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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.

; {
;   "billable_item": {
;     "name": "Workingg hard",
;     "billable": true,
;     "description": "Cool dude",
;     "tax1": null,
;     "tax2": null,
;     "unit_cost": {
;       "amount": "50",
;       "code": "CAD"
;     }
;   }
; }

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("billable_item.name","Workingg hard")
$oJson.UpdateBool("billable_item.billable",True)
$oJson.UpdateString("billable_item.description","Cool dude")
$oJson.UpdateNull("billable_item.tax1")
$oJson.UpdateNull("billable_item.tax2")
$oJson.UpdateString("billable_item.unit_cost.amount","50")
$oJson.UpdateString("billable_item.unit_cost.code","CAD")

; Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$oHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"

Local $oResp = $oHttp.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/billable_items/billable_items","application/json",$oJson)
If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite($oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oResp.BodyStr & @CRLF)

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"billable_item": {
        "name": "Workingg hard",
        "billable": true,
        "description": "Cool dude",
        "tax1": null,
        "tax2": null, 
        "unit_cost": {
        	"amount": "50",
        	"code": "CAD"
        }
	}
 }'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/billable_items/billable_items

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Service",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": " {\n\t\"billable_item\": {\n        \"name\": \"Workingg hard\",\n        \"billable\": true,\n        \"description\": \"Cool dude\",\n        \"tax1\": null,\n        \"tax2\": null, \n        \"unit_cost\": {\n        \t\"amount\": \"50\",\n        \t\"code\": \"CAD\"\n        }\n\t}\n }"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/billable_items/billable_items",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "billable_items",
        "billable_items"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}