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QuickBooks - Create an Employee

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

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oSbAuth
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL cResponseBody
LOCAL oJsonResponse

nSuccess := 0

//  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"
//  }

oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json")

oRest := CreateObject("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.
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, 1, nBAutoReconnect)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oSbAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbAuth:Append("Bearer ")
oSbAuth:Append(oJsonToken:StringOf("access_token"))
oRest:Authorization := oSbAuth: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"
//    }
//  }
//  
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("SSN", "444-55-6666")
oJson:UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Id", "50")
oJson:UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.Line1", "45 N. Elm Street")
oJson:UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.City", "Middlefield")
oJson:UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.CountrySubDivisionCode", "CA")
oJson:UpdateString("PrimaryAddr.PostalCode", "93242")
oJson:UpdateString("GivenName", "John")
oJson:UpdateString("FamilyName", "Meuller")
oJson:UpdateString("PrimaryPhone.FreeFormNumber", "408-525-1234")

oRest:AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
oRest:AddHeader("Accept", "application/json")
oRest:AllowHeaderFolding := 0

//  The company ID is 123146096291789
cResponseBody := oRest:FullRequestString("POST", "/v3/company/123146096291789/employee?minorversion=45", oJson:Emit())
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oSbAuth:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  We should expect a 200 response if successful.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "Request Header: "
    ? oRest:LastRequestHeader
    ? "----"
    ? "Response StatusCode = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "Response StatusLine: " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? cResponseBody
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oSbAuth:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oJsonResponse := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJsonResponse:Load(cResponseBody)
oJsonResponse:EmitCompact := 0
? oJsonResponse:Emit()
? "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"
//  }
//

oJsonToken:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oJsonResponse:destroy()