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import sys
import chilkat2

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat2.Http()

queryParams = chilkat2.JsonObject()
queryParams.UpdateString("start_date","2019-01-01")
queryParams.UpdateString("end_date","2019-05-01")
queryParams.UpdateString("currency_code","USD")
queryParams.UpdateString("cash_based","true")

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/taxsummary",queryParams)
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

sbResponseBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

jResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(resp.Header)
    print("Failed.")

    sys.exit()

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "response": {
#     "result": {
#       "taxsummary": {
#         "cash_based": true,
#         "currency_code": "USD",
#         "download_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50aWQiOiJ3a01kMmciLCJ1c2VyaWQiOjEsImNvbnRhY3RpZCI6LTEsImxldmVsIjozLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVwb3J0Iiwib2JqZWN0aWQiOiJ0YXhzdW1tYXJ5IiwicGFyYW1zIjp7InN0YXJ0X2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTAxLTAxIiwiZW5kX2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTA1LTAxIiwiY3VycmVuY3lfY29kZSI6IlVTRCIsImNhc2hfYmFzZWQiOnRydWV9LCJpYXQiOjE1NTYxMzA2MTksImV4cCI6MTU1ODcyMjYxOX0.7Ewyvilpqg_TzcPjGm70jfkLZhg-jAm6N0i5QJICrl8",
#         "end_date": "2019-05-01",
#         "start_date": "2019-01-01",
#         "taxes": [
#           {
#             "net_tax": {
#               "amount": "-659.42",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "net_taxable_amount": {
#               "amount": "-4815.57",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "tax_collected": {
#               "amount": "146.00",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "tax_name": "HST",
#             "tax_paid": {
#               "amount": "805.42",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "taxable_amount_collected": {
#               "amount": "1380.00",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "taxable_amount_paid": {
#               "amount": "6195.57",
#               "code": "USD"
#             }
#           },
#           {
#             "net_tax": {
#               "amount": "-18.34",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "net_taxable_amount": {
#               "amount": "-141.12",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "tax_collected": {
#               "amount": "0.00",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "tax_name": "other tax",
#             "tax_paid": {
#               "amount": "18.34",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "taxable_amount_collected": {
#               "amount": "0.00",
#               "code": "USD"
#             },
#             "taxable_amount_paid": {
#               "amount": "141.12",
#               "code": "USD"
#             }
#           }
#         ],
#         "total_invoiced": {
#           "amount": "9891.00",
#           "code": "USD"
#         }
#       }
#     }
#   }
# }

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

Cash_based = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.taxsummary.cash_based")
Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.currency_code")
Download_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.download_token")
End_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.end_date")
Start_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.start_date")
Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.total_invoiced.amount")
Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.total_invoiced.code")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.taxsummary.taxes")
while i < count_i :
    jResp.I = i
    net_taxAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].net_tax.amount")
    net_taxCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].net_tax.code")
    net_taxable_amountAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].net_taxable_amount.amount")
    net_taxable_amountCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].net_taxable_amount.code")
    tax_collectedAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].tax_collected.amount")
    tax_collectedCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].tax_collected.code")
    tax_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].tax_name")
    tax_paidAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].tax_paid.amount")
    tax_paidCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].tax_paid.code")
    taxable_amount_collectedAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].taxable_amount_collected.amount")
    taxable_amount_collectedCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].taxable_amount_collected.code")
    taxable_amount_paidAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].taxable_amount_paid.amount")
    taxable_amount_paidCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.taxsummary.taxes[i].taxable_amount_paid.code")
    i = i + 1

Curl Command

curl -G -d "start_date=2019-01-01"
	-d "end_date=2019-05-01"
	-d "currency_code=USD"
	-d "cash_based=true"
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/taxsummary

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Sales Tax Summary",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/taxsummary?start_date=2019-01-01&end_date=2019-05-01&currency_code=USD&cash_based=true",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "reports",
        "accounting",
        "taxsummary"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "start_date",
          "value": "2019-01-01",
          "description": "created during or after the given date i.e. `2019-01-01`"
        },
        {
          "key": "end_date",
          "value": "2019-05-01",
          "description": "created during or before the given date i.e. `2019-05-01`"
        },
        {
          "key": "currency_code",
          "value": "USD",
          "description": "reports using the given currency as primary currency i.e. `\"USD\"`"
        },
        {
          "key": "cash_based",
          "value": "true",
          "description": "True ignores billed payments and uses just collected payments i.e. `true`, `false`"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Sales Tax Summary",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/taxsummary?start_date=2019-01-01&end_date=2019-05-01&currency_code=USD&cash_based=true",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "reports",
            "accounting",
            "taxsummary"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "start_date",
              "value": "2019-01-01",
              "description": "created during or after the given date i.e. `2019-01-01`"
            },
            {
              "key": "end_date",
              "value": "2019-05-01",
              "description": "created during or before the given date i.e. `2019-05-01`"
            },
            {
              "key": "currency_code",
              "value": "USD",
              "description": "reports using the given currency as primary currency i.e. `\"USD\"`"
            },
            {
              "key": "cash_based",
              "value": "true",
              "description": "True ignores billed payments and uses just collected payments i.e. `true`, `false`"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gWVEZcEBIQWFEBWw1NVkBbXQJLBEEOQRYXFBtRSlMWAwldUVMPAgRTVwUEB1JRUVEcTwlOGghQUAJQAVQIUwsHAFAHUwRBFFVRCBIHag=="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:30:19 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 18:30:19 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            \"taxsummary\": {\n                \"cash_based\": true,\n                \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                \"download_token\": \"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50aWQiOiJ3a01kMmciLCJ1c2VyaWQiOjEsImNvbnRhY3RpZCI6LTEsImxldmVsIjozLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVwb3J0Iiwib2JqZWN0aWQiOiJ0YXhzdW1tYXJ5IiwicGFyYW1zIjp7InN0YXJ0X2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTAxLTAxIiwiZW5kX2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTA1LTAxIiwiY3VycmVuY3lfY29kZSI6IlVTRCIsImNhc2hfYmFzZWQiOnRydWV9LCJpYXQiOjE1NTYxMzA2MTksImV4cCI6MTU1ODcyMjYxOX0.7Ewyvilpqg_TzcPjGm70jfkLZhg-jAm6N0i5QJICrl8\",\n                \"end_date\": \"2019-05-01\",\n                \"start_date\": \"2019-01-01\",\n                \"taxes\": [\n                    {\n                        \"net_tax\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"-659.42\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"net_taxable_amount\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"-4815.57\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"tax_collected\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"146.00\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"tax_name\": \"HST\",\n                        \"tax_paid\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"805.42\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"taxable_amount_collected\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"1380.00\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"taxable_amount_paid\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"6195.57\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        }\n                    },\n                    {\n                        \"net_tax\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"-18.34\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"net_taxable_amount\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"-141.12\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"tax_collected\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"tax_name\": \"other tax\",\n                        \"tax_paid\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"18.34\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"taxable_amount_collected\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        },\n                        \"taxable_amount_paid\": {\n                            \"amount\": \"141.12\",\n                            \"code\": \"USD\"\n                        }\n                    }\n                ],\n                \"total_invoiced\": {\n                    \"amount\": \"9891.00\",\n                    \"code\": \"USD\"\n                }\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}