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C# / New FreshBooks / Add Business

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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.

// {
//   "name": "Kevin's Corral",
//   "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
//   "address_attributes": {
//     "country": "Canada"
//   },
//   "phone_number_attributes": null
// }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("name","Kevin's Corral");
json.UpdateString("date_format","mm/dd/yyyy");
json.UpdateString("address_attributes.country","Canada");
json.UpdateNull("phone_number_attributes");

// 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/auth/api/v1/users/business","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": {
//     "id": 1986590,
//     "name": "Kevin's Corral",
//     "account_id": "lwy0vG",
//     "business_group": {
//       "id": 4977602,
//       "category": "business",
//       "members": [
//         {
//           "id": 6487912,
//           "group_id": 4977602,
//           "role": "owner",
//           "identity_id": 37256,
//           "first_name": "Marshall",
//           "last_name": "Johnston",
//           "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
//           "company": "Kevin's Corral",
//           "business_id": 1986590,
//           "unacknowledged_change": false,
//           "active": true
//         }
//       ]
//     },
//     "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
//     "address": {
//       "id": 2448988,
//       "street": null,
//       "city": null,
//       "province": null,
//       "country": "Canada",
//       "postal_code": null
//     },
//     "phone_number": null,
//     "business_clients": [
//     ]
//   }
// }

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

Chilkat.DtObj Date_format = new Chilkat.DtObj();
int id;
int group_id;
string role;
int identity_id;
string first_name;
string last_name;
string email;
string company;
int business_id;
bool unacknowledged_change;
bool active;

int Id = jResp.IntOf("response.id");
string Name = jResp.StringOf("response.name");
string Account_id = jResp.StringOf("response.account_id");
int Business_groupId = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.id");
string Category = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.category");
jResp.DtOf("response.date_format",false,Date_format);
int AddressId = jResp.IntOf("response.address.id");
string Street = jResp.StringOf("response.address.street");
string City = jResp.StringOf("response.address.city");
string Province = jResp.StringOf("response.address.province");
string Country = jResp.StringOf("response.address.country");
string Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("response.address.postal_code");
string Phone_number = jResp.StringOf("response.phone_number");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_group.members");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].id");
    group_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].group_id");
    role = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].role");
    identity_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].identity_id");
    first_name = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].first_name");
    last_name = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].last_name");
    email = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].email");
    company = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].company");
    business_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].business_id");
    unacknowledged_change = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].unacknowledged_change");
    active = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].active");
    i = i + 1;
}

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

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "name": "Kevin\'s Corral",
    "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
    "address_attributes": {
        "country": "Canada"
    },
    "phone_number_attributes": null
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Add Business",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n    \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n    \"address_attributes\": {\n        \"country\": \"Canada\"\n    },\n    \"phone_number_attributes\": null\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "auth",
        "api",
        "v1",
        "users",
        "business"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Add Business",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n    \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n    \"address_attributes\": {\n        \"country\": \"Canada\"\n    },\n    \"phone_number_attributes\": null\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://my.freshbooks.com/service/api/auth/api/v1/users/business",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "my",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "service",
            "api",
            "auth",
            "api",
            "v1",
            "users",
            "business"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "ETag",
          "value": "W/\"ece9403d440d4badd777fca953dd9580\""
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Request-Id",
          "value": "49e5ba95-b7dc-42c7-b0c3-8d61d99d1f39"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Runtime",
          "value": "0.670145"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSBAUHUFQTGhEhCQ0WQg1UDl1KG39aAV0NVBZSEAEZZQAFCBdyUxAIDVl1XhUUUEJQClxZMF8XTAtWXw4IYQpMFVQyVhZLVVYNCkEUAx5UTVIZBwBXVgUEBFNVWlAIUApQDxQZAx9HDlIAVQpQBQBUV1AFXFUBXUM/"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:51:20 GMT"
        },
        {
          "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": "Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:51:20 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17366-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        \"id\": 1986590,\n        \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n        \"account_id\": \"lwy0vG\",\n        \"business_group\": {\n            \"id\": 4977602,\n            \"category\": \"business\",\n            \"members\": [\n                {\n                    \"id\": 6487912,\n                    \"group_id\": 4977602,\n                    \"role\": \"owner\",\n                    \"identity_id\": 37256,\n                    \"first_name\": \"Marshall\",\n                    \"last_name\": \"Johnston\",\n                    \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                    \"company\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n                    \"business_id\": 1986590,\n                    \"unacknowledged_change\": false,\n                    \"active\": true\n                }\n            ]\n        },\n        \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n        \"address\": {\n            \"id\": 2448988,\n            \"street\": null,\n            \"city\": null,\n            \"province\": null,\n            \"country\": \"Canada\",\n            \"postal_code\": null\n        },\n        \"phone_number\": null,\n        \"business_clients\": []\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}