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import sys
import chilkat2

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

http = chilkat2.Http()

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

sbResponseBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",sbResponseBody)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

jResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(http.LastHeader)
    print("Failed.")
    sys.exit()

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "response": {
#     "result": {
#       "page": 1,
#       "pages": 1,
#       "per_page": 15,
#       "tasks": [
#         {
#           "billable": true,
#           "description": "",
#           "id": 55226,
#           "name": "Computer Hardware",
#           "rate": {
#             "amount": "0.00",
#             "code": "USD"
#           },
#           "taskid": 55226,
#           "tax1": 0,
#           "tax2": 0,
#           "tdesc": "",
#           "tname": "Computer Hardware",
#           "updated": "2019-04-18 09:14:53",
#           "vis_state": 0
#         },
#         {
#           "billable": true,
#           "description": "Specific consulting services for a specific reason",
#           "id": 70986,
#           "name": "Consulting",
#           "rate": {
#             "amount": "45.00",
#             "code": "USD"
#           },
#           "taskid": 70986,
#           "tax1": 0,
#           "tax2": 0,
#           "tdesc": "Specific consulting services for a specific reason",
#           "tname": "Consulting",
#           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:47:22",
#           "vis_state": 0
#         },
#         {
#           "billable": true,
#           "description": "Specific contracting services for a specific reason",
#           "id": 70988,
#           "name": "Contracting",
#           "rate": {
#             "amount": "45.00",
#             "code": "USD"
#           },
#           "taskid": 70988,
#           "tax1": 0,
#           "tax2": 0,
#           "tdesc": "Specific contracting services for a specific reason",
#           "tname": "Contracting",
#           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:48:11",
#           "vis_state": 0
#         },
#         {
#           "billable": true,
#           "description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
#           "id": 70992,
#           "name": "Saving Planet",
#           "rate": {
#             "amount": "1000.00",
#             "code": "USD"
#           },
#           "taskid": 70992,
#           "tax1": 0,
#           "tax2": 0,
#           "tdesc": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
#           "tname": "Saving Planet",
#           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:50:57",
#           "vis_state": 0
#         }
#       ],
#       "total": 4
#     }
#   }
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

Page = jResp.IntOf("response.result.page")
Pages = jResp.IntOf("response.result.pages")
Per_page = jResp.IntOf("response.result.per_page")
Total = jResp.IntOf("response.result.total")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.tasks")
while i < count_i :
    jResp.I = i
    billable = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.tasks[i].billable")
    description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].description")
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].id")
    name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].name")
    Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].rate.amount")
    Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].rate.code")
    taskid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].taskid")
    tax1 = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].tax1")
    tax2 = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].tax2")
    tdesc = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].tdesc")
    tname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].tname")
    updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].updated")
    vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].vis_state")
    i = i + 1

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Tasks",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"taskId\", jsonData.response.result.tasks[0].taskid);"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks\n",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "projects",
        "tasks\n"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Tasks",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "projects",
            "tasks"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gUQ1lZBwUXEQoWWRFTSxYeA0kJTwBTAlRcAwVXUFcBBwdRUVsPHRpXSBNVBgZUBVtWVltbCl5QCwVcG01XAF8RAWs="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:38:47 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 varnish"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Age",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Age",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:38:48 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17369-MDW"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache",
          "value": "MISS"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache-Hits",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Country",
          "value": "CA"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"response\": {\n        \"result\": {\n            \"page\": 1,\n            \"pages\": 1,\n            \"per_page\": 15,\n            \"tasks\": [\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"\",\n                    \"id\": 55226,\n                    \"name\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 55226,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:53\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Specific consulting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"id\": 70986,\n                    \"name\": \"Consulting\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"45.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70986,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Specific consulting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Consulting\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:47:22\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Specific contracting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"id\": 70988,\n                    \"name\": \"Contracting\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"45.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70988,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Specific contracting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Contracting\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:48:11\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n                    \"id\": 70992,\n                    \"name\": \"Saving Planet\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"1000.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70992,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Saving Planet\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:50:57\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"total\": 4\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}