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VB6 / New FreshBooks / Profit/Loss Report

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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/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/profitloss_entity",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": {
'     "result": {
'       "profitloss": {
'         "cash_based": false,
'         "company_name": "Postman Sandbox",
'         "currency_code": "USD",
'         "download_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50aWQiOiJ3a01kMmciLCJ1c2VyaWQiOjEsImNvbnRhY3RpZCI6LTEsImxldmVsIjozLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVwb3J0Iiwib2JqZWN0aWQiOiJwcm9maXRsb3NzIiwicGFyYW1zIjp7InN0YXJ0X2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTA0LTI0IiwiZW5kX2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTA0LTI0IiwicmVzb2x1dGlvbiI6bnVsbCwiY3VycmVuY3lfY29kZSI6IlVTRCIsImNhc2hfYmFzZWQiOmZhbHNlLCJyZXBvcnRfbW9kZSI6Im1vZGVybl9lbnRpdHkifSwiaWF0IjoxNTU2MTMwNTkzLCJleHAiOjE1NTg3MjI1OTN9.YbSTjVO5hTVP_l2bo0w2m5i_11IlLBD_KePsJp5FPIg",
'         "end_date": "2019-04-24",
'         "expenses": [
'           {
'             "children": [
'               {
'                 "children": [
'                 ],
'                 "data": [
'                 ],
'                 "description": "Gas",
'                 "entry_type": "debit",
'                 "total": {
'                   "amount": "141.12",
'                   "code": "USD"
'                 }
'               }
'             ],
'             "data": [
'             ],
'             "description": "Car & Truck Expenses",
'             "entry_type": "debit",
'             "total": {
'               "amount": "141.12",
'               "code": "USD"
'             }
'           }
'         ],
'         "income": [
'           {
'             "children": [
'             ],
'             "data": [
'             ],
'             "description": "Sales",
'             "entry_type": "credit",
'             "total": {
'               "amount": "0.00",
'               "code": "USD"
'             }
'           },
'           {
'             "children": [
'             ],
'             "data": [
'             ],
'             "description": "Cost of Goods Sold",
'             "entry_type": "credit",
'             "total": {
'               "amount": "0.00",
'               "code": "USD"
'             }
'           }
'         ],
'         "labels": [
'         ],
'         "net_profit": {
'           "children": [
'           ],
'           "data": [
'           ],
'           "description": "Net Profit (USD)",
'           "entry_type": "credit",
'           "total": {
'             "amount": "-141.12",
'             "code": "USD"
'           }
'         },
'         "resolution": null,
'         "start_date": "2019-04-24",
'         "total_expenses": {
'           "children": [
'           ],
'           "data": [
'           ],
'           "description": "Total Expenses",
'           "entry_type": "debit",
'           "total": {
'             "amount": "141.12",
'             "code": "USD"
'           }
'         },
'         "total_income": {
'           "children": [
'           ],
'           "data": [
'           ],
'           "description": "Gross Profit",
'           "entry_type": "credit",
'           "total": {
'             "amount": "0.00",
'             "code": "USD"
'           }
'         }
'       }
'     }
'   }
' }

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

Dim description As String
Dim entry_type As String
Dim totalAmount As String
Dim totalCode As String
Dim j As Long
Dim count_j As Long
Dim k As Long
Dim count_k As Long

Dim Cash_based As Long
Cash_based = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.profitloss.cash_based")
Dim Company_name As String
Company_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.company_name")
Dim Currency_code As String
Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.currency_code")
Dim Download_token As String
Download_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.download_token")
Dim End_date As String
End_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.end_date")
Dim Description As String
Description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.net_profit.description")
Dim Entry_type As String
Entry_type = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.net_profit.entry_type")
Dim Amount As String
Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.net_profit.total.amount")
Dim Code As String
Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.net_profit.total.code")
Dim Resolution As String
Resolution = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.resolution")
Dim Start_date As String
Start_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.start_date")
Dim Total_expensesDescription As String
Total_expensesDescription = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_expenses.description")
Dim Total_expensesEntry_type As String
Total_expensesEntry_type = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_expenses.entry_type")
Dim TotalAmount As String
TotalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_expenses.total.amount")
Dim TotalCode As String
TotalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_expenses.total.code")
Dim Total_incomeDescription As String
Total_incomeDescription = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_income.description")
Dim Total_incomeEntry_type As String
Total_incomeEntry_type = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_income.entry_type")
TotalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_income.total.amount")
TotalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.total_income.total.code")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.expenses")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].description")
    entry_type = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].entry_type")
    totalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].total.amount")
    totalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].total.code")
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children[j].description")
        entry_type = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children[j].entry_type")
        totalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children[j].total.amount")
        totalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children[j].total.code")
        k = 0
        count_k = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children[j].children")
        Do While k < count_k
            jResp.K = k
            k = k + 1
        Loop
        k = 0
        count_k = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].children[j].data")
        Do While k < count_k
            jResp.K = k
            k = k + 1
        Loop
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.expenses[i].data")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.income")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.income[i].description")
    entry_type = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.income[i].entry_type")
    totalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.income[i].total.amount")
    totalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.profitloss.income[i].total.code")
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.income[i].children")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.income[i].data")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.labels")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.net_profit.children")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.net_profit.data")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.total_expenses.children")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.total_expenses.data")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.total_income.children")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.profitloss.total_income.data")
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/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/profitloss_entity

