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TCL / New FreshBooks / Create Single Tax

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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.

# {
#   "tax": {
#     "name": "HST",
#     "number": null,
#     "amount": 13
#   }
# }

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "tax.name" "HST"
CkJsonObject_UpdateNull $json "tax.number"
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt $json "tax.amount" 13

# 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/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/taxes/taxes" "application/json" $json]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    exit
}

puts [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp


delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "tax": {
        "name": "HST",
        "number": null,
        "amount": 13
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/taxes/taxes

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Single Tax",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "oauth2",
      "oauth2": [
        {
          "key": "accessToken",
          "value": "",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "key": "addTokenTo",
          "value": "header",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"tax\": {\n        \"name\": \"HST\",\n        \"number\": null,\n        \"amount\": 13\n    }\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/taxes/taxes",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountid}}",
        "taxes",
        "taxes"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}