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VB6 / New FreshBooks / Undelete Retainer

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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.

' {
'   "retainer": {
'     "active": true
'   }
' }

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateBool("retainer.active",1)

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

Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
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)

' {
'   "retainer": {
'     "id": 2248,
'     "business_id": 1966214,
'     "system_id": 4236410,
'     "invoice_profile_id": null,
'     "client_user_id": 75162,
'     "start_date": "2019-06-03",
'     "next_period_start_date": "2019-07-03",
'     "fee": "20.00",
'     "excess_rate": "700.00",
'     "budgeted_time": 180000,
'     "active": true,
'     "created_at": "2019-06-03T15:42:49",
'     "updated_at": "2019-06-03T18:25:02"
'   }
' }

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

Dim Id As Long
Id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.id")
Dim Business_id As Long
Business_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.business_id")
Dim System_id As Long
System_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.system_id")
Dim Invoice_profile_id As String
Invoice_profile_id = jResp.StringOf("retainer.invoice_profile_id")
Dim Client_user_id As Long
Client_user_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.client_user_id")
Dim Start_date As String
Start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainer.start_date")
Dim Next_period_start_date As String
Next_period_start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainer.next_period_start_date")
Dim Fee As String
Fee = jResp.StringOf("retainer.fee")
Dim Excess_rate As String
Excess_rate = jResp.StringOf("retainer.excess_rate")
Dim Budgeted_time As Long
Budgeted_time = jResp.IntOf("retainer.budgeted_time")
Dim Active As Long
Active = jResp.BoolOf("retainer.active")
Dim Created_at As String
Created_at = jResp.StringOf("retainer.created_at")
Dim Updated_at As String
Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("retainer.updated_at")

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "retainer": {
        "active": true
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Undelete Retainer",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"retainer\": {\n        \"active\": true\n    }\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "comments",
        "business",
        "{{businessId}}",
        "retainer",
        "{{retainerId}}"
      ]
    },
    "description": "A retainer is deleted by changing the active status to \"false\". It can be undeleted by changing active status back to true."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Undelete Retainer Success",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "type": "text",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"retainer\": {\n        \"active\": true\n    }\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "comments",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "retainer",
            "{{retainerId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/vnd.api+json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Version",
          "value": "1905.33.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlXVAUHAFNfUFUAUA5bDw8BBh9QCU0TUgpbBQQEBABVDwRRVwBaBRMbAAVdRVY/"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1559586355"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "52"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:25:02 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 varnish"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "349"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:25:02 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17376-MDW"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache",
          "value": "MISS"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Cache-Hits",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Country",
          "value": "CA"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"retainer\": {\n        \"id\": 2248,\n        \"business_id\": 1966214,\n        \"system_id\": 4236410,\n        \"invoice_profile_id\": null,\n        \"client_user_id\": 75162,\n        \"start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n        \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-07-03\",\n        \"fee\": \"20.00\",\n        \"excess_rate\": \"700.00\",\n        \"budgeted_time\": 180000,\n        \"active\": true,\n        \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T15:42:49\",\n        \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:25:02\"\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}