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TCL / New FreshBooks / Upload Expense Receipt

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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]

set req [new_CkHttpRequest]

CkHttpRequest_put_HttpVerb $req "POST"
CkHttpRequest_put_Path $req "/uploads/account/{{accountId}}/attachments"
CkHttpRequest_put_ContentType $req "multipart/form-data"
set success [CkHttpRequest_AddFileForUpload2 $req "content" " path to file" "application/octet-stream"]

CkHttpRequest_AddHeader $req "Authorization" "Bearer <access_token>"
CkHttpRequest_AddHeader $req "Expect" "100-continue"

set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpSReq $http "api.freshbooks.com" 443 1 $req $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkHttpRequest $req
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

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

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkHttpRequest $req
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
	--form 'content=@"/path/to/file"'
https://api.freshbooks.com/uploads/account/{{accountId}}/attachments

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Upload Expense Receipt",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"uploadFile\", \"\\'\" + jsonData.attachment.jwt + \"\\\"\")"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "multipart/form-data",
        "disabled": true
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "content",
          "type": "file",
          "src": [
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/uploads/account/{{accountId}}/attachments",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "uploads",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "attachments"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}