Classic ASP / New FreshBooks / Send Invoice by Email
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<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")
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "invoice": {
' "email_recipients": [
' "example@freshbooks.com",
' "example2@freshbooks.com"
' ],
' "invoice_customized_email": {
' "subject": "::company name:: has sent you an invoice (::invoice number::)",
' "body": "::company name:: sent you invoice (::invoice number::) for ::invoice amount:: that's due on ::invoice due date::"
' },
' "action_email": true
' }
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("invoice.email_recipients[0]","example@freshbooks.com")
success = json.UpdateString("invoice.email_recipients[1]","example2@freshbooks.com")
success = json.UpdateString("invoice.invoice_customized_email.subject","::company name:: has sent you an invoice (::invoice number::)")
success = json.UpdateString("invoice.invoice_customized_email.body","::company name:: sent you invoice (::invoice number::) for ::invoice amount:: that's due on ::invoice due date::")
success = json.UpdateBool("invoice.action_email",1)
' 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 sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceid}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
%>
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</html>
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"invoice": {
"email_recipients": [
"example@freshbooks.com",
"example2@freshbooks.com"
],
"invoice_customized_email": {
"subject": "::company name:: has sent you an invoice (::invoice number::)",
"body":"::company name:: sent you invoice (::invoice number::) for ::invoice amount:: that\'s due on ::invoice due date::"
},
"action_email": true
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceid}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Send Invoice by Email",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"invoice\": {\n \n \"email_recipients\": [\n \"example@freshbooks.com\",\n \"example2@freshbooks.com\"\n ],\n \"invoice_customized_email\": {\n \"subject\": \"::company name:: has sent you an invoice (::invoice number::)\",\n \"body\":\"::company name:: sent you invoice (::invoice number::) for ::invoice amount:: that's due on ::invoice due date::\"\n },\n \"action_email\": true\n }\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountid}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceid}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountid}}",
"invoices",
"invoices",
"{{invoiceid}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
]
}