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Profit/Loss Report",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/profitloss_entity",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "reports",
        "accounting",
        "profitloss_entity"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "start_date",
          "value": "2019-01-01",
          "description": "created during or after the given date i.e. `2019-01-01`",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "end_date",
          "value": "2019-05-01",
          "description": "created during or before the given date i.e. `2019-05-01`",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "currency_code",
          "value": "USD",
          "description": "reports using the given currency as primary currency i.e. `\"USD\"`",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "cash_based",
          "value": "false",
          "description": "True ignores billed payments and uses just collected payments i.e. `true`, `false`",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "resolution",
          "value": "3m",
          "description": "specifies how often data is calculated and stored. For example, \"3m\" would specify to return data grouped in three month intervals. i.e. `\"3m\"`",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "The Profit/Loss Report shows all the information involving both your profits and losses"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Profit/Loss Report",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/profitloss_entity",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "reports",
            "accounting",
            "profitloss_entity"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "start_date",
              "value": "2019-01-01",
              "description": "created during or after the given date i.e. `2019-01-01`",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "end_date",
              "value": "2019-05-01",
              "description": "created during or before the given date i.e. `2019-05-01`",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "currency_code",
              "value": "USD",
              "description": "reports using the given currency as primary currency i.e. `\"USD\"`",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "cash_based",
              "value": "false",
              "description": "True ignores billed payments and uses just collected payments i.e. `true`, `false`",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "resolution",
              "value": "3m",
              "description": "specifies how often data is calculated and stored. For example, \"3m\" would specify to return data grouped in three month intervals. i.e. `\"3m\"`",
              "disabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gWVEZcEBIQWFEBWw1NVkBbXQJLBEEOQRYXFBtRSlMWAgVRWFAHBAdTUQMFBVpXVVYcTwlOGg8GUwIDC1JSVwpQVQ8BVwBBFFVRCBIHag=="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:29:53 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": "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, 24 Apr 2019 18:29:53 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17369-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            \"profitloss\": {\n                \"cash_based\": false,\n                \"company_name\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n                \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                \"download_token\": \"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50aWQiOiJ3a01kMmciLCJ1c2VyaWQiOjEsImNvbnRhY3RpZCI6LTEsImxldmVsIjozLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVwb3J0Iiwib2JqZWN0aWQiOiJwcm9maXRsb3NzIiwicGFyYW1zIjp7InN0YXJ0X2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTA0LTI0IiwiZW5kX2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTA0LTI0IiwicmVzb2x1dGlvbiI6bnVsbCwiY3VycmVuY3lfY29kZSI6IlVTRCIsImNhc2hfYmFzZWQiOmZhbHNlLCJyZXBvcnRfbW9kZSI6Im1vZGVybl9lbnRpdHkifSwiaWF0IjoxNTU2MTMwNTkzLCJleHAiOjE1NTg3MjI1OTN9.YbSTjVO5hTVP_l2bo0w2m5i_11IlLBD_KePsJp5FPIg\",\n                \"end_date\": \"2019-04-24\",\n                \"expenses\": [\n                    {\n                        \"children\": [\n                            {\n                                \"children\": [],\n                                \"data\": [],\n                                \"description\": \"Gas\",\n                                \"entry_type\": \"debit\",\n                                \"total\": {\n                                    \"amount\": \"141.12\",\n                                    \"code\": \"USD\"\n                                }\n                            }\n                        ],\n                        \"data\": [],\n                        \"description\": \"Car & Truck Expenses\",\n                        \"entry_type\": \"debit\",\n                        \"total\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"141.12\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        }\n                    }\n                ],\n                \"income\": [\n                    {\n                        \"children\": [],\n                        \"data\": [],\n                        \"description\": \"Sales\",\n                        \"entry_type\": \"credit\",\n                        \"total\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        }\n                    },\n                    {\n                        \"children\": [],\n                        \"data\": [],\n                        \"description\": \"Cost of Goods Sold\",\n                        \"entry_type\": \"credit\",\n                        \"total\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        }\n                    }\n                ],\n                \"labels\": [],\n                \"net_profit\": {\n                    \"children\": [],\n                    \"data\": [],\n                    \"description\": \"Net Profit (USD)\",\n                    \"entry_type\": \"credit\",\n                    \"total\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"-141.12\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    }\n                },\n                \"resolution\": null,\n                \"start_date\": \"2019-04-24\",\n                \"total_expenses\": {\n                    \"children\": [],\n                    \"data\": [],\n                    \"description\": \"Total Expenses\",\n                    \"entry_type\": \"debit\",\n                    \"total\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"141.12\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    }\n                },\n                \"total_income\": {\n                    \"children\": [],\n                    \"data\": [],\n                    \"description\": \"Gross Profit\",\n                    \"entry_type\": \"credit\",\n                    \"total\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}