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var
http: TChilkatHttp;
success: Integer;
sbResponseBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
jResp: TChilkatJsonObject;
respStatusCode: Integer;
category: WideString;
categoryid: Integer;
created_at: WideString;
id: Integer;
is_cogs: Integer;
is_editable: Integer;
parentid: Integer;
updated_at: WideString;
vis_state: Integer;
Page: Integer;
Pages: Integer;
Per_page: Integer;
Total: Integer;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;
begin
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken := '<access_token>';
http.SetRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/json');
sbResponseBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := http.QuickGetSb('https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories',sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
begin
Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
jResp := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
jResp.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(jResp.Emit());
respStatusCode := http.LastStatus;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
begin
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastHeader);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed.');
Exit;
end;
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "response": {
// "result": {
// "categories": [
// {
// "category": "Accident Insurance",
// "categoryid": 2003192,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003192,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003186,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Accounting",
// "categoryid": 2003198,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003198,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003194,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Advertising",
// "categoryid": 2003168,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003168,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": null,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Airfare",
// "categoryid": 2003242,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003242,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003238,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Bank Fees",
// "categoryid": 2003148,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003148,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003142,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Business Insurance",
// "categoryid": 2003146,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003146,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003142,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Car & Truck Expenses",
// "categoryid": 2003170,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003170,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": null,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Commissions",
// "categoryid": 2003164,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003164,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003142,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Computer Parts",
// "categoryid": 2005674,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:40:57",
// "id": 2005674,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": true,
// "parentid": 2003142,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:40:57",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Contractors",
// "categoryid": 2003182,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003182,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": null,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Depreciation",
// "categoryid": 2003160,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003160,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003142,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Education and Training",
// "categoryid": 2003184,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003184,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": null,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Employee Benefits",
// "categoryid": 2003186,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003186,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": null,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Entertainment",
// "categoryid": 2003204,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003204,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003200,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// },
// {
// "category": "Equipment",
// "categoryid": 2003232,
// "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "id": 2003232,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "is_editable": false,
// "parentid": 2003226,
// "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
// "vis_state": 0
// }
// ],
// "page": 1,
// "pages": 4,
// "per_page": 15,
// "total": 56
// }
// }
// }
// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Page := jResp.IntOf('response.result.page');
Pages := jResp.IntOf('response.result.pages');
Per_page := jResp.IntOf('response.result.per_page');
Total := jResp.IntOf('response.result.total');
i := 0;
count_i := jResp.SizeOfArray('response.result.categories');
while i < count_i do
begin
jResp.I := i;
category := jResp.StringOf('response.result.categories[i].category');
categoryid := jResp.IntOf('response.result.categories[i].categoryid');
created_at := jResp.StringOf('response.result.categories[i].created_at');
id := jResp.IntOf('response.result.categories[i].id');
is_cogs := jResp.BoolOf('response.result.categories[i].is_cogs');
is_editable := jResp.BoolOf('response.result.categories[i].is_editable');
parentid := jResp.IntOf('response.result.categories[i].parentid');
updated_at := jResp.StringOf('response.result.categories[i].updated_at');
vis_state := jResp.IntOf('response.result.categories[i].vis_state');
i := i + 1;
end;
Curl Command
curl -X GET
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "List Expense Categories",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
"pm.environment.set(\"categoryId\", jsonData.response.result.categories[0].id) "
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "List Expense Categories",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tAWgBKQx1RH1JKBwZVV1YJBwdTWVMEBgVWUx0bAk5EAVpSVghRWwBXUwEDDlIDAhFOAldbEgM+"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:03:50 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"key": "Content-Encoding",
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},
{
"key": "Via",
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},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 varnish"
},
{
"key": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:03:50 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 \"categories\": [\n {\n \"category\": \"Accident Insurance\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003192,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003192,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003186,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Accounting\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003198,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003198,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003194,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Advertising\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003168,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003168,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": null,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Airfare\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003242,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003242,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003238,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Bank Fees\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003148,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003148,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Business Insurance\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003146,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003146,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Car & Truck Expenses\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003170,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003170,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": null,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Commissions\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003164,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003164,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Computer Parts\",\n \"categoryid\": 2005674,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:40:57\",\n \"id\": 2005674,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": true,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:40:57\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Contractors\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003182,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003182,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": null,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Depreciation\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003160,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003160,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003142,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Education and Training\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003184,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003184,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": null,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Employee Benefits\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003186,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003186,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": null,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Entertainment\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003204,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003204,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003200,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n },\n {\n \"category\": \"Equipment\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003232,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"id\": 2003232,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"is_editable\": false,\n \"parentid\": 2003226,\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n ],\n \"page\": 1,\n \"pages\": 4,\n \"per_page\": 15,\n \"total\": 56\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
