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Foxpro / New FreshBooks / Update Credit Note

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loResp

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

loHttp = 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": "0000066",
*     "currency_code": "CAD",
*     "create_date": "2020-08-04",
*     "notes": "",
*     "credit_type": "goodwill",
*     "terms": null,
*     "language": "en",
*     "lines": [
*       {
*         "id": "20405-1",
*         "name": "Credit",
*         "description": "Free Voucher",
*         "taxName1": null,
*         "taxAmount1": 0,
*         "taxName2": null,
*         "taxAmount2": 0,
*         "compounded_tax": false,
*         "qty": 1,
*         "unit_cost": {
*           "amount": "50",
*           "code": "CAD"
*         }
*       },
*       {
*         "name": "Credit",
*         "description": "More voucher",
*         "taxName1": null,
*         "taxAmount1": null,
*         "taxName2": null,
*         "taxAmount2": null,
*         "compounded_tax": false,
*         "qty": 1,
*         "unit_cost": {
*           "amount": "100",
*           "code": "CAD"
*         }
*       }
*     ],
*     "clientid": 123
*   }
* }

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.credit_number","0000066")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.currency_code","CAD")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.create_date","2020-08-04")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.notes","")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.credit_type","goodwill")
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.terms")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.language","en")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].id","20405-1")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].name","Credit")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].description","Free Voucher")
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].taxName1")
loJson.UpdateInt("credit_note.lines[0].taxAmount1",0)
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[0].taxName2")
loJson.UpdateInt("credit_note.lines[0].taxAmount2",0)
loJson.UpdateBool("credit_note.lines[0].compounded_tax",0)
loJson.UpdateInt("credit_note.lines[0].qty",1)
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].unit_cost.amount","50")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[0].unit_cost.code","CAD")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[1].name","Credit")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[1].description","More voucher")
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[1].taxName1")
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[1].taxAmount1")
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[1].taxName2")
loJson.UpdateNull("credit_note.lines[1].taxAmount2")
loJson.UpdateBool("credit_note.lines[1].compounded_tax",0)
loJson.UpdateInt("credit_note.lines[1].qty",1)
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[1].unit_cost.amount","100")
loJson.UpdateString("credit_note.lines[1].unit_cost.code","CAD")
loJson.UpdateInt("credit_note.clientid",123)

* Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)

loResp = loHttp.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/credit_notes/credit_notes/{{creditnote}}",loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? STR(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr
RELEASE loResp

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbRequestBody

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
    "credit_note": {
        "credit_number": "0000066",
        "currency_code": "CAD",
        "create_date": "2020-08-04",
        "notes": "",
        "credit_type": "goodwill",
        "terms": null,
        "language": "en",
        "lines": [
            {
                "id": "20405-1",
                "name": "Credit",
                "description": "Free Voucher",
                "taxName1": null,
                "taxAmount1": 0,
                "taxName2": null,
                "taxAmount2": 0,
                "compounded_tax": false,
                "qty": 1,
                "unit_cost": {
                    "amount": "50",
                    "code": "CAD"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "Credit",
                "description": "More voucher",
                "taxName1": null,
                "taxAmount1": null,
                "taxName2": null,
                "taxAmount2": null,
                "compounded_tax": false,
                "qty": 1,
                "unit_cost": {
                    "amount": "100",
                    "code": "CAD"
                }
            }
        ],
        "clientid": {{clientId}}
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/credit_notes/credit_notes/{{creditnote}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Update Credit Note",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"credit_note\": {\n        \"credit_number\": \"0000066\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"CAD\",\n        \"create_date\": \"2020-08-04\",\n        \"notes\": \"\",\n        \"credit_type\": \"goodwill\",\n        \"terms\": null,\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"lines\": [\n            {\n                \"id\": \"20405-1\",\n                \"name\": \"Credit\",\n                \"description\": \"Free Voucher\",\n                \"taxName1\": null,\n                \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n                \"taxName2\": null,\n                \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n                \"compounded_tax\": false,\n                \"qty\": 1,\n                \"unit_cost\": {\n                    \"amount\": \"50\",\n                    \"code\": \"CAD\"\n                }\n            },\n            {\n                \"name\": \"Credit\",\n                \"description\": \"More voucher\",\n                \"taxName1\": null,\n                \"taxAmount1\": null,\n                \"taxName2\": null,\n                \"taxAmount2\": null,\n                \"compounded_tax\": false,\n                \"qty\": 1,\n                \"unit_cost\": {\n                    \"amount\": \"100\",\n                    \"code\": \"CAD\"\n                }\n            }\n        ],\n        \"clientid\": {{clientId}}\n    }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/credit_notes/credit_notes/{{creditnote}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountid}}",
        "credit_notes",
        "credit_notes",
        "{{creditnote}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}