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C# / New FreshBooks / Single Retainer

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>";

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",sbResponseBody);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

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

// {
//   "retainer": {
//     "id": 2248,
//     "business_id": 1966214,
//     "system_id": 4236410,
//     "invoice_profile_id": null,
//     "client_user_id": 32046,
//     "start_date": "2019-06-03",
//     "next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
//     "fee": "500.00",
//     "excess_rate": "100.00",
//     "budgeted_time": 144000,
//     "active": true,
//     "created_at": "2019-06-03T15:42:49",
//     "updated_at": "2019-06-03T15:42:49"
//   }
// }

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

int Id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.id");
int Business_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.business_id");
int System_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.system_id");
string Invoice_profile_id = jResp.StringOf("retainer.invoice_profile_id");
int Client_user_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.client_user_id");
string Start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainer.start_date");
string Next_period_start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainer.next_period_start_date");
string Fee = jResp.StringOf("retainer.fee");
string Excess_rate = jResp.StringOf("retainer.excess_rate");
int Budgeted_time = jResp.IntOf("retainer.budgeted_time");
bool Active = jResp.BoolOf("retainer.active");
string Created_at = jResp.StringOf("retainer.created_at");
string Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("retainer.updated_at");

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Single Retainer",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "comments",
        "business",
        "{{businessId}}",
        "retainer",
        "{{retainerId}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get individual Retainer Retainer ID not found",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "comments",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "retainer",
            "{{retainerId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "NOT FOUND",
      "code": 404,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/vnd.api+json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Version",
          "value": "1905.33.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4AD1lAW0oAEkcLcQoFQl0dFRUEC28DSBIaFAQeA0sJUQNUBVNRAA5TV1AABQdVWVUCHRpXSBMOUlZWB1dSBFsHAVxVBlBcG01XAF8RAWs="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1559585801"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "60"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "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": "Content-Length",
          "value": "135"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:15:40 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17376-MDW"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache",
          "value": "MISS"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache-Hits",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Country",
          "value": "CA"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"message\": \"The requested URL was not found on the server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Get individual Retainer success",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "comments",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "retainer",
            "{{retainerId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/vnd.api+json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Version",
          "value": "1905.33.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlXUAkDAldRU1MCWwtbDA0HHh5UFUMIAAEEAlcOVQBWWlYGXFhTFR1RBwhCU24="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1559585733"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "55"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:14:37 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 varnish"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "350"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:14:37 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17376-MDW"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache",
          "value": "MISS"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache-Hits",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Country",
          "value": "CA"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"retainer\": {\n        \"id\": 2248,\n        \"business_id\": 1966214,\n        \"system_id\": 4236410,\n        \"invoice_profile_id\": null,\n        \"client_user_id\": 32046,\n        \"start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n        \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n        \"fee\": \"500.00\",\n        \"excess_rate\": \"100.00\",\n        \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n        \"active\": true,\n        \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T15:42:49\",\n        \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T15:42:49\"\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}