(Xojo Plugin) Xero Update Account Details

Update some details of an account in a Xero company (Accounting API)

For more information, see https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/accounts#POST

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// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
Dim success As Boolean
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/xero-access-token.json")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

// Replace the value here with an actual tenant ID obtained from this example:
// Get Xero Tenant IDs
http.SetRequestHeader "Xero-tenant-id","83299b9e-5747-4a14-a18a-a6c94f824eb7"

http.Accept = "application/json"

// The following JSON is sent in the request body:

// {
//   "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
//   "Name": "Sales account",
//   "Type": "REVENUE",
//   "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
//   "Description": "Income from any normal business trading activity",
//   "EnablePaymentsToAccount": "false",
//   "ShowInExpenseClaims": "false"
// }

// Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Code to Create JSON

Dim jsonRequestBody As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("AccountID","54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Name","Sales account")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Type","REVENUE")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("TaxType","OUTPUT")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("Description","Income from any normal business trading activity")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("EnablePaymentsToAccount","false")
success = jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("ShowInExpenseClaims","false")

Dim url As String
url = "https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Accounts/54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0"

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.PText("POST",url,jsonRequestBody.Emit(),"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Response Status Code: " + Str(resp.StatusCode))

Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jsonResponse.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog(jsonResponse.Emit())

If (resp.StatusCode >= 300) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")

    Return
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

// {
//   "Id": "430e92a8-de02-41d5-a00e-3ef899188aea",
//   "Status": "OK",
//   "ProviderName": "Chilkat2222",
//   "DateTimeUTC": "\/Date(1587162517005)\/",
//   "Accounts": [
//     {
//       "AccountID": "54ddab14-4a8d-45cf-86be-076c99a0cea0",
//       "Code": "201",
//       "Name": "Sales account",
//       "Status": "ACTIVE",
//       "Type": "REVENUE",
//       "TaxType": "OUTPUT",
//       "Description": "Income from any normal business trading activity",
//       "Class": "REVENUE",
//       "EnablePaymentsToAccount": false,
//       "ShowInExpenseClaims": false,
//       "ReportingCode": "REV",
//       "ReportingCodeName": "Revenue",
//       "UpdatedDateUTC": "\/Date(1587162517090+0000)\/",
//       "AddToWatchlist": false
//     }
//   ]
// }
// 

Dim AccountID As String
Dim Code As String
Dim Name As String
Dim Type As String
Dim TaxType As String
Dim Description As String
Dim Class As String
Dim EnablePaymentsToAccount As Boolean
Dim ShowInExpenseClaims As Boolean
Dim ReportingCode As String
Dim ReportingCodeName As String
Dim UpdatedDateUTC As String
Dim AddToWatchlist As Boolean

Dim Id As String
Id = jsonResponse.StringOf("Id")
Dim Status As String
Status = jsonResponse.StringOf("Status")
Dim ProviderName As String
ProviderName = jsonResponse.StringOf("ProviderName")
Dim DateTimeUTC As String
DateTimeUTC = jsonResponse.StringOf("DateTimeUTC")
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
Dim count_i As Int32
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("Accounts")
While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    AccountID = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].AccountID")
    Code = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Code")
    Name = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Name")
    Status = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Status")
    Type = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Type")
    TaxType = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].TaxType")
    Description = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Description")
    Class = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].Class")
    EnablePaymentsToAccount = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].EnablePaymentsToAccount")
    ShowInExpenseClaims = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].ShowInExpenseClaims")
    ReportingCode = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCode")
    ReportingCodeName = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].ReportingCodeName")
    UpdatedDateUTC = jsonResponse.StringOf("Accounts[i].UpdatedDateUTC")
    AddToWatchlist = jsonResponse.BoolOf("Accounts[i].AddToWatchlist")
    i = i + 1
Wend