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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>"
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",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": {
'       "page": 1,
'       "pages": 1,
'       "per_page": 15,
'       "tasks": [
'         {
'           "billable": true,
'           "description": "",
'           "id": 55226,
'           "name": "Computer Hardware",
'           "rate": {
'             "amount": "0.00",
'             "code": "USD"
'           },
'           "taskid": 55226,
'           "tax1": 0,
'           "tax2": 0,
'           "tdesc": "",
'           "tname": "Computer Hardware",
'           "updated": "2019-04-18 09:14:53",
'           "vis_state": 0
'         },
'         {
'           "billable": true,
'           "description": "Specific consulting services for a specific reason",
'           "id": 70986,
'           "name": "Consulting",
'           "rate": {
'             "amount": "45.00",
'             "code": "USD"
'           },
'           "taskid": 70986,
'           "tax1": 0,
'           "tax2": 0,
'           "tdesc": "Specific consulting services for a specific reason",
'           "tname": "Consulting",
'           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:47:22",
'           "vis_state": 0
'         },
'         {
'           "billable": true,
'           "description": "Specific contracting services for a specific reason",
'           "id": 70988,
'           "name": "Contracting",
'           "rate": {
'             "amount": "45.00",
'             "code": "USD"
'           },
'           "taskid": 70988,
'           "tax1": 0,
'           "tax2": 0,
'           "tdesc": "Specific contracting services for a specific reason",
'           "tname": "Contracting",
'           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:48:11",
'           "vis_state": 0
'         },
'         {
'           "billable": true,
'           "description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
'           "id": 70992,
'           "name": "Saving Planet",
'           "rate": {
'             "amount": "1000.00",
'             "code": "USD"
'           },
'           "taskid": 70992,
'           "tax1": 0,
'           "tax2": 0,
'           "tdesc": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
'           "tname": "Saving Planet",
'           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:50:57",
'           "vis_state": 0
'         }
'       ],
'       "total": 4
'     }
'   }
' }

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



Dim billable As Boolean
Dim description As String
Dim id As Integer
Dim name As String
Dim Amount As String
Dim Code As String
Dim taskid As Integer
Dim tax1 As Integer
Dim tax2 As Integer
Dim tdesc As String
Dim tname As String
Dim updated As String
Dim vis_state As Integer

Dim Page As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.page")
Dim Pages As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.pages")
Dim Per_page As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.per_page")
Dim Total As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.total")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.tasks")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    billable = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.tasks[i].billable")
    description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].description")
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].id")
    name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].name")
    Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].rate.amount")
    Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].rate.code")
    taskid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].taskid")
    tax1 = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].tax1")
    tax2 = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].tax2")
    tdesc = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].tdesc")
    tname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].tname")
    updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].updated")
    vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].vis_state")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Tasks",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"taskId\", jsonData.response.result.tasks[0].taskid);"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks\n",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "projects",
        "tasks\n"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Tasks",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "projects",
            "tasks"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gUQ1lZBwUXEQoWWRFTSxYeA0kJTwBTAlRcAwVXUFcBBwdRUVsPHRpXSBNVBgZUBVtWVltbCl5QCwVcG01XAF8RAWs="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:38:47 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 18:38:48 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            \"page\": 1,\n            \"pages\": 1,\n            \"per_page\": 15,\n            \"tasks\": [\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"\",\n                    \"id\": 55226,\n                    \"name\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 55226,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:53\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Specific consulting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"id\": 70986,\n                    \"name\": \"Consulting\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"45.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70986,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Specific consulting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Consulting\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:47:22\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Specific contracting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"id\": 70988,\n                    \"name\": \"Contracting\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"45.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70988,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Specific contracting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Contracting\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:48:11\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n                    \"id\": 70992,\n                    \"name\": \"Saving Planet\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"1000.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70992,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Saving Planet\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:50:57\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"total\": 4\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}