DataFlex / New FreshBooks / Create Custom Expense Category
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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg
Procedure Test
Handle hoHttp
Boolean iSuccess
Variant vJson
Handle hoJson
Variant vResp
Handle hoResp
Variant vSbResponseBody
Handle hoSbResponseBody
Handle hoJResp
Integer iRespStatusCode
String sCategory
Integer iCategoryid
String sCreated_at
Integer iId
Boolean iIs_cogs
Boolean iIs_editable
Integer iParentid
String sUpdated_at
Integer iVis_state
String sTemp1
Boolean bTemp1
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
End
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
// The following JSON is sent in the request body.
// {
// "category": {
// "category": "catstuff2",
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": true,
// "parentid": 123,
// "subcategories": [
// ]
// }
// }
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoJson
End
Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "category.category" "catstuff2" To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "category.is_cogs" False To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "category.is_editable" True To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "category.parentid" 123 To iSuccess
Get ComUpdateNewArray Of hoJson "category.subcategories" To iSuccess
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "<access_token>"
Send ComSetRequestHeader To hoHttp "Content-Type" "application/json"
Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
Get ComPostJson3 Of hoHttp "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories" "application/json" vJson To vResp
If (IsComObject(vResp)) Begin
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
Set pvComObject Of hoResp To vResp
End
Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Procedure_Return
End
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponseBody
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponseBody))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponseBody
End
Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
Get ComGetBodySb Of hoResp vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJResp
If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJResp))) Begin
Send CreateComObject of hoJResp
End
Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
Get ComLoadSb Of hoJResp vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJResp To False
Showln "Response Body:"
Get ComEmit Of hoJResp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iRespStatusCode
Showln "Response Status Code = " iRespStatusCode
If (iRespStatusCode >= 400) Begin
Showln "Response Header:"
Get ComHeader Of hoResp To sTemp1
Showln sTemp1
Showln "Failed."
Send Destroy of hoResp
Procedure_Return
End
Send Destroy of hoResp
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "response": {
// "result": {
// "category": {
// "category": "catstuff",
// "categoryid": 5503992,
// "created_at": "2019-05-17 09:23:19",
// "id": 5503992,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": true,
// "parentid": 2003142,
// "updated_at": "2019-05-17 09:23:19",
// "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
Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.category" To sCategory
Get ComIntOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.categoryid" To iCategoryid
Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.created_at" To sCreated_at
Get ComIntOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.id" To iId
Get ComBoolOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.is_cogs" To iIs_cogs
Get ComBoolOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.is_editable" To iIs_editable
Get ComIntOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.parentid" To iParentid
Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.updated_at" To sUpdated_at
Get ComIntOf Of hoJResp "response.result.category.vis_state" To iVis_state
End_Procedure
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"category": {
"category": "catstuff2",
"is_cogs": false,
"is_editable": true,
"parentid": {{parentCategoryId}},
"subcategories": []
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Custom Expense Category",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"catstuff2\",\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": {{parentCategoryId}},\n \"subcategories\": []\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories"
]
},
"description": "Custome expense categories require a parent category ID. Please make a call to list expense categories to find the parent ID you'd like."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Custom Expense Category",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"catstuff2\",\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": {{parentCategoryId}},\n \"subcategories\": []\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tAWgBKQx1RH1JKBg5XUFoJBQBcVVAPCAJTVAkaAlVUT0BSUwkADltXBQoEDwdQUlVVRhpRAAoQXW4="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1558099457"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "57"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Thu, 17 May 2018 13:23:19 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": "Fri, 17 May 2019 13:23:19 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17335-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 \"category\": {\n \"category\": \"catstuff\",\n \"categoryid\": 5503992,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-05-17 09:23:19\",\n \"id\": 5503992,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-05-17 09:23:19\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
