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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;
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
// The following JSON is sent in the request body.
// {
// "estimate": {
// "customerid": 123,
// "create_date": "2019-04-20",
// "presentation": {
// "theme_primary_color": "#4f697a",
// "image_logo_src": "/service/uploads/images/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50IjoyMTAxMTkzLCJvcmlnaW5hbF9maWxlbmFtZSI6IkZyZXNoQm9va3MtTG9nbyAoMikucG5nIiwiYnVja2V0IjoidXBsb2FkcyIsImZpbGVuYW1lIjoidXBsb2FkLWEyY2QxMmFmZTc0MWQ1MGMwOGMyNmUyNDRhMmQzOWJkZTE2ZDY5OGMiLCJsZW5ndGgiOjg4MjQsImtleSI6Iidkb2NzLSctMjEwMTE5My91cGxvYWQtYTJjZDEyYWZlNzQxZDUwYzA4YzI2ZTI0NGEyZDM5YmRlMTZkNjk4YyJ9.vskvajegEwrVGx7v9qUZEmxWYvlwRjYqCUCKW0i7nds"
// },
// "lines": [
// {
// "type": 0,
// "description": "",
// "taxName1": "",
// "taxAmount1": 0,
// "name": "Paperwork",
// "qty": 1,
// "taxName2": "",
// "taxAmount2": 0,
// "unit_cost": {
// "amount": "5000.00",
// "code": "USD"
// }
// },
// {
// "type": 0,
// "description": "",
// "expenseid": 123,
// "taxName1": "",
// "taxAmount1": 0,
// "name": "Air Canada",
// "qty": 1,
// "taxName2": "",
// "taxAmount2": 0,
// "unit_cost": {
// "amount": "3000.00",
// "code": "USD"
// }
// }
// ]
// }
// }
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateInt("estimate.customerid",123);
json.UpdateString("estimate.create_date","2019-04-20");
json.UpdateString("estimate.presentation.theme_primary_color","#4f697a");
json.UpdateString("estimate.presentation.image_logo_src","/service/uploads/images/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50IjoyMTAxMTkzLCJvcmlnaW5hbF9maWxlbmFtZSI6IkZyZXNoQm9va3MtTG9nbyAoMikucG5nIiwiYnVja2V0IjoidXBsb2FkcyIsImZpbGVuYW1lIjoidXBsb2FkLWEyY2QxMmFmZTc0MWQ1MGMwOGMyNmUyNDRhMmQzOWJkZTE2ZDY5OGMiLCJsZW5ndGgiOjg4MjQsImtleSI6Iidkb2NzLSctMjEwMTE5My91cGxvYWQtYTJjZDEyYWZlNzQxZDUwYzA4YzI2ZTI0NGEyZDM5YmRlMTZkNjk4YyJ9.vskvajegEwrVGx7v9qUZEmxWYvlwRjYqCUCKW0i7nds");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[0].type",0);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[0].description","");
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[0].taxName1","");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[0].taxAmount1",0);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[0].name","Paperwork");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[0].qty",1);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[0].taxName2","");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[0].taxAmount2",0);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[0].unit_cost.amount","5000.00");
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[0].unit_cost.code","USD");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[1].type",0);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[1].description","");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[1].expenseid",123);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[1].taxName1","");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[1].taxAmount1",0);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[1].name","Air Canada");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[1].qty",1);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[1].taxName2","");
json.UpdateInt("estimate.lines[1].taxAmount2",0);
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[1].unit_cost.amount","3000.00");
json.UpdateString("estimate.lines[1].unit_cost.code","USD");
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>";
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates","application/json",json);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
return;
}
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
return;
}
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "response": {
// "result": {
// "estimate": {
// "accepted": false,
// "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
// "address": "",
// "amount": {
// "amount": "8000.00",
// "code": "USD"
// },
// "city": "",
// "code": "",
// "country": "Canada",
// "create_date": "2019-04-20",
// "created_at": "2019-04-24 13:59:15",
// "currency_code": "USD",
// "current_organization": "first company",
// "customerid": 31006,
// "description": "",
// "discount_total": {
// "amount": "0.00",
// "code": "USD"
// },
// "discount_value": "0",
// "display_status": "draft",
// "estimate_number": "0000003",
// "estimateid": 2652,
// "ext_archive": 0,
// "fname": "Nicolas",
// "id": 2652,
// "invoiced": false,
// "language": "en",
// "lname": "one",
// "notes": "",
// "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": "",
// "ui_status": "draft",
// "updated": "2019-04-24 13:59:15",
// "vat_name": "",
// "vat_number": "",
