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VB6 / New FreshBooks / New Client

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

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

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "client": {
'     "fname": "first1",
'     "lname": "last1",
'     "email": "email1@freshbooks.com",
'     "organization": "company1",
'     "vat_name": null,
'     "vat_number": "",
'     "status": null,
'     "note": null,
'     "home_phone": null,
'     "userid": null,
'     "source": null,
'     "highlight_string": null,
'     "p_street": "1655 Dupont St. W.",
'     "p_street2": null,
'     "p_city": "Toronto",
'     "p_country": "Canada",
'     "p_province": "Ontario",
'     "p_code": "M6P 3T1",
'     "currency_code": "USD",
'     "language": "en",
'     "last_activity": null,
'     "face": null,
'     "late_fee": null,
'     "late_reminders": [
'     ],
'     "contacts": [
'       {
'         "email": "email+2@freshbooks.com",
'         "fname": "first2",
'         "lname": "last2",
'         "phone1": null,
'         "userid": null,
'         "face": null
'       },
'       {
'         "email": "email+3@freshbooks.com",
'         "fname": "first3",
'         "lname": "last3",
'         "phone1": null,
'         "userid": null,
'         "face": null
'       }
'     ]
'   }
' }

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("client.fname","first1")
success = json.UpdateString("client.lname","last1")
success = json.UpdateString("client.email","email1@freshbooks.com")
success = json.UpdateString("client.organization","company1")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.vat_name")
success = json.UpdateString("client.vat_number","")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.status")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.note")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.home_phone")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.userid")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.source")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.highlight_string")
success = json.UpdateString("client.p_street","1655 Dupont St. W.")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.p_street2")
success = json.UpdateString("client.p_city","Toronto")
success = json.UpdateString("client.p_country","Canada")
success = json.UpdateString("client.p_province","Ontario")
success = json.UpdateString("client.p_code","M6P 3T1")
success = json.UpdateString("client.currency_code","USD")
success = json.UpdateString("client.language","en")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.last_activity")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.face")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.late_fee")
success = json.UpdateNewArray("client.late_reminders")
success = json.UpdateString("client.contacts[0].email","email+2@freshbooks.com")
success = json.UpdateString("client.contacts[0].fname","first2")
success = json.UpdateString("client.contacts[0].lname","last2")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[0].phone1")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[0].userid")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[0].face")
success = json.UpdateString("client.contacts[1].email","email+3@freshbooks.com")
success = json.UpdateString("client.contacts[1].fname","first3")
success = json.UpdateString("client.contacts[1].lname","last3")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[1].phone1")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[1].userid")
success = json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[1].face")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "response": {
'     "result": {
'       "client": {
'         "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
'         "allow_late_fees": true,
'         "allow_late_notifications": true,
'         "bus_phone": "",
'         "company_industry": null,
'         "company_size": null,
'         "currency_code": "USD",
'         "direct_link_token": null,
'         "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
'         "fax": "",
'         "fname": "Nicholas",
'         "has_retainer": null,
'         "home_phone": null,
'         "id": 92402,
'         "language": "en",
'         "last_activity": null,
'         "last_login": null,
'         "level": 0,
'         "lname": "Jaar",
'         "mob_phone": "",
'         "note": null,
'         "notified": false,
'         "num_logins": 0,
'         "organization": "Space Is Only Noise",
'         "p_city": "Toronto",
'         "p_code": "M6P 3T1",
'         "p_country": "",
'         "p_province": "Ontario",
'         "p_street": "1655 Dupont St. W.",
'         "p_street2": "",
'         "pref_email": true,
'         "pref_gmail": false,
'         "retainer_id": null,
'         "role": "client",
'         "s_city": "",
'         "s_code": "",
'         "s_country": "",
'         "s_province": "",
'         "s_street": "",
'         "s_street2": "",
'         "signup_date": "2019-05-08 19:25:29",
'         "statement_token": null,
'         "subdomain": null,
'         "updated": "2019-05-08 15:25:29",
'         "userid": 92402,
'         "username": "nicholasjaar2",
'         "vat_name": null,
'         "vat_number": null,
'         "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

