Classic ASP / New FreshBooks / Create Prepayment Credit
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "credit_note": {
' "credit_number": "0000070",
' "currency_code": "CAD",
' "create_date": "2020-07-31",
' "notes": "Thank you for paying ahead of time",
' "credit_type": "prepayment",
' "terms": "Will be applied to future invoice",
' "lines": [
' {
' "name": "Credit",
' "description": "PrePayment for work",
' "taxName1": null,
' "taxAmount1": null,
' "taxName2": null,
' "taxAmount2": null,
' "compounded_tax": false,
' "qty": 1,
' "unit_cost": {
' "amount": "200",
' "code": "CAD"
' },
' "credit_note": null
' }
' ],
' "clientid": 123
' }
' }
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.credit_number","0000070")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.currency_code","CAD")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.create_date","2020-07-31")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.notes","Thank you for paying ahead of time")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.credit_type","prepayment")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.terms","Will be applied to future invoice")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].name","Credit")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].description","PrePayment for work")
success = json.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].taxName1")
success = json.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].taxAmount1")
success = json.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].taxName2")
success = json.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].taxAmount2")
success = json.UpdateBool("credit_note.lines[0].compounded_tax",0)
success = json.UpdateInt("credit_note.lines[0].qty",1)
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].unit_cost.amount","200")
success = json.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].unit_cost.code","CAD")
success = json.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].credit_note")
success = json.UpdateInt("credit_note.clientid",123)
http.SetRequestHeader "Authorization","Bearer"
' resp is a Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/E86Qp/credit_notes/credit_notes","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
%>
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Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Authorization: Bearer "
-d '{
"credit_note": {
"credit_number": "0000070",
"currency_code": "CAD",
"create_date": "2020-07-31",
"notes": "Thank you for paying ahead of time",
"credit_type": "prepayment",
"terms": "Will be applied to future invoice",
"lines": [
{
"name": "Credit",
"description": "PrePayment for work",
"taxName1": null,
"taxAmount1": null,
"taxName2": null,
"taxAmount2": null,
"compounded_tax": false,
"qty": 1,
"unit_cost": {
"amount": "200",
"code": "CAD"
},
"credit_note": null
}
],
"clientid": {{clientId}}
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/E86Qp/credit_notes/credit_notes
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Prepayment Credit",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "Bearer ",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"credit_note\": {\n \"credit_number\": \"0000070\",\n \"currency_code\": \"CAD\",\n \"create_date\": \"2020-07-31\",\n \"notes\": \"Thank you for paying ahead of time\",\n \"credit_type\": \"prepayment\",\n \"terms\": \"Will be applied to future invoice\",\n \"lines\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"Credit\",\n \"description\": \"PrePayment for work\",\n \"taxName1\": null,\n \"taxAmount1\": null,\n \"taxName2\": null,\n \"taxAmount2\": null,\n \"compounded_tax\": false,\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"200\",\n \"code\": \"CAD\"\n },\n \"credit_note\": null\n }\n ],\n \"clientid\": {{clientId}}\n }\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/E86Qp/credit_notes/credit_notes",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"E86Qp",
"credit_notes",
"credit_notes"
]
}
},
"response": [
]
}
