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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/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",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)

// {
//   "meta": {
//     "sort": [
//     ],
//     "total": 5,
//     "per_page": 30,
//     "page": 1,
//     "pages": 1
//   },
//   "projects": [
//     {
//       "id": 2980878,
//       "title": "K2 Hiking Guide",
//       "description": null,
//       "due_date": "2019-04-20",
//       "client_id": 31006,
//       "internal": false,
//       "budget": null,
//       "fixed_price": "2000.00",
//       "rate": null,
//       "billing_method": null,
//       "project_type": "fixed_price",
//       "active": true,
//       "complete": false,
//       "sample": false,
//       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:25:00",
//       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T19:50:26",
//       "logged_duration": null,
//       "services": [
//       ],
//       "billed_amount": "0.00",
//       "billed_status": "unbilled",
//       "group_id": 4951020
//     },
//     {
//       "id": 2980874,
//       "title": "Applachian Hiking Guide",
//       "description": null,
//       "due_date": "2019-05-20",
//       "client_id": 31006,
//       "internal": false,
//       "budget": null,
//       "fixed_price": "1000.00",
//       "rate": null,
//       "billing_method": null,
//       "project_type": "fixed_price",
//       "active": true,
//       "complete": false,
//       "sample": false,
//       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:43",
//       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:43",
//       "logged_duration": null,
//       "services": [
//       ],
//       "billed_amount": "0.00",
//       "billed_status": "unbilled",
//       "group_id": 4951012
//     },
//     {
//       "id": 2980872,
//       "title": "Applachian Hiking Guide",
//       "description": null,
//       "due_date": "2019-05-20",
//       "client_id": 31006,
//       "internal": false,
//       "budget": null,
//       "fixed_price": "1000.00",
//       "rate": null,
//       "billing_method": null,
//       "project_type": "fixed_price",
//       "active": true,
//       "complete": false,
//       "sample": false,
//       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:06",
//       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:06",
//       "logged_duration": null,
//       "services": [
//       ],
//       "billed_amount": "0.00",
//       "billed_status": "unbilled",
//       "group_id": 4951006
//     },
//     {
//       "id": 2980870,
//       "title": "Hiking Guide",
//       "description": null,
//       "due_date": "2019-05-20",
//       "client_id": 31006,
//       "internal": false,
//       "budget": null,
//       "fixed_price": "500.00",
//       "rate": null,
//       "billing_method": null,
//       "project_type": "fixed_price",
//       "active": true,
//       "complete": false,
//       "sample": false,
//       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:21:11",
//       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T18:21:11",
//       "logged_duration": null,
//       "services": [
//       ],
//       "billed_amount": "0.00",
//       "billed_status": "unbilled",
//       "group_id": 4951004
//     },
//     {
//       "id": 2976412,
//       "title": "Very Custom Computer thing",
//       "description": null,
//       "due_date": null,
//       "client_id": 31006,
//       "internal": false,
//       "budget": null,
//       "fixed_price": null,
//       "rate": null,
//       "billing_method": "project_rate",
//       "project_type": "fixed_price",
//       "active": true,
//       "complete": false,
//       "sample": false,
//       "created_at": "2019-04-18T13:43:31",
//       "updated_at": "2019-04-18T13:43:31",
//       "logged_duration": null,
//       "services": [
//         {
//           "business_id": 1966214,
//           "id": 3575792,
//           "name": "Computer Hardware",
//           "billable": true,
//           "vis_state": 0
//         }
//       ],
//       "billed_amount": "0.00",
//       "billed_status": "unbilled",
//       "group_id": 4942784
//     }
//   ]
// }

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

int id;
string title;
string description;
string due_date;
int client_id;
bool internal;
string budget;
string fixed_price;
string rate;
string billing_method;
string project_type;
bool active;
bool complete;
bool sample;
string created_at;
string updated_at;
string logged_duration;
string billed_amount;
string billed_status;
int group_id;
int j;
int count_j;
int business_id;
string name;
bool billable;
int vis_state;

int Total = jResp.IntOf("meta.total");
int Per_page = jResp.IntOf("meta.per_page");
int Page = jResp.IntOf("meta.page");
int Pages = jResp.IntOf("meta.pages");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("meta.sort");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("projects");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].id");
    title = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].title");
    description = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].description");
    due_date = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].due_date");
    client_id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].client_id");
    internal = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].internal");
    budget = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].budget");
    fixed_price = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].fixed_price");
    rate = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].rate");
    billing_method = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].billing_method");
    project_type = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].project_type");
    active = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].active");
    complete = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].complete");
    sample = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].sample");
    created_at = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].created_at");
    updated_at = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].updated_at");
    logged_duration = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].logged_duration");
    billed_amount = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].billed_amount");
    billed_status = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].billed_status");
    group_id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].group_id");
    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("projects[i].services");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        business_id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].services[j].business_id");
        id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].services[j].id");
        name = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].services[j].name");
        billable = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].services[j].billable");
        vis_state = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].services[j].vis_state");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Projects",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
          "pm.environment.set(\"projectId\", jsonData.projects[0].id);"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "projects",
        "business",
        "{{businessId}}",
        "projects"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Remember to remove `Content-Type` headers when making a GET call on projects and time-tracking."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Projects",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "projects",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "projects"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/vnd.api+json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Version",
          "value": "1904.24.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEkINUgdbTEccQQBKDkQTUAdeRkUODAZbR0NGTVIbARlWUgYBA1FfVVADUA5SDAEMHh5UFUMAVVdUUA9VWAUCD1IIUlhQFR1RBwhCU24="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:24:44 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "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": "2629"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:24:44 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": "Country",
          "value": "CA"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"meta\": {\n        \"sort\": [],\n        \"total\": 5,\n        \"per_page\": 30,\n        \"page\": 1,\n        \"pages\": 1\n    },\n    \"projects\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980878,\n            \"title\": \"K2 Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-04-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"2000.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:25:00\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T19:50:26\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951020\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980874,\n            \"title\": \"Applachian Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-05-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"1000.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:43\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:43\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951012\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980872,\n            \"title\": \"Applachian Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-05-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"1000.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:06\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:06\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951006\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980870,\n            \"title\": \"Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-05-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"500.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:21:11\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:21:11\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951004\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2976412,\n            \"title\": \"Very Custom Computer thing\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": null,\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": null,\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": \"project_rate\",\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18T13:43:31\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18T13:43:31\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [\n                {\n                    \"business_id\": 1966214,\n                    \"id\": 3575792,\n                    \"name\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4942784\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}