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; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")
Local $bSuccess
; Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
; The following JSON is sent in the request body.
; {
; "expense": {
; "vendor": "WestJet"
; }
; }
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("expense.vendor","WestJet")
; Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$oHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
$oSbRequestBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oJson.EmitSb($oSbRequestBody)
Local $oResp = $oHttp.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",$oSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
Exit
EndIf
$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oResp.GetBodySb($oSbResponseBody)
$oJResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJResp.LoadSb($oSbResponseBody)
$oJResp.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite("Response Body:" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oJResp.Emit() & @CRLF)
Local $iRespStatusCode = $oResp.StatusCode
ConsoleWrite("Response Status Code = " & $iRespStatusCode & @CRLF)
If ($iRespStatusCode >= 400) Then
ConsoleWrite("Response Header:" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oResp.Header & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
Exit
EndIf
; Sample JSON response:
; (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
; {
; "response": {
; "result": {
; "expense": {
; "account_name": "",
; "accountid": null,
; "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
; "amount": {
; "amount": "79.73",
; "code": "USD"
; },
; "background_jobid": null,
; "bank_name": "",
; "categoryid": 2003174,
; "clientid": 0,
; "compounded_tax": false,
; "date": "2019-04-24",
; "expenseid": 1825568,
; "ext_invoiceid": 0,
; "ext_systemid": 0,
; "from_bulk_import": false,
; "has_receipt": true,
; "id": 1825568,
; "include_receipt": false,
; "invoiceid": null,
; "is_cogs": false,
; "isduplicate": true,
; "markup_percent": "0",
; "notes": "Purchased Gasoline for deliveries",
; "profileid": null,
; "projectid": 0,
; "staffid": 1,
; "status": 0,
; "taxAmount1": {
; "amount": "9.17",
; "code": "USD"
; },
; "taxAmount2": null,
; "taxName1": "other tax",
; "taxName2": null,
; "taxPercent1": "13",
; "taxPercent2": null,
; "transactionid": null,
; "updated": "2019-05-08 16:03:24",
; "vendor": "WestJet",
; "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
Local $sAccount_name = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.account_name")
Local $sAccountid = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.accountid")
Local $sAccounting_systemid = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.accounting_systemid")
Local $sAmount = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.amount.amount")
Local $sCode = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.amount.code")
Local $sBackground_jobid = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.background_jobid")
Local $sBank_name = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.bank_name")
Local $iCategoryid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.categoryid")
Local $iClientid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.clientid")
Local $bCompounded_tax = $oJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.compounded_tax")
Local $sDate = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.date")
Local $iExpenseid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.expenseid")
Local $iExt_invoiceid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_invoiceid")
Local $iExt_systemid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_systemid")
Local $bFrom_bulk_import = $oJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.from_bulk_import")
Local $bHas_receipt = $oJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.has_receipt")
Local $iId = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.id")
Local $bInclude_receipt = $oJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.include_receipt")
Local $sInvoiceid = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.invoiceid")
Local $bIs_cogs = $oJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.is_cogs")
Local $bIsduplicate = $oJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.isduplicate")
Local $sMarkup_percent = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.markup_percent")
Local $sNotes = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.notes")
Local $sProfileid = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.profileid")
Local $iProjectid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.projectid")
Local $iStaffid = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.staffid")
Local $iStatus = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.status")
Local $sTaxAmount1Amount = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.amount")
Local $sTaxAmount1Code = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.code")
Local $sTaxAmount2 = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount2")
Local $sTaxName1 = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxName1")
Local $sTaxName2 = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxName2")
Local $sTaxPercent1 = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent1")
Local $sTaxPercent2 = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent2")
Local $sTransactionid = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.transactionid")
Local $sUpdated = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.updated")
Local $sVendor = $oJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.vendor")
Local $iVis_state = $oJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.vis_state")
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"expense": {
"vendor": "WestJet"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Expense",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"expense\": {\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"expenses",
"{{expenseId}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Update Expense",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"expense\": {\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"expenses",
"{{expenseId}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoHQBJdVkdXEUkJTQFPAVRRDwZYUFsNAAZXVlQOBARKUAcaEVJWUAEHUwtUXl0GUAdSCAcTTVUDCEVSPA=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1557345847"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "42"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 20:03:24 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": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 08 May 2019 20:03:24 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17361-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 \"expense\": {\n \"account_name\": \"\",\n \"accountid\": null,\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"amount\": {\n \"amount\": \"79.73\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"background_jobid\": null,\n \"bank_name\": \"\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003174,\n \"clientid\": 0,\n \"compounded_tax\": false,\n \"date\": \"2019-04-24\",\n \"expenseid\": 1825568,\n \"ext_invoiceid\": 0,\n \"ext_systemid\": 0,\n \"from_bulk_import\": false,\n \"has_receipt\": true,\n \"id\": 1825568,\n \"include_receipt\": false,\n \"invoiceid\": null,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"isduplicate\": true,\n \"markup_percent\": \"0\",\n \"notes\": \"Purchased Gasoline for deliveries\",\n \"profileid\": null,\n \"projectid\": 0,\n \"staffid\": 1,\n \"status\": 0,\n \"taxAmount1\": {\n \"amount\": \"9.17\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"taxAmount2\": null,\n \"taxName1\": \"other tax\",\n \"taxName2\": null,\n \"taxPercent1\": \"13\",\n \"taxPercent2\": null,\n \"transactionid\": null,\n \"updated\": \"2019-05-08 16:03:24\",\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