Dim Accounting_systemid As String
Accounting_systemid = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.accounting_systemid")
Dim Allow_late_fees As Long
Allow_late_fees = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_fees")
Dim Allow_late_notifications As Long
Allow_late_notifications = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_notifications")
Dim Bus_phone As String
Bus_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.bus_phone")
Dim Company_industry As String
Company_industry = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_industry")
Dim Company_size As String
Company_size = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_size")
Dim Currency_code As String
Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.currency_code")
Dim Direct_link_token As String
Direct_link_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.direct_link_token")
Dim v_Email As String
v_Email = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.email")
Dim Fax As String
Fax = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fax")
Dim Fname As String
Fname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fname")
Dim Has_retainer As String
Has_retainer = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.has_retainer")
Dim Home_phone As String
Home_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.home_phone")
Dim Id As Long
Id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.id")
Dim Language As String
Language = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.language")
Dim Last_activity As String
Last_activity = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_activity")
Dim Last_login As String
Last_login = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_login")
Dim Level As Long
Level = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.level")
Dim Lname As String
Lname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.lname")
Dim Mob_phone As String
Mob_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.mob_phone")
Dim Note As String
Note = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.note")
Dim Notified As Long
Notified = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.notified")
Dim Num_logins As Long
Num_logins = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.num_logins")
Dim Organization As String
Organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.organization")
Dim P_city As String
P_city = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_city")
Dim P_code As String
P_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_code")
Dim P_country As String
P_country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_country")
Dim P_province As String
P_province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_province")
Dim P_street As String
P_street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street")
Dim P_street2 As String
P_street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street2")
Dim Pref_email As Long
Pref_email = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_email")
Dim Pref_gmail As Long
Pref_gmail = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_gmail")
Dim Retainer_id As String
Retainer_id = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.retainer_id")
Dim Role As String
Role = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.role")
Dim S_city As String
S_city = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_city")
Dim S_code As String
S_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_code")
Dim S_country As String
S_country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_country")
Dim S_province As String
S_province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_province")
Dim S_street As String
S_street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street")
Dim S_street2 As String
S_street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street2")
Dim Signup_date As String
Signup_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.signup_date")
Dim Statement_token As String
Statement_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.statement_token")
Dim Subdomain As String
Subdomain = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.subdomain")
Dim Updated As String
Updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.updated")
Dim Userid As Long
Userid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.userid")
Dim Username As String
Username = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.username")
Dim Vat_name As String
Vat_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_name")
Dim Vat_number As String
Vat_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_number")
Dim Vis_state As Long
Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.vis_state")

