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QuickBooks - Query an Account

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Demonstrates how to query the QuickBooks chart of accounts.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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"
    // }

    const json_token = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_token.deinit();
    try json_token.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/qb-access-token.json");

    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();

    // 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.
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    rest.connect("sandbox-quickbooks.api.intuit.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const sb_auth = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_auth.deinit();
    sb_auth.append("Bearer ") catch {};
    sb_auth.append(try json_token.stringOf(alloc, "access_token")) catch {};
    rest.setAuthorization(try sb_auth.getAsString(alloc));

    rest.addHeader("Accept", "application/json") catch {};
    rest.setAllowHeaderFolding(false);

    // Add a SELECT statement
    rest.addQueryParam("query", "select * from Account where Metadata.CreateTime > '2014-12-31'") catch {};
    rest.addQueryParam("minorversion", "45") catch {};

    // The company ID is 123146096291789
    const response_body = rest.fullRequestNoBody(alloc, "GET", "/v3/company/123146096291789/query") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    rest.clearAllQueryParams() catch {};

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("Request Header: \n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastRequestHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("----\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("Response StatusCode = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("Response StatusLine: {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseStatusText(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Response Header:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{response_body});
        return;
    }

    // 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.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.load(response_body) catch {};

    // These will be used for parsing date/time strings..
    const dtime = try chilkat.DateTime.init();
    defer dtime.deinit();
    const b_local_time = true;
    const dt = try chilkat.DtObj.init();
    defer dt.deinit();

    // Iterate over each account returned.
    const num_accounts = json.sizeOfArray("QueryResponse.Account");
    var i: i32 = 0;
    while (i < num_accounts) {
        json.setI(i);
        std.debug.print("Name: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "QueryResponse.Account[i].Name")});
        std.debug.print("Id: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "QueryResponse.Account[i].Id")});

        // Load the CreateTime into a CkDateTime...
        dtime.setFromTimestamp(try json.stringOf(alloc, "QueryResponse.Account[i].MetaData.CreateTime")) catch {};
        dtime.toDtObj(b_local_time, dt);

        std.debug.print("{d}/{d}/{d}  {d}:{d}\n", .{ dt.getMonth(), dt.getDay(), dt.getYear(), dt.getHour(), dt.getMinute() });

        std.debug.print("----\n", .{});
        i = i + 1;
    }

    std.debug.print("Success.\n", .{});

    // ------------------------------------------------------
    // 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"
    // }
}