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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcCategory
LOCAL lnCategoryid
LOCAL lcCreated_at
LOCAL lnId
LOCAL lnIs_cogs
LOCAL lnIs_editable
LOCAL lnParentid
LOCAL lcUpdated_at
LOCAL lnVis_state
* 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.
* {
* "category": {
* "category": "catstuff2",
* "is_cogs": false,
* "is_editable": true,
* "parentid": 123,
* "subcategories": [
* ]
* }
* }
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("category.category","catstuff2")
loJson.UpdateBool("category.is_cogs",0)
loJson.UpdateBool("category.is_editable",1)
loJson.UpdateInt("category.parentid",123)
loJson.UpdateNewArray("category.subcategories")
* Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories","application/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
? loHttp.LastErrorText
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0
? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()
lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
? "Response Header:"
? loResp.Header
? "Failed."
RELEASE loResp
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
CANCEL
ENDIF
RELEASE loResp
* Sample JSON response:
* (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
* {
* "response": {
* "result": {
* "category": {
* "category": "catstuff",
* "categoryid": 5503992,
* "created_at": "2019-05-17 09:23:19",
* "id": 5503992,
* "is_cogs": false,
* "is_editable": true,
* "parentid": 2003142,
* "updated_at": "2019-05-17 09:23:19",
* "vis_state": 0
* }
* }
* }
* }
* Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
* Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
lcCategory = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.category.category")
lnCategoryid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.category.categoryid")
lcCreated_at = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.category.created_at")
lnId = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.category.id")
lnIs_cogs = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.category.is_cogs")
lnIs_editable = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.category.is_editable")
lnParentid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.category.parentid")
lcUpdated_at = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.category.updated_at")
lnVis_state = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.category.vis_state")
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"category": {
"category": "catstuff2",
"is_cogs": false,
"is_editable": true,
"parentid": {{parentCategoryId}},
"subcategories": []
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Custom Expense Category",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"catstuff2\",\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": {{parentCategoryId}},\n \"subcategories\": []\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories"
]
},
"description": "Custome expense categories require a parent category ID. Please make a call to list expense categories to find the parent ID you'd like."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Custom Expense Category",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"catstuff2\",\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": {{parentCategoryId}},\n \"subcategories\": []\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tAWgBKQx1RH1JKBg5XUFoJBQBcVVAPCAJTVAkaAlVUT0BSUwkADltXBQoEDwdQUlVVRhpRAAoQXW4="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1558099457"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "57"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Thu, 17 May 2018 13:23:19 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": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Fri, 17 May 2019 13:23:19 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17335-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 \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"catstuff\",\n \"categoryid\": 5503992,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-05-17 09:23:19\",\n \"id\": 5503992,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-05-17 09:23:19\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
