Chilkat Online Tools

Ruby / New FreshBooks / Add Business

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require 'chilkat'

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

# The following JSON is sent in the request body.

# {
#   "name": "Kevin's Corral",
#   "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
#   "address_attributes": {
#     "country": "Canada"
#   },
#   "phone_number_attributes": null
# }

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("name","Kevin's Corral")
json.UpdateString("date_format","mm/dd/yyyy")
json.UpdateString("address_attributes.country","Canada")
json.UpdateNull("phone_number_attributes")

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

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business","application/json",json)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print resp.header() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";

    exit
end

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

# {
#   "response": {
#     "id": 1986590,
#     "name": "Kevin's Corral",
#     "account_id": "lwy0vG",
#     "business_group": {
#       "id": 4977602,
#       "category": "business",
#       "members": [
#         {
#           "id": 6487912,
#           "group_id": 4977602,
#           "role": "owner",
#           "identity_id": 37256,
#           "first_name": "Marshall",
#           "last_name": "Johnston",
#           "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
#           "company": "Kevin's Corral",
#           "business_id": 1986590,
#           "unacknowledged_change": false,
#           "active": true
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
#     "address": {
#       "id": 2448988,
#       "street": null,
#       "city": null,
#       "province": null,
#       "country": "Canada",
#       "postal_code": null
#     },
#     "phone_number": null,
#     "business_clients": [
#     ]
#   }
# }

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

Date_format = Chilkat::CkDtObj.new()

Id = jResp.IntOf("response.id")
Name = jResp.stringOf("response.name")
Account_id = jResp.stringOf("response.account_id")
Business_groupId = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.id")
Category = jResp.stringOf("response.business_group.category")
jResp.DtOf("response.date_format",false,Date_format)
AddressId = jResp.IntOf("response.address.id")
Street = jResp.stringOf("response.address.street")
City = jResp.stringOf("response.address.city")
Province = jResp.stringOf("response.address.province")
Country = jResp.stringOf("response.address.country")
Postal_code = jResp.stringOf("response.address.postal_code")
Phone_number = jResp.stringOf("response.phone_number")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_group.members")
while i < count_i
    jResp.put_I(i)
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].id")
    group_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].group_id")
    role = jResp.stringOf("response.business_group.members[i].role")
    identity_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].identity_id")
    first_name = jResp.stringOf("response.business_group.members[i].first_name")
    last_name = jResp.stringOf("response.business_group.members[i].last_name")
    email = jResp.stringOf("response.business_group.members[i].email")
    company = jResp.stringOf("response.business_group.members[i].company")
    business_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].business_id")
    unacknowledged_change = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].unacknowledged_change")
    active = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].active")
    i = i + 1
end
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_clients")
while i < count_i
    jResp.put_I(i)
    i = i + 1
end

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "name": "Kevin\'s Corral",
    "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
    "address_attributes": {
        "country": "Canada"
    },
    "phone_number_attributes": null
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Add Business",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n    \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n    \"address_attributes\": {\n        \"country\": \"Canada\"\n    },\n    \"phone_number_attributes\": null\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "auth",
        "api",
        "v1",
        "users",
        "business"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Add Business",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n    \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n    \"address_attributes\": {\n        \"country\": \"Canada\"\n    },\n    \"phone_number_attributes\": null\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://my.freshbooks.com/service/api/auth/api/v1/users/business",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "my",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "service",
            "api",
            "auth",
            "api",
            "v1",
            "users",
            "business"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "ETag",
          "value": "W/\"ece9403d440d4badd777fca953dd9580\""
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Request-Id",
          "value": "49e5ba95-b7dc-42c7-b0c3-8d61d99d1f39"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Runtime",
          "value": "0.670145"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSBAUHUFQTGhEhCQ0WQg1UDl1KG39aAV0NVBZSEAEZZQAFCBdyUxAIDVl1XhUUUEJQClxZMF8XTAtWXw4IYQpMFVQyVhZLVVYNCkEUAx5UTVIZBwBXVgUEBFNVWlAIUApQDxQZAx9HDlIAVQpQBQBUV1AFXFUBXUM/"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:51:20 GMT"
        },
        {
          "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": "Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:51:20 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17366-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        \"id\": 1986590,\n        \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n        \"account_id\": \"lwy0vG\",\n        \"business_group\": {\n            \"id\": 4977602,\n            \"category\": \"business\",\n            \"members\": [\n                {\n                    \"id\": 6487912,\n                    \"group_id\": 4977602,\n                    \"role\": \"owner\",\n                    \"identity_id\": 37256,\n                    \"first_name\": \"Marshall\",\n                    \"last_name\": \"Johnston\",\n                    \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                    \"company\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n                    \"business_id\": 1986590,\n                    \"unacknowledged_change\": false,\n                    \"active\": true\n                }\n            ]\n        },\n        \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n        \"address\": {\n            \"id\": 2448988,\n            \"street\": null,\n            \"city\": null,\n            \"province\": null,\n            \"country\": \"Canada\",\n            \"postal_code\": null\n        },\n        \"phone_number\": null,\n        \"business_clients\": []\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}