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VB6 / New FreshBooks / List Staff

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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

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

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business/{{businessId}}",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

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 = http.LastStatus
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print http.LastHeader
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "response": {
'     "id": 1966214,
'     "name": "Postman Sandbox",
'     "account_id": "wkMd2g",
'     "business_group": {
'       "id": 4942664,
'       "category": "business",
'       "members": [
'         {
'           "id": 6446238,
'           "group_id": 4942664,
'           "role": "business_partner",
'           "identity_id": 37256,
'           "first_name": "Marshall",
'           "last_name": "Johnston",
'           "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
'           "company": "Postman Sandbox",
'           "business_id": 1966214,
'           "unacknowledged_change": false,
'           "active": true
'         },
'         {
'           "id": 6475824,
'           "group_id": 4942664,
'           "role": "business_accountant",
'           "identity_id": 75537,
'           "first_name": "Marshall",
'           "last_name": "Johnston",
'           "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
'           "company": "Postman Sandbox",
'           "business_id": 1966214,
'           "unacknowledged_change": false,
'           "active": true
'         },
'         {
'           "id": 6446130,
'           "group_id": 4942664,
'           "role": "owner",
'           "identity_id": 1882548,
'           "first_name": "Ryan",
'           "last_name": "Marr",
'           "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
'           "company": "Postman Sandbox",
'           "business_id": 1966214,
'           "unacknowledged_change": false,
'           "active": true
'         }
'       ]
'     },
'     "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
'     "address": {
'       "id": 2421054,
'       "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

Dim Date_format As New DtObj
Dim id As Long
Dim group_id As Long
Dim role As String
Dim identity_id As Long
Dim first_name As String
Dim last_name As String
Dim email As String
Dim company As String
Dim business_id As Long
Dim unacknowledged_change As Long
Dim active As Long

Dim Id As Long
Id = jResp.IntOf("response.id")
Dim Name As String
Name = jResp.StringOf("response.name")
Dim Account_id As String
Account_id = jResp.StringOf("response.account_id")
Dim Business_groupId As Long
Business_groupId = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.id")
Dim Category As String
Category = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.category")
success = jResp.DtOf("response.date_format",0,Date_format)
Dim AddressId As Long
AddressId = jResp.IntOf("response.address.id")
Dim Street As String
Street = jResp.StringOf("response.address.street")
Dim City As String
City = jResp.StringOf("response.address.city")
Dim Province As String
Province = jResp.StringOf("response.address.province")
Dim Country As String
Country = jResp.StringOf("response.address.country")
Dim Postal_code As String
Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("response.address.postal_code")
Dim Phone_number As String
Phone_number = jResp.StringOf("response.phone_number")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_group.members")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].id")
    group_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].group_id")
    role = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].role")
    identity_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].identity_id")
    first_name = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].first_name")
    last_name = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].last_name")
    email = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].email")
    company = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].company")
    business_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].business_id")
    unacknowledged_change = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].unacknowledged_change")
    active = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].active")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_clients")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business/{{businessId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Staff",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
          "pm.environment.set(\"identityId\", jsonData.response.business_group.members[0].identity_id)"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business/{{businessId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "auth",
        "api",
        "v1",
        "users",
        "business",
        "{{businessId}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Staff",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "type": "text",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business/{{businessId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "auth",
            "api",
            "v1",
            "users",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "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-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/\"8cc492fe0ab5fdbd7afc687dfe9781bf\""
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Request-Id",
          "value": "16b4dc9f-df36-4050-aa07-03208a1d1e74"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Runtime",
          "value": "0.036737"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSBAUHUFQTGhEhCQ0WQg1UDl1KG39aAV0NVBZSEAEZZQAFCBdyUxAIDVl1XhUUUEJQClxZMF8XTAtWXw4IYQpMFVQyVhZLVVYNCkEUAx5UTVIZAQRRUwkPAlJQUFQJUglaDQ0YHwJJG1gGVwYHUgYPAgBVWlIEXABAag=="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1557346308"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "57"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 20:10:50 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 varnish"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Age",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Age",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 08 May 2019 20:10:50 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17361-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\": 1966214,\n        \"name\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n        \"account_id\": \"wkMd2g\",\n        \"business_group\": {\n            \"id\": 4942664,\n            \"category\": \"business\",\n            \"members\": [\n                {\n                    \"id\": 6446238,\n                    \"group_id\": 4942664,\n                    \"role\": \"business_partner\",\n                    \"identity_id\": 37256,\n                    \"first_name\": \"Marshall\",\n                    \"last_name\": \"Johnston\",\n                    \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                    \"company\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n                    \"business_id\": 1966214,\n                    \"unacknowledged_change\": false,\n                    \"active\": true\n                },\n                {\n                    \"id\": 6475824,\n                    \"group_id\": 4942664,\n                    \"role\": \"business_accountant\",\n                    \"identity_id\": 75537,\n                    \"first_name\": \"Marshall\",\n                    \"last_name\": \"Johnston\",\n                    \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                    \"company\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n                    \"business_id\": 1966214,\n                    \"unacknowledged_change\": false,\n                    \"active\": true\n                },\n                {\n                    \"id\": 6446130,\n                    \"group_id\": 4942664,\n                    \"role\": \"owner\",\n                    \"identity_id\": 1882548,\n                    \"first_name\": \"Ryan\",\n                    \"last_name\": \"Marr\",\n                    \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                    \"company\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n                    \"business_id\": 1966214,\n                    \"unacknowledged_change\": false,\n                    \"active\": true\n                }\n            ]\n        },\n        \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n        \"address\": {\n            \"id\": 2421054,\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}"
    }
  ]
}