Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+
Xbase++
QuickBooks - Query Employees
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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks employee data.Chilkat Xbase++ Downloads
LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oSbAuth
LOCAL cQuery
LOCAL cResponseBody
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oDtime
LOCAL nBLocalTime
LOCAL oDt
LOCAL nNumRecords
LOCAL i
LOCAL oSTab
LOCAL cYear
LOCAL cMonth
LOCAL cDay
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
cQuery := "select * from Employee"
oRest:AddQueryParam("query", cQuery)
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
// 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
// Load the JSON response into a JSON object for parsing.
// A sample JSON response is shown below.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:Load(cResponseBody)
// Show the full JSON response.
oJson:EmitCompact := 0
? oJson:Emit()
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
oDtime := CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
nBLocalTime := 1
oDt := CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")
// Iterate over each account returned.
nNumRecords := oJson:SizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Employee")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < nNumRecords
oJson:I := i
? "DisplayName: " + oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].DisplayName")
? "Id: " + oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Id")
? "Active: " + Str(oJson:BoolOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].Active"))
// Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
oDtime:SetFromTimestamp(oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].MetaData.CreateTime"))
oDtime:ToDtObj(nBLocalTime, oDt)
? Str(oDt:Month) + "/" + Str(oDt:Day) + "/" + Str(oDt:Year) + " " + Str(oDt:Hour) + ":" + Str(oDt:Minute)
// The the birth year, month, and day, if it exists.
// The BirthDate contains something like this: "1985-09-11"
IF (oJson:HasMember("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate") == 1)
oSTab := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringTable")
oSTab:SplitAndAppend(oJson:StringOf("QueryResponse.Employee[i].BirthDate"), "-", 1, 1)
cYear := oSTab:StringAt(0)
cMonth := oSTab:StringAt(1)
cDay := oSTab:StringAt(2)
? "BirthDate: " + cMonth + "/" + cDay + "/" + cYear
ENDIF
? "----"
i := i + 1
ENDDO
? "Success."
// ------------------------------------------------------
// The JSON response looks like this:
// {
// "QueryResponse": {
// "Employee": [
// {
// "BillableTime": false,
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "55",
// "SyncToken": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:48-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "Emily",
// "FamilyName": "Platt",
// "DisplayName": "Emily Platt",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "Emily Platt",
// "Active": true
// },
// {
// "BillableTime": false,
// "BirthDate": "1985-09-11",
// "HiredDate": "2016-08-17",
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "54",
// "SyncToken": "1",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-09-15T11:21:28-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-15T11:46:26-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "John",
// "FamilyName": "Johnson",
// "DisplayName": "John Johnson",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "John Johnson",
// "Active": true,
// "PrimaryPhone": {
// "FreeFormNumber": "(540) 555-9645"
// }
// },
// {
// "SSN": "XXX-XX-XXXX",
// "PrimaryAddr": {
// "Id": "98",
// "Line1": "45 N. Elm Street",
// "City": "Middlefield",
// "CountrySubDivisionCode": "CA",
// "PostalCode": "93242"
// },
// "BillableTime": false,
// "domain": "QBO",
// "sparse": false,
// "Id": "60",
// "SyncToken": "0",
// "MetaData": {
// "CreateTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00",
// "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-25T14:08:18-07:00"
// },
// "GivenName": "John",
// "FamilyName": "Meuller",
// "DisplayName": "John Meuller",
// "PrintOnCheckName": "John Meuller",
// "Active": true,
// "PrimaryPhone": {
// "FreeFormNumber": "408-525-1234"
// }
// }
// ],
// "startPosition": 1,
// "maxResults": 3
// },
// "time": "2016-10-25T14:18:38.487-07:00"
// }
oJsonToken:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oDtime:destroy()
oDt:destroy()
oSTab:destroy()