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C# / New FreshBooks / List Tasks

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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}}/projects/tasks",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": {
//       "page": 1,
//       "pages": 1,
//       "per_page": 15,
//       "tasks": [
//         {
//           "billable": true,
//           "description": "",
//           "id": 55226,
//           "name": "Computer Hardware",
//           "rate": {
//             "amount": "0.00",
//             "code": "USD"
//           },
//           "taskid": 55226,
//           "tax1": 0,
//           "tax2": 0,
//           "tdesc": "",
//           "tname": "Computer Hardware",
//           "updated": "2019-04-18 09:14:53",
//           "vis_state": 0
//         },
//         {
//           "billable": true,
//           "description": "Specific consulting services for a specific reason",
//           "id": 70986,
//           "name": "Consulting",
//           "rate": {
//             "amount": "45.00",
//             "code": "USD"
//           },
//           "taskid": 70986,
//           "tax1": 0,
//           "tax2": 0,
//           "tdesc": "Specific consulting services for a specific reason",
//           "tname": "Consulting",
//           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:47:22",
//           "vis_state": 0
//         },
//         {
//           "billable": true,
//           "description": "Specific contracting services for a specific reason",
//           "id": 70988,
//           "name": "Contracting",
//           "rate": {
//             "amount": "45.00",
//             "code": "USD"
//           },
//           "taskid": 70988,
//           "tax1": 0,
//           "tax2": 0,
//           "tdesc": "Specific contracting services for a specific reason",
//           "tname": "Contracting",
//           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:48:11",
//           "vis_state": 0
//         },
//         {
//           "billable": true,
//           "description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
//           "id": 70992,
//           "name": "Saving Planet",
//           "rate": {
//             "amount": "1000.00",
//             "code": "USD"
//           },
//           "taskid": 70992,
//           "tax1": 0,
//           "tax2": 0,
//           "tdesc": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
//           "tname": "Saving Planet",
//           "updated": "2019-04-23 14:50:57",
//           "vis_state": 0
//         }
//       ],
//       "total": 4
//     }
//   }
// }

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

bool billable;
string description;
int id;
string name;
string Amount;
string Code;
int taskid;
int tax1;
int tax2;
string tdesc;
string tname;
string updated;
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.tasks");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    billable = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.tasks[i].billable");
    description = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].description");
    id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].id");
    name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].name");
    Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].rate.amount");
    Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].rate.code");
    taskid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].taskid");
    tax1 = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].tax1");
    tax2 = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[i].tax2");
    tdesc = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].tdesc");
    tname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].tname");
    updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.tasks[i].updated");
    vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.tasks[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}}/projects/tasks

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Tasks",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"taskId\", jsonData.response.result.tasks[0].taskid);"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks\n",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "projects",
        "tasks\n"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Tasks",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "projects",
            "tasks"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gUQ1lZBwUXEQoWWRFTSxYeA0kJTwBTAlRcAwVXUFcBBwdRUVsPHRpXSBNVBgZUBVtWVltbCl5QCwVcG01XAF8RAWs="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:38:47 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 18:38:48 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            \"page\": 1,\n            \"pages\": 1,\n            \"per_page\": 15,\n            \"tasks\": [\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"\",\n                    \"id\": 55226,\n                    \"name\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 55226,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Computer Hardware\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:53\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Specific consulting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"id\": 70986,\n                    \"name\": \"Consulting\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"45.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70986,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Specific consulting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Consulting\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:47:22\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Specific contracting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"id\": 70988,\n                    \"name\": \"Contracting\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"45.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70988,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Specific contracting services for a specific reason\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Contracting\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:48:11\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"billable\": true,\n                    \"description\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n                    \"id\": 70992,\n                    \"name\": \"Saving Planet\",\n                    \"rate\": {\n                        \"amount\": \"1000.00\",\n                        \"code\": \"USD\"\n                    },\n                    \"taskid\": 70992,\n                    \"tax1\": 0,\n                    \"tax2\": 0,\n                    \"tdesc\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n                    \"tname\": \"Saving Planet\",\n                    \"updated\": \"2019-04-23 14:50:57\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"total\": 4\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}