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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/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",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)

' {
'   "meta": {
'     "sort": [
'     ],
'     "total": 5,
'     "per_page": 30,
'     "page": 1,
'     "pages": 1
'   },
'   "projects": [
'     {
'       "id": 2980878,
'       "title": "K2 Hiking Guide",
'       "description": null,
'       "due_date": "2019-04-20",
'       "client_id": 31006,
'       "internal": false,
'       "budget": null,
'       "fixed_price": "2000.00",
'       "rate": null,
'       "billing_method": null,
'       "project_type": "fixed_price",
'       "active": true,
'       "complete": false,
'       "sample": false,
'       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:25:00",
'       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T19:50:26",
'       "logged_duration": null,
'       "services": [
'       ],
'       "billed_amount": "0.00",
'       "billed_status": "unbilled",
'       "group_id": 4951020
'     },
'     {
'       "id": 2980874,
'       "title": "Applachian Hiking Guide",
'       "description": null,
'       "due_date": "2019-05-20",
'       "client_id": 31006,
'       "internal": false,
'       "budget": null,
'       "fixed_price": "1000.00",
'       "rate": null,
'       "billing_method": null,
'       "project_type": "fixed_price",
'       "active": true,
'       "complete": false,
'       "sample": false,
'       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:43",
'       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:43",
'       "logged_duration": null,
'       "services": [
'       ],
'       "billed_amount": "0.00",
'       "billed_status": "unbilled",
'       "group_id": 4951012
'     },
'     {
'       "id": 2980872,
'       "title": "Applachian Hiking Guide",
'       "description": null,
'       "due_date": "2019-05-20",
'       "client_id": 31006,
'       "internal": false,
'       "budget": null,
'       "fixed_price": "1000.00",
'       "rate": null,
'       "billing_method": null,
'       "project_type": "fixed_price",
'       "active": true,
'       "complete": false,
'       "sample": false,
'       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:06",
'       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T18:22:06",
'       "logged_duration": null,
'       "services": [
'       ],
'       "billed_amount": "0.00",
'       "billed_status": "unbilled",
'       "group_id": 4951006
'     },
'     {
'       "id": 2980870,
'       "title": "Hiking Guide",
'       "description": null,
'       "due_date": "2019-05-20",
'       "client_id": 31006,
'       "internal": false,
'       "budget": null,
'       "fixed_price": "500.00",
'       "rate": null,
'       "billing_method": null,
'       "project_type": "fixed_price",
'       "active": true,
'       "complete": false,
'       "sample": false,
'       "created_at": "2019-04-19T18:21:11",
'       "updated_at": "2019-04-19T18:21:11",
'       "logged_duration": null,
'       "services": [
'       ],
'       "billed_amount": "0.00",
'       "billed_status": "unbilled",
'       "group_id": 4951004
'     },
'     {
'       "id": 2976412,
'       "title": "Very Custom Computer thing",
'       "description": null,
'       "due_date": null,
'       "client_id": 31006,
'       "internal": false,
'       "budget": null,
'       "fixed_price": null,
'       "rate": null,
'       "billing_method": "project_rate",
'       "project_type": "fixed_price",
'       "active": true,
'       "complete": false,
'       "sample": false,
'       "created_at": "2019-04-18T13:43:31",
'       "updated_at": "2019-04-18T13:43:31",
'       "logged_duration": null,
'       "services": [
'         {
'           "business_id": 1966214,
'           "id": 3575792,
'           "name": "Computer Hardware",
'           "billable": true,
'           "vis_state": 0
'         }
'       ],
'       "billed_amount": "0.00",
'       "billed_status": "unbilled",
'       "group_id": 4942784
'     }
'   ]
' }

' 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 Integer
Dim title As String
Dim description As String
Dim due_date As String
Dim client_id As Integer
Dim internal As Boolean
Dim budget As String
Dim fixed_price As String
Dim rate As String
Dim billing_method As String
Dim project_type As String
Dim active As Boolean
Dim complete As Boolean
Dim sample As Boolean
Dim created_at As String
Dim updated_at As String
Dim logged_duration As String
Dim billed_amount As String
Dim billed_status As String
Dim group_id As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim count_j As Integer
Dim business_id As Integer
Dim name As String
Dim billable As Boolean
Dim vis_state As Integer

Dim Total As Integer = jResp.IntOf("meta.total")
Dim Per_page As Integer = jResp.IntOf("meta.per_page")
Dim Page As Integer = jResp.IntOf("meta.page")
Dim Pages As Integer = jResp.IntOf("meta.pages")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("meta.sort")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("projects")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].id")
    title = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].title")
    description = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].description")
    due_date = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].due_date")
    client_id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].client_id")
    internal = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].internal")
    budget = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].budget")
    fixed_price = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].fixed_price")
    rate = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].rate")
    billing_method = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].billing_method")
    project_type = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].project_type")
    active = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].active")
    complete = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].complete")
    sample = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].sample")
    created_at = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].created_at")
    updated_at = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].updated_at")
    logged_duration = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].logged_duration")
    billed_amount = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].billed_amount")
    billed_status = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].billed_status")
    group_id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].group_id")
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("projects[i].services")
    While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        business_id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].services[j].business_id")
        id = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].services[j].id")
        name = jResp.StringOf("projects[i].services[j].name")
        billable = jResp.BoolOf("projects[i].services[j].billable")
        vis_state = jResp.IntOf("projects[i].services[j].vis_state")
        j = j + 1
    End While
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Projects",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
          "pm.environment.set(\"projectId\", jsonData.projects[0].id);"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "projects",
        "business",
        "{{businessId}}",
        "projects"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Remember to remove `Content-Type` headers when making a GET call on projects and time-tracking."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Projects",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "projects",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "projects"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/vnd.api+json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Version",
          "value": "1904.24.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEkINUgdbTEccQQBKDkQTUAdeRkUODAZbR0NGTVIbARlWUgYBA1FfVVADUA5SDAEMHh5UFUMAVVdUUA9VWAUCD1IIUlhQFR1RBwhCU24="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:24:44 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "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": "Content-Length",
          "value": "2629"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:24:44 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": "Country",
          "value": "CA"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"meta\": {\n        \"sort\": [],\n        \"total\": 5,\n        \"per_page\": 30,\n        \"page\": 1,\n        \"pages\": 1\n    },\n    \"projects\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980878,\n            \"title\": \"K2 Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-04-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"2000.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:25:00\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T19:50:26\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951020\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980874,\n            \"title\": \"Applachian Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-05-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"1000.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:43\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:43\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951012\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980872,\n            \"title\": \"Applachian Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-05-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"1000.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:06\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:22:06\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951006\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2980870,\n            \"title\": \"Hiking Guide\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": \"2019-05-20\",\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": \"500.00\",\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": null,\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:21:11\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-19T18:21:11\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4951004\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": 2976412,\n            \"title\": \"Very Custom Computer thing\",\n            \"description\": null,\n            \"due_date\": null,\n            \"client_id\": 31006,\n            \"internal\": false,\n            \"budget\": null,\n            \"fixed_price\": null,\n            \"rate\": null,\n            \"billing_method\": \"project_rate\",\n            \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n            \"active\": true,\n            \"complete\": false,\n            \"sample\": false,\n            \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18T13:43:31\",\n            \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18T13:43:31\",\n            \"logged_duration\": null,\n            \"services\": [\n                {\n                    \"business_id\": 1966214,\n                    \"id\": 3575792,\n                    \"name\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n            \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n            \"group_id\": 4942784\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}