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "client": {
        "fname": "first1",
        "lname": "last1",
        "email": "email1@freshbooks.com",
        "organization": "company1",
        "vat_name": null,
        "vat_number": "",
        "status": null,
        "note": null,
        "home_phone": null,
        "userid": null,
        "source": null,
        "highlight_string": null,
        "p_street": "1655 Dupont St. W.",
        "p_street2": null,
        "p_city": "Toronto",
        "p_country": "Canada",
        "p_province": "Ontario",
        "p_code": "M6P 3T1",
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "language": "en",
        "last_activity": null,
        "face": null,
        "late_fee": null,
        "late_reminders": [],
        "contacts": [
            {
                "email": "email+2@freshbooks.com",
                "fname": "first2",
                "lname": "last2",
                "phone1": null,
                "userid": null,
                "face": null
            },
            {
                "email": "email+3@freshbooks.com",
                "fname": "first3",
                "lname": "last3",
                "phone1": null,
                "userid": null,
                "face": null
            }
        ]
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "New Client",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"client\": {\n        \"fname\": \"first1\",\n        \"lname\": \"last1\",\n        \"email\": \"email1@freshbooks.com\",\n        \"organization\": \"company1\",\n        \"vat_name\": null,\n        \"vat_number\": \"\",\n        \"status\": null,\n        \"note\": null,\n        \"home_phone\": null,\n        \"userid\": null,\n        \"source\": null,\n        \"highlight_string\": null,\n        \"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\",\n        \"p_street2\": null,\n        \"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n        \"p_country\": \"Canada\",\n        \"p_province\": \"Ontario\",\n        \"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"last_activity\": null,\n        \"face\": null,\n        \"late_fee\": null,\n        \"late_reminders\": [],\n        \"contacts\": [\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+2@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first2\",\n                \"lname\": \"last2\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+3@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first3\",\n                \"lname\": \"last3\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "users",
        "clients"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Note: If you do not add an `organization` to your Client object, `organization` will automatically be added as the client's first and last name. "
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "New Client",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"client\": {\n        \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n        \"fname\": \"Nicholas\",\n\t\t\"lname\": \"Jaar\",\n\t\t\"organization\": \"Space Is Only Noise\",\n\t\t\"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\", \n\t\t\"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n\t\t\"p_province\":\"Ontario\",\n\t\t\"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\"\n    }\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "users",
            "clients"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gRQlNBEVwADlkHVhZLGhgCH1UXUwhRBVNdBwRVX1MKCgVQUE4FBwBKRggPUQdUAQAGVgBaWQFRUQBHFQdQDUAHOQ=="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1557343565"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "36"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 19:25:28 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": "Wed, 08 May 2019 19:25:28 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17330-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            \"client\": {\n                \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n                \"allow_late_fees\": true,\n                \"allow_late_notifications\": true,\n                \"bus_phone\": \"\",\n                \"company_industry\": null,\n                \"company_size\": null,\n                \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                \"direct_link_token\": null,\n                \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                \"fax\": \"\",\n                \"fname\": \"Nicholas\",\n                \"has_retainer\": null,\n                \"home_phone\": null,\n                \"id\": 92402,\n                \"language\": \"en\",\n                \"last_activity\": null,\n                \"last_login\": null,\n                \"level\": 0,\n                \"lname\": \"Jaar\",\n                \"mob_phone\": \"\",\n                \"note\": null,\n                \"notified\": false,\n                \"num_logins\": 0,\n                \"organization\": \"Space Is Only Noise\",\n                \"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n                \"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\",\n                \"p_country\": \"\",\n                \"p_province\": \"Ontario\",\n                \"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\",\n                \"p_street2\": \"\",\n                \"pref_email\": true,\n                \"pref_gmail\": false,\n                \"retainer_id\": null,\n                \"role\": \"client\",\n                \"s_city\": \"\",\n                \"s_code\": \"\",\n                \"s_country\": \"\",\n                \"s_province\": \"\",\n                \"s_street\": \"\",\n                \"s_street2\": \"\",\n                \"signup_date\": \"2019-05-08 19:25:29\",\n                \"statement_token\": null,\n                \"subdomain\": null,\n                \"updated\": \"2019-05-08 15:25:29\",\n                \"userid\": 92402,\n                \"username\": \"nicholasjaar2\",\n                \"vat_name\": null,\n                \"vat_number\": null,\n                \"vis_state\": 0\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Exceeding Client Limit",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"client\": {\n        \"fname\": \"first1\",\n        \"lname\": \"last1\",\n        \"email\": \"email1@freshbooks.com\",\n        \"organization\": \"company1\",\n        \"vat_name\": null,\n        \"vat_number\": \"\",\n        \"status\": null,\n        \"note\": null,\n        \"home_phone\": null,\n        \"userid\": null,\n        \"source\": null,\n        \"highlight_string\": null,\n        \"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\",\n        \"p_street2\": null,\n        \"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n        \"p_country\": \"Canada\",\n        \"p_province\": \"Ontario\",\n        \"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"last_activity\": null,\n        \"face\": null,\n        \"late_fee\": null,\n        \"late_reminders\": [],\n        \"contacts\": [\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+2@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first2\",\n                \"lname\": \"last2\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+3@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first3\",\n                \"lname\": \"last3\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "users",
            "clients"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Payment Required",
      "code": 402,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "gunicorn/19.9.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:17:14 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "content-type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxY0QwgcAwdVWBQIFxdISwUCAVhEWRItVUtOTRMQB0IRFwFUUVFcRxYbTQFNA0xUBgdVUVQPCgBcUlACAA5TVwAEBk5XUVEHThpQCVxWUwFTDlcIAwRSVwEEQ0oFWV9DATw="
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "74"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1569518295"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "60"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Security-Policy",
          "value": "default-src 'self'"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Security-Policy",
          "value": "default-src 'self'"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31556926; includeSubDomains; preload"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Alt-Svc",
          "value": "clear"
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