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VB.NET / New FreshBooks / Single Estimate

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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 Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates/{{estimateId}}",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

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

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


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

' {
'   "response": {
'     "result": {
'       "estimate": {
'         "accepted": false,
'         "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
'         "address": "",
'         "amount": {
'           "amount": "17628.00",
'           "code": "USD"
'         },
'         "city": "",
'         "code": "",
'         "country": "Canada",
'         "create_date": "2019-04-18",
'         "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:42:52",
'         "currency_code": "USD",
'         "current_organization": "first company",
'         "customerid": 31006,
'         "description": "it's a computer hardware version 1",
'         "discount_total": {
'           "amount": "0.00",
'           "code": "USD"
'         },
'         "discount_value": "0",
'         "display_status": "draft",
'         "estimate_number": "0000001",
'         "estimateid": 1706,
'         "ext_archive": 0,
'         "fname": "Client",
'         "id": 1706,
'         "invoiced": false,
'         "language": "en",
'         "lname": "one",
'         "notes": "This is an estimate for the computer",
'         "organization": "first company",
'         "ownerid": 1,
'         "po_number": null,
'         "province": "",
'         "reply_status": null,
'         "require_client_signature": false,
'         "rich_proposal": false,
'         "sentid": 1,
'         "status": 1,
'         "street": "",
'         "street2": "",
'         "template": "clean-grouped",
'         "terms": "50% deposit upon acceptance, 50% on delivery of the computers.",
'         "ui_status": "draft",
'         "updated": "2019-04-18 09:42:52",
'         "vat_name": null,
'         "vat_number": "",
'         "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 Accepted As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.accepted")
Dim Accounting_systemid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.accounting_systemid")
Dim Address As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.address")
Dim Amount As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.amount.amount")
Dim Code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.amount.code")
Dim City As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.city")
Dim EstimateCode As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.code")
Dim Country As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.country")
Dim Create_date As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.create_date")
Dim Created_at As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.created_at")
Dim Currency_code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.currency_code")
Dim Current_organization As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.current_organization")
Dim Customerid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.customerid")
Dim Description As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.description")
Dim Discount_totalAmount As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.discount_total.amount")
Dim Discount_totalCode As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.discount_total.code")
Dim Discount_value As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.discount_value")
Dim Display_status As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.display_status")
Dim Estimate_number As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.estimate_number")
Dim Estimateid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.estimateid")
Dim Ext_archive As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.ext_archive")
Dim Fname As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.fname")
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.id")
Dim Invoiced As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.invoiced")
Dim Language As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.language")
Dim Lname As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.lname")
Dim Notes As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.notes")
Dim Organization As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.organization")
Dim Ownerid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.ownerid")
Dim Po_number As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.po_number")
Dim Province As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.province")
Dim Reply_status As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.reply_status")
Dim Require_client_signature As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.require_client_signature")
Dim Rich_proposal As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.rich_proposal")
Dim Sentid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.sentid")
Dim Status As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.status")
Dim Street As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.street")
Dim Street2 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.street2")
Dim Template As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.template")
Dim Terms As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.terms")
Dim Ui_status As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.ui_status")
Dim Updated As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.updated")
Dim Vat_name As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.vat_name")
Dim Vat_number As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.vat_number")
Dim Vis_state As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.vis_state")

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates/{{estimateId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Single Estimate",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates/{{estimateId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "estimates",
        "estimates",
        "{{estimateId}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Single Estimate",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates/{{estimateId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "estimates",
            "estimates",
            "{{estimateId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBQkJaDwcXB0NYXRFMUVlTRwAbTQFNA0xVBwZTVVQKCwdRU1MEBwVVSBwHH0AEBwcIUAxVCltRAwUGDFlVQx8EBVpEBDs="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:57:15 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 17:57:15 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            \"estimate\": {\n                \"accepted\": false,\n                \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n                \"address\": \"\",\n                \"amount\": {\n                    \"amount\": \"17628.00\",\n                    \"code\": \"USD\"\n                },\n                \"city\": \"\",\n                \"code\": \"\",\n                \"country\": \"Canada\",\n                \"create_date\": \"2019-04-18\",\n                \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:42:52\",\n                \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                \"current_organization\": \"first company\",\n                \"customerid\": 31006,\n                \"description\": \"it's a computer hardware version 1\",\n                \"discount_total\": {\n                    \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                    \"code\": \"USD\"\n                },\n                \"discount_value\": \"0\",\n                \"display_status\": \"draft\",\n                \"estimate_number\": \"0000001\",\n                \"estimateid\": 1706,\n                \"ext_archive\": 0,\n                \"fname\": \"Client\",\n                \"id\": 1706,\n                \"invoiced\": false,\n                \"language\": \"en\",\n                \"lname\": \"one\",\n                \"notes\": \"This is an estimate for the computer\",\n                \"organization\": \"first company\",\n                \"ownerid\": 1,\n                \"po_number\": null,\n                \"province\": \"\",\n                \"reply_status\": null,\n                \"require_client_signature\": false,\n                \"rich_proposal\": false,\n                \"sentid\": 1,\n                \"status\": 1,\n                \"street\": \"\",\n                \"street2\": \"\",\n                \"template\": \"clean-grouped\",\n                \"terms\": \"50% deposit upon acceptance, 50% on delivery of the computers.\",\n                \"ui_status\": \"draft\",\n                \"updated\": \"2019-04-18 09:42:52\",\n                \"vat_name\": null,\n                \"vat_number\": \"\",\n                \"vis_state\": 0\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}