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Classic ASP / New FreshBooks / Edit Secondary Contact ID

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<html>
<head>
<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.

' {
'   "contact": {
'     "email": "secondary@emailaddress.com",
'     "fname": "FirstName",
'     "lname": "LastName",
'     "phone1": ""
'   }
' }

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("contact.email","secondary@emailaddress.com")
success = json.UpdateString("contact.fname","FirstName")
success = json.UpdateString("contact.lname","LastName")
success = json.UpdateString("contact.phone1","")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"

set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

' resp is a Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/users/contacts/{{contactid}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
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 PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "contact": {
        "email": "secondary@emailaddress.com",
        "fname": "FirstName",
        "lname": "LastName",
        "phone1": ""
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/users/contacts/{{contactid}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Edit Secondary Contact ID",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"contact\": {\n        \"email\": \"secondary@emailaddress.com\",\n        \"fname\": \"FirstName\",\n        \"lname\": \"LastName\",\n        \"phone1\": \"\"\n    }\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/users/contacts/{{contactid}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountid}}",
        "users",
        "contacts",
        "{{contactid}}"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Allows you to edit a specific secondary contact"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}