' {
' "Customer": {
' "domain": "QBO",
' "PrimaryEmailAddr": {
' "Address": "jdrew@myemail.com"
' },
' "DisplayName": "King's Groceries",
' "CurrencyRef": {
' "name": "United States Dollar",
' "value": "USD"
' },
' "DefaultTaxCodeRef": {
' "value": "2"
' },
' "PreferredDeliveryMethod": "Print",
' "GivenName": "James",
' "FullyQualifiedName": "King's Groceries",
' "BillWithParent": false,
' "Title": "Mr",
' "Job": false,
' "BalanceWithJobs": 0,
' "PrimaryPhone": {
' "FreeFormNumber": "(555) 555-5555"
' },
' "Taxable": true,
' "MetaData": {
' "CreateTime": "2015-07-23T10:58:12-07:00",
' "LastUpdatedTime": "2015-07-23T10:58:12-07:00"
' },
' "BillAddr": {
' "City": "Mountain View",
' "Country": "USA",
' "Line1": "123 Main Street",
' "PostalCode": "94042",
' "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
' "Id": "112"
' },
' "MiddleName": "B",
' "Notes": "Here are other details.",
' "Active": true,
' "Balance": 0,
' "SyncToken": "0",
' "Suffix": "Jr",
' "CompanyName": "King Groceries",
' "FamilyName": "King",
' "PrintOnCheckName": "King Groceries",
' "sparse": false,
' "Id": "67"
' },
' "time": "2015-07-23T10:58:12.099-07:00"
' }
'
CustomerDomain = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.domain")
CustomerPrimaryEmailAddrAddress = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PrimaryEmailAddr.Address")
CustomerDisplayName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.DisplayName")
CustomerCurrencyRefName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.CurrencyRef.name")
CustomerCurrencyRefValue = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.CurrencyRef.value")
CustomerDefaultTaxCodeRefValue = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.DefaultTaxCodeRef.value")
CustomerPreferredDeliveryMethod = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PreferredDeliveryMethod")
CustomerGivenName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.GivenName")
CustomerFullyQualifiedName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.FullyQualifiedName")
CustomerBillWithParent = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.BillWithParent")
CustomerTitle = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Title")
CustomerJob = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.Job")
CustomerBalanceWithJobs = jsonResponse.IntOf("Customer.BalanceWithJobs")
CustomerPrimaryPhoneFreeFormNumber = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber")
CustomerTaxable = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.Taxable")
CustomerMetaDataCreateTime = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.MetaData.CreateTime")
CustomerMetaDataLastUpdatedTime = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.MetaData.LastUpdatedTime")
CustomerBillAddrCity = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.City")
CustomerBillAddrCountry = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.Country")
CustomerBillAddrLine1 = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.Line1")
CustomerBillAddrPostalCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.PostalCode")
CustomerBillAddrCountrySubDivisionCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode")
CustomerBillAddrId = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.BillAddr.Id")
CustomerMiddleName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.MiddleName")
CustomerNotes = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Notes")
CustomerActive = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.Active")
CustomerBalance = jsonResponse.IntOf("Customer.Balance")
CustomerSyncToken = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.SyncToken")
CustomerSuffix = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Suffix")
CustomerCompanyName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.CompanyName")
CustomerFamilyName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.FamilyName")
CustomerPrintOnCheckName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.PrintOnCheckName")
CustomerSparse = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Customer.sparse")
CustomerId = jsonResponse.StringOf("Customer.Id")
time = jsonResponse.StringOf("time")
outFile.Close