// "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
bool Accepted = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.accepted");
string Accounting_systemid = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.accounting_systemid");
string Address = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.address");
string Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.amount.amount");
string Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.amount.code");
string City = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.city");
string EstimateCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.code");
string Country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.country");
string Create_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.create_date");
string Created_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.created_at");
string Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.currency_code");
string Current_organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.current_organization");
int Customerid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.customerid");
string Description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.description");
string Discount_totalAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.discount_total.amount");
string Discount_totalCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.discount_total.code");
string Discount_value = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.discount_value");
string Display_status = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.display_status");
string Estimate_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.estimate_number");
int Estimateid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.estimateid");
int Ext_archive = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.ext_archive");
string Fname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.fname");
int Id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.id");
bool Invoiced = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.invoiced");
string Language = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.language");
string Lname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.lname");
string Notes = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.notes");
string Organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.organization");
int Ownerid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.ownerid");
string Po_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.po_number");
string Province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.province");
string Reply_status = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.reply_status");
bool Require_client_signature = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.require_client_signature");
bool Rich_proposal = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.estimate.rich_proposal");
int Sentid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.sentid");
int Status = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.status");
string Street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.street");
string Street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.street2");
string Template = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.template");
string Terms = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.terms");
string Ui_status = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.ui_status");
string Updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.updated");
string Vat_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.vat_name");
string Vat_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.estimate.vat_number");
int Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.estimate.vis_state");
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"estimate": {
"customerid": {{customerId}},
"create_date": "2019-04-20",
"presentation": {
"theme_primary_color": "#4f697a",
"image_logo_src": "/service/uploads/images/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50IjoyMTAxMTkzLCJvcmlnaW5hbF9maWxlbmFtZSI6IkZyZXNoQm9va3MtTG9nbyAoMikucG5nIiwiYnVja2V0IjoidXBsb2FkcyIsImZpbGVuYW1lIjoidXBsb2FkLWEyY2QxMmFmZTc0MWQ1MGMwOGMyNmUyNDRhMmQzOWJkZTE2ZDY5OGMiLCJsZW5ndGgiOjg4MjQsImtleSI6Iidkb2NzLSctMjEwMTE5My91cGxvYWQtYTJjZDEyYWZlNzQxZDUwYzA4YzI2ZTI0NGEyZDM5YmRlMTZkNjk4YyJ9.vskvajegEwrVGx7v9qUZEmxWYvlwRjYqCUCKW0i7nds"
},
"lines": [
{
"type": 0,
"description": "",
"taxName1": "",
"taxAmount1": 0,
"name": "Paperwork",
"qty": 1,
"taxName2": "",
"taxAmount2": 0,
"unit_cost": {
"amount": "5000.00",
"code": "USD"
}
},
{
"type": 0,
"description": "",
"expenseid": {{estimateId}},
"taxName1": "",
"taxAmount1": 0,
"name": "Air Canada",
"qty": 1,
"taxName2": "",
"taxAmount2": 0,
