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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

# 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
# }

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "name" "Kevin's Corral"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "date_format" "mm/dd/yyyy"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "address_attributes.country" "Canada"
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull $json "phone_number_attributes"

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http "<access_token>"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "Content-Type" "application/json"

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PostJson3 $http "https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business" "application/json" $json]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    exit
}

set sbResponseBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkHttpResponse_GetBodySb $resp $sbResponseBody

set jResp [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_LoadSb $jResp $sbResponseBody
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jResp 0

puts "Response Body:"
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jResp]

set respStatusCode [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts "Response Status Code = $respStatusCode"
if {$respStatusCode >= 400} then {
    puts "Response Header:"
    puts [CkHttpResponse_header $resp]
    puts "Failed."
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
    delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
    exit
}

delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

# 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

set Date_format [new_CkDtObj]

set Id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.id"]
set Name [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.name"]
set Account_id [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.account_id"]
set Business_groupId [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.business_group.id"]
set Category [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.business_group.category"]
CkJsonObject_DtOf $jResp "response.date_format" 0 $Date_format
set AddressId [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.address.id"]
set Street [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.address.street"]
set City [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.address.city"]
set Province [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.address.province"]
set Country [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.address.country"]
set Postal_code [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.address.postal_code"]
set Phone_number [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.phone_number"]
set i 0
set count_i [CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray $jResp "response.business_group.members"]
while {$i < $count_i} {
    CkJsonObject_put_I $jResp $i
    set id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].id"]
    set group_id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].group_id"]
    set role [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].role"]
    set identity_id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].identity_id"]
    set first_name [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].first_name"]
    set last_name [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].last_name"]
    set email [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].email"]
    set company [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].company"]
    set business_id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].business_id"]
    set unacknowledged_change [CkJsonObject_BoolOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].unacknowledged_change"]
    set active [CkJsonObject_BoolOf $jResp "response.business_group.members[i].active"]
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}
set i 0
set count_i [CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray $jResp "response.business_clients"]
while {$i < $count_i} {
    CkJsonObject_put_I $jResp $i
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
delete_CkDtObj $Date_format

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}"
    }
  ]
}