Classic ASP / New FreshBooks / Single Expense Category
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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastHeader) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "response": {
' "result": {
' "category": {
' "category": "Accident Insurance",
' "categoryid": 2003192,
' "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
' "id": 2003192,
' "is_cogs": false,
' "is_editable": false,
' "parentid": 2003186,
' "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
' "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
Category = jResp.StringOf("response.result.category.category")
Categoryid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.categoryid")
Created_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.category.created_at")
Id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.id")
Is_cogs = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.category.is_cogs")
Is_editable = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.category.is_editable")
Parentid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.parentid")
Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.category.updated_at")
Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.vis_state")
%>
</body>
</html>
Curl Command
curl -X GET
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Single Expense Category",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories",
"{{categoryId}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Single Expense Category",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories",
"{{categoryId}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tASkcVUR1RHVNUBAZWUVAAAgVVVFcHAw5VSBwHH0BVBQMDW1wBCglQAgcHXVlVQx8EBVpEBDs="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:03:54 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 18:03:54 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 \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"Accident Insurance\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003192,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003192,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003186,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
