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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

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

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates",sbResponseBody);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

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

// {
//   "response": {
//     "result": {
//       "estimates": [
//         {
//           "accepted": false,
//           "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
//           "address": "",
//           "amount": {
//             "amount": "17628.00",
//             "code": "USD"
//           },
//           "city": "",
//           "code": "",
//           "country": "Canada",
//           "create_date": "2019-04-18",
//           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:42:52",
//           "currency_code": "USD",
//           "current_organization": "first company",
//           "customerid": 31006,
//           "description": "it's a computer hardware version 1",
//           "discount_total": {
//             "amount": "0.00",
//             "code": "USD"
//           },
//           "discount_value": "0",
//           "display_status": "draft",
//           "estimate_number": "0000001",
//           "estimateid": 1706,
//           "ext_archive": 0,
//           "fname": "Client",
//           "id": 1706,
//           "invoiced": false,
//           "language": "en",
//           "lname": "one",
//           "notes": "This is an estimate for the computer",
//           "organization": "first company",
//           "ownerid": 1,
//           "po_number": null,
//           "province": "",
//           "reply_status": null,
//           "require_client_signature": false,
//           "rich_proposal": false,
//           "sentid": 1,
//           "status": 1,
//           "street": "",
//           "street2": "",
//           "template": "clean-grouped",
//           "terms": "50% deposit upon acceptance, 50% on delivery of the computers.",
//           "ui_status": "draft",
//           "updated": "2019-04-18 09:42:52",
//           "vat_name": null,
//           "vat_number": "",
//           "vis_state": 0
//         }
//       ],
//       "page": 1,
//       "pages": 1,
//       "per_page": 15,
//       "total": 1
//     }
//   }
// }

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

bool accepted;
string accounting_systemid;
string address;
string Amount;
string Code;
string city;
string code;
string country;
string create_date;
string created_at;
string currency_code;
string current_organization;
int customerid;
string description;
string discount_totalAmount;
string discount_totalCode;
string discount_value;
string display_status;
string estimate_number;
int estimateid;
int ext_archive;
string fname;
int id;
bool invoiced;
string language;
string lname;
string notes;
string organization;
int ownerid;
string po_number;
string province;
string reply_status;
bool require_client_signature;
bool rich_proposal;
int sentid;
int status;
string street;
string street2;
string template;
string terms;
string ui_status;
string updated;
string vat_name;
string vat_number;
int vis_state;

int Page = jResp.IntOf("response.result.page");
int Pages = jResp.IntOf("response.result.pages");
int Per_page = jResp.IntOf("response.result.per_page");
int Total = jResp.IntOf("response.result.total");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.estimates");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    accepted = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimates[i].accepted");
    accounting_systemid = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].accounting_systemid");
    address = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].address");
    Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].amount.amount");
    Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].amount.code");
    city = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].city");
    code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].code");
    country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].country");
    create_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].create_date");
    created_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].created_at");
    currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].currency_code");
    current_organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].current_organization");
    customerid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].customerid");
    description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].description");
    discount_totalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].discount_total.amount");
    discount_totalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].discount_total.code");
    discount_value = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].discount_value");
    display_status = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].display_status");
    estimate_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].estimate_number");
    estimateid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].estimateid");
    ext_archive = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].ext_archive");
    fname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].fname");
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].id");
    invoiced = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimates[i].invoiced");
    language = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].language");
    lname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].lname");
    notes = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].notes");
    organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].organization");
    ownerid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].ownerid");
    po_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].po_number");
    province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].province");
    reply_status = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].reply_status");
    require_client_signature = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimates[i].require_client_signature");
    rich_proposal = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimates[i].rich_proposal");
    sentid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].sentid");
    status = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].status");
    street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].street");
    street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].street2");
    template = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].template");
    terms = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].terms");
    ui_status = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].ui_status");
    updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].updated");
    vat_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].vat_name");
    vat_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimates[i].vat_number");
    vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimates[i].vis_state");
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Estimates",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"estimateId\", jsonData.response.result.estimates[0].id)"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "estimates",
        "estimates"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "audit_logs\t",
          "description": "Show estimate view/send history\n",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "comments",
          "description": "Comments made on estimate\n",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "contacts",
          "description": "List of client contacts\n",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "lines",
          "description": "Estimate lines\n",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "owner",
          "description": "Owner info\n",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "presentation",
          "description": "Presentation type\n",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "project",
          "description": "Projects",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "invoices",
          "description": "Invoices",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "include[]",
          "value": "system",
          "description": "Estimate owner's system\n",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Get an entire list of estimates that exist within your account."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Estimates",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "estimates",
            "estimates"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBQkJaDwcXB0NYXRFMUVlTRwBKQx1RH1JKBwRQU1sMAgZTVVoHBQFeUwQaHlNKQVoDB11RWl0HB1ADXABVVgFASFBWDRUGZQ=="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:56:51 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, 24 Apr 2019 17:56:51 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            \"estimates\": [\n                {\n                    \"accepted\": false,\n                    \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n                    \"address\": \"\",\n                    \"amount\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"17628.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"city\": \"\",\n                    \"code\": \"\",\n                    \"country\": \"Canada\",\n                    \"create_date\": \"2019-04-18\",\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:42:52\",\n                    \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                    \"current_organization\": \"first company\",\n                    \"customerid\": 31006,\n                    \"description\": \"it's a computer hardware version 1\",\n                    \"discount_total\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"discount_value\": \"0\",\n                    \"display_status\": \"draft\",\n                    \"estimate_number\": \"0000001\",\n                    \"estimateid\": 1706,\n                    \"ext_archive\": 0,\n                    \"fname\": \"Client\",\n                    \"id\": 1706,\n                    \"invoiced\": false,\n                    \"language\": \"en\",\n                    \"lname\": \"one\",\n                    \"notes\": \"This is an estimate for the computer\",\n                    \"organization\": \"first company\",\n                    \"ownerid\": 1,\n                    \"po_number\": null,\n                    \"province\": \"\",\n                    \"reply_status\": null,\n                    \"require_client_signature\": false,\n                    \"rich_proposal\": false,\n                    \"sentid\": 1,\n                    \"status\": 1,\n                    \"street\": \"\",\n                    \"street2\": \"\",\n                    \"template\": \"clean-grouped\",\n                    \"terms\": \"50% deposit upon acceptance, 50% on delivery of the computers.\",\n                    \"ui_status\": \"draft\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-18 09:42:52\",\n                    \"vat_name\": null,\n                    \"vat_number\": \"\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"page\": 1,\n            \"pages\": 1,\n            \"per_page\": 15,\n            \"total\": 1\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}