"unit_cost": {
"amount": "3000.00",
"code": "USD"
}
}
]
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Single Estimate With Estimate Lines",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"estimate\": {\n \"customerid\": {{customerId}},\n \"create_date\": \"2019-04-20\",\n \"presentation\": {\n \t\"theme_primary_color\": \"#4f697a\",\n \t\"image_logo_src\": \"/service/uploads/images/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50IjoyMTAxMTkzLCJvcmlnaW5hbF9maWxlbmFtZSI6IkZyZXNoQm9va3MtTG9nbyAoMikucG5nIiwiYnVja2V0IjoidXBsb2FkcyIsImZpbGVuYW1lIjoidXBsb2FkLWEyY2QxMmFmZTc0MWQ1MGMwOGMyNmUyNDRhMmQzOWJkZTE2ZDY5OGMiLCJsZW5ndGgiOjg4MjQsImtleSI6Iidkb2NzLSctMjEwMTE5My91cGxvYWQtYTJjZDEyYWZlNzQxZDUwYzA4YzI2ZTI0NGEyZDM5YmRlMTZkNjk4YyJ9.vskvajegEwrVGx7v9qUZEmxWYvlwRjYqCUCKW0i7nds\"\n },\n \"lines\": [\n {\n \"type\": 0,\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"taxName1\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n \"name\": \"Paperwork\",\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"taxName2\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"5000.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": 0,\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"expenseid\": {{estimateId}},\n \"taxName1\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n \"name\": \"Air Canada\",\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"taxName2\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"3000.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/estimates/estimates",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"estimates",
"estimates"
]
},
"description": "Creates a single estimate with multiple estimate lines and a logo and colourway."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Single Estimate With Estimate Lines",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"estimate\": {\n \"customerid\": {{customerId}},\n \"create_date\": \"2019-04-20\",\n \"presentation\": {\n \t\"theme_primary_color\": \"#4f697a\",\n \t\"image_logo_src\": \"/service/uploads/images/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50IjoyMTAxMTkzLCJvcmlnaW5hbF9maWxlbmFtZSI6IkZyZXNoQm9va3MtTG9nbyAoMikucG5nIiwiYnVja2V0IjoidXBsb2FkcyIsImZpbGVuYW1lIjoidXBsb2FkLWEyY2QxMmFmZTc0MWQ1MGMwOGMyNmUyNDRhMmQzOWJkZTE2ZDY5OGMiLCJsZW5ndGgiOjg4MjQsImtleSI6Iidkb2NzLSctMjEwMTE5My91cGxvYWQtYTJjZDEyYWZlNzQxZDUwYzA4YzI2ZTI0NGEyZDM5YmRlMTZkNjk4YyJ9.vskvajegEwrVGx7v9qUZEmxWYvlwRjYqCUCKW0i7nds\"\n },\n \"lines\": [\n {\n \"type\": 0,\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"taxName1\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n \"name\": \"Paperwork\",\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"taxName2\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"5000.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": 0,\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"expenseid\": {{estimateId}},\n \"taxName1\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n \"name\": \"Air Canada\",\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"taxName2\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"3000.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}"
},
"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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBQkJaDwcXB0NYXRFMUVlTRwBKQx1RH1JKBQZSUlMAAgNSUlQABg5RXAQaAlBRW04SAQ9XCQgEBQpVXQcGWAMDBRQbBwcPS1Zt"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:59:15 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 17:59:15 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 \"estimate\": {\n \"accepted\": false,\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"address\": \"\",\n \"amount\": {\n \"amount\": \"8000.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"city\": \"\",\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"country\": \"Canada\",\n \"create_date\": \"2019-04-20\",\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-24 13:59:15\",\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"current_organization\": \"first company\",\n \"customerid\": 31006,\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"discount_total\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"discount_value\": \"0\",\n \"display_status\": \"draft\",\n \"estimate_number\": \"0000003\",\n \"estimateid\": 2652,\n \"ext_archive\": 0,\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\",\n \"id\": 2652,\n \"invoiced\": false,\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"lname\": \"one\",\n \"notes\": \"\",\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\": \"\",\n \"ui_status\": \"draft\",\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-24 13:59:15\",\n \"vat_name\": \"\",\n \"vat_number\": \"\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
