(Xojo Plugin) JSON FindRecordString Example

Demonstrates the FindRecordString method for searching an array of JSON records. The data used in this example is available at JSON sample data for FindRecordString.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

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// Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject

Dim success As Boolean
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/qb_accounts.json")

// A sample of the content of qb_accounts.json is shown at the bottom of this example.
// The idea of FindRecordString is to search for a record matching one field,
// and then return the value of another field.

// For example, we want to find the "Id" for the record where Name = Advertising

Dim arrayPath As String
arrayPath = "QueryResponse.Account"
Dim relativePath As String
relativePath = "Name"
Dim value As String
value = "Advertising"
Dim caseSensitive As Boolean
caseSensitive = True
Dim retRelPath As String
retRelPath = "Id"

Dim id As String
id = json.FindRecordString(arrayPath,relativePath,value,caseSensitive,retRelPath)
If (json.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("Record not found.")
    Return
End If

// The Id should be 7.
System.DebugLog("The Id of the Advertising account is " + id)

// -----------------------------------------------------------------
// qb_accounts.json contains this data
// 
// {
//   "QueryResponse": {
//     "Account": [
//       {
//         "Name": "Accounts Payable (A/P)",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "Description": "Description added during update.",
//         "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": "1",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-10T10:12:02-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-10-24T16:41:39-07:00"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "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"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "Name": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "FullyQualifiedName": "Arizona Dept. of Revenue Payable",
//         "Active": true,
//         "Classification": "Liability",
//         "AccountType": "Other Current Liability",
//         "AccountSubType": "GlobalTaxPayable",
//         "CurrentBalance": 0,
//         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
//         "CurrencyRef": {
//           "value": "USD",
//           "name": "United States Dollar"
//         },
//         "domain": "QBO",
//         "sparse": false,
//         "Id": "89",
//         "SyncToken": "0",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-16T12:17:04-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-17T13:05:01-07:00"
//         }
//       },
//       {
//         "Name": "Automobile",
//         "SubAccount": false,
//         "FullyQualifiedName": "Automobile",
//         "Active": true,
//         "Classification": "Expense",
//         "AccountType": "Expense",
//         "AccountSubType": "Auto",
//         "CurrentBalance": 0,
//         "CurrentBalanceWithSubAccounts": 0,
//         "CurrencyRef": {
//           "value": "USD",
//           "name": "United States Dollar"
//         },
//         "domain": "QBO",
//         "sparse": false,
//         "Id": "55",
//         "SyncToken": "0",
//         "MetaData": {
//           "CreateTime": "2016-09-14T10:15:53-07:00",
//           "LastUpdatedTime": "2016-09-14T10:16:05-07:00"
//         }
//       },
// ...
//