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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.

// {
//   "bill_vendor": {
//     "vendor_name": "IKEA",
//     "primary_contact_first_name": "Jimmy",
//     "primary_contact_last_name": "McNamara",
//     "primary_contact_email": "jmcnamara@ikea.com",
//     "primary_contact": null,
//     "street": "332 Carlton Ave.",
//     "street2": null,
//     "city": "San Francisco",
//     "province": "California",
//     "postal_code": null,
//     "country": "United States",
//     "account_number": "45454545",
//     "phone": "4158859378",
//     "website": "ikea.com",
//     "currency_code": "USD",
//     "language": "en",
//     "is_1099": false,
//     "tax_defaults": [
//     ]
//   }
// }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.vendor_name","IKEA");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.primary_contact_first_name","Jimmy");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.primary_contact_last_name","McNamara");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.primary_contact_email","jmcnamara@ikea.com");
json.UpdateNull("bill_vendor.primary_contact");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.street","332 Carlton Ave.");
json.UpdateNull("bill_vendor.street2");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.city","San Francisco");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.province","California");
json.UpdateNull("bill_vendor.postal_code");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.country","United States");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.account_number","45454545");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.phone","4158859378");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.website","ikea.com");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.currency_code","USD");
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.language","en");
json.UpdateBool("bill_vendor.is_1099",false);
json.UpdateNewArray("bill_vendor.tax_defaults");

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

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors","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": {
//       "bill_vendor": {
//         "account_number": "45454545",
//         "city": "San Francisco",
//         "country": "United States",
//         "created_at": "2020-10-09 15:25:05",
//         "currency_code": "USD",
//         "is_1099": false,
//         "language": "en",
//         "outstanding_balance": [
//         ],
//         "overdue_balance": [
//         ],
//         "phone": "4158859378",
//         "postal_code": null,
//         "primary_contact_email": "jmcnamara@ikea.com",
//         "primary_contact_first_name": "Jimmy",
//         "primary_contact_last_name": "McNamara",
//         "province": "California",
//         "street": "332 Carlton Ave.",
//         "street2": null,
//         "tax_defaults": [
//         ],
//         "updated_at": "2020-10-09 15:25:05",
//         "vendor_name": "IKEA",
//         "vendorid": 5,
//         "vis_state": 0,
//         "website": "ikea.com"
//       }
//     }
//   }
// }

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

string Account_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.account_number");
string City = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.city");
string Country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.country");
string Created_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.created_at");
string Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.currency_code");
bool Is_1099 = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.bill_vendor.is_1099");
string Language = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.language");
string Phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.phone");
string Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.postal_code");
string Primary_contact_email = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.primary_contact_email");
string Primary_contact_first_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.primary_contact_first_name");
string Primary_contact_last_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.primary_contact_last_name");
string Province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.province");
string Street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.street");
string Street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.street2");
string Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.updated_at");
string Vendor_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.vendor_name");
int Vendorid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.bill_vendor.vendorid");
int Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.bill_vendor.vis_state");
string Website = jResp.StringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.website");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.bill_vendor.outstanding_balance");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.bill_vendor.overdue_balance");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.bill_vendor.tax_defaults");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
    "bill_vendor": {
        "vendor_name": "IKEA",
        "primary_contact_first_name": "Jimmy",
        "primary_contact_last_name": "McNamara",
        "primary_contact_email": "jmcnamara@ikea.com",
        "primary_contact": null,
        "street": "332 Carlton Ave.",
        "street2": null,
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "province": "California",
        "postal_code": null,
        "country": "United States",
        "account_number": "45454545",
        "phone": "4158859378",
        "website": "ikea.com",
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "language": "en",
        "is_1099": false,
        "tax_defaults": []
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Add Vendor",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"bill_vendor\": {\n        \"vendor_name\": \"IKEA\",\n        \"primary_contact_first_name\": \"Jimmy\",\n        \"primary_contact_last_name\": \"McNamara\",\n        \"primary_contact_email\": \"jmcnamara@ikea.com\",\n        \"primary_contact\": null,\n        \"street\": \"332 Carlton Ave.\",\n        \"street2\": null,\n        \"city\": \"San Francisco\",\n        \"province\": \"California\",\n        \"postal_code\": null,\n        \"country\": \"United States\",\n        \"account_number\": \"45454545\",\n        \"phone\": \"4158859378\",\n        \"website\": \"ikea.com\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"is_1099\": false,\n        \"tax_defaults\": []\n    }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "bill_vendors",
        "bill_vendors"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Add Vendor",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"bill_vendor\": {\n        \"vendor_name\": \"IKEA\",\n        \"primary_contact_first_name\": \"Jimmy\",\n        \"primary_contact_last_name\": \"McNamara\",\n        \"primary_contact_email\": \"jmcnamara@ikea.com\",\n        \"primary_contact\": null,\n        \"street\": \"332 Carlton Ave.\",\n        \"street2\": null,\n        \"city\": \"San Francisco\",\n        \"province\": \"California\",\n        \"postal_code\": null,\n        \"country\": \"United States\",\n        \"account_number\": \"45454545\",\n        \"phone\": \"4158859378\",\n        \"website\": \"ikea.com\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"is_1099\": false,\n        \"tax_defaults\": []\n    }\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "bill_vendors",
            "bill_vendors"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:25:05 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gGWFpfPRAGDFQNShECWl1eXxNcD1UOQRFGGgdNVk0LBwVTVVUOBQBQXQMOBFNXT1QFUxRACl5RBQRRDwMAVwRbVFJSVkRPXlJcFwQ/"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Security-Policy",
          "value": "default-src 'self'"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Security-Policy",
          "value": "default-src 'self'"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31556926; includeSubDomains; preload"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "600"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "599"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1602257165"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "59"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Alt-Svc",
          "value": "h3-Q050=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=\":443\"; ma=2592000,quic=\":443\"; ma=2592000; v=\"46,43\""
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"response\": {\n        \"result\": {\n            \"bill_vendor\": {\n                \"account_number\": \"45454545\",\n                \"city\": \"San Francisco\",\n                \"country\": \"United States\",\n                \"created_at\": \"2020-10-09 15:25:05\",\n                \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                \"is_1099\": false,\n                \"language\": \"en\",\n                \"outstanding_balance\": [],\n                \"overdue_balance\": [],\n                \"phone\": \"4158859378\",\n                \"postal_code\": null,\n                \"primary_contact_email\": \"jmcnamara@ikea.com\",\n                \"primary_contact_first_name\": \"Jimmy\",\n                \"primary_contact_last_name\": \"McNamara\",\n                \"province\": \"California\",\n                \"street\": \"332 Carlton Ave.\",\n                \"street2\": null,\n                \"tax_defaults\": [],\n                \"updated_at\": \"2020-10-09 15:25:05\",\n                \"vendor_name\": \"IKEA\",\n                \"vendorid\": 5,\n                \"vis_state\": 0,\n                \"website\": \"ikea.com\"\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}