Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Xbase++
QuickBooks - Query an Account
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.Chilkat Xbase++ Downloads
LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oSbAuth
LOCAL cResponseBody
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oDtime
LOCAL nBLocalTime
LOCAL oDt
LOCAL nNumAccounts
LOCAL i
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 == 0)
? 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()
oRest:AddHeader("Accept", "application/json")
oRest:AllowHeaderFolding := 0
// Add a SELECT statement
oRest:AddQueryParam("query", "select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'")
oRest:AddQueryParam("minorversion", "45")
// The company ID is 123146096291789
cResponseBody := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
? oRest:LastErrorText
oJsonToken:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
oRest:ClearAllQueryParams()
// 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()
RETURN
ENDIF
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:Load(cResponseBody)
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
oDtime := CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
nBLocalTime := 1
oDt := CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")
// Iterate over each account returned.
nNumAccounts := oJson:SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < nNumAccounts
oJson:I := i
? "Name: " + oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Name")
? "Id: " + oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].Id")
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
oDtime:SetFromTimestamp(oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
oDtime:ToDtObj(nBLocalTime, oDt)
? Str(oDt:Month) + "/" + Str(oDt:Day) + "/" + Str(oDt:Year) + " " + Str(oDt:Hour) + ":" + Str(oDt:Minute)
? "----"
i := i + 1
ENDDO
? "Success."
// ------------------------------------------------------
// The JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "QueryResponse": {
// "Account": [
// {
// "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
// "SubAccount": false,
// "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": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:10:36-07:00"
// }
// },
// {
// "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"
// }
// },
// ...
// "time": "2016-10-24T15:35:25.067-07:00"
// }
oJsonToken:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oDtime:destroy()
oDt:destroy()