.NET Core C# / New FreshBooks / Update Client
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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.
// {
// "client": {
// "fname": "Nicolas"
// }
// }
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("client.fname","Nicolas");
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>";
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
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": {
// "client": {
// "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
// "allow_late_fees": true,
// "allow_late_notifications": true,
// "bus_phone": "",
// "company_industry": null,
// "company_size": null,
// "currency_code": "USD",
// "direct_link_token": null,
// "email": "first@company.com",
// "fax": "",
// "fname": "Nicolas",
// "has_retainer": null,
// "home_phone": "555-555-1234",
// "id": 31006,
// "language": "en",
// "last_activity": null,
// "last_login": null,
// "level": 0,
// "lname": "one",
// "mob_phone": "",
// "note": null,
// "notified": false,
// "num_logins": 0,
// "organization": "first company",
// "p_city": "",
// "p_code": "",
// "p_country": "Canada",
// "p_province": "",
// "p_street": "",
// "p_street2": "",
// "pref_email": true,
// "pref_gmail": false,
// "retainer_id": null,
// "role": "client",
// "s_city": "",
// "s_code": "",
// "s_country": "",
// "s_province": "",
// "s_street": "",
// "s_street2": "",
// "signup_date": "2019-04-18 13:38:23",
// "statement_token": null,
// "subdomain": null,
// "updated": "2019-04-24 13:47:39",
// "userid": 31006,
// "username": "clientone",
// "vat_name": null,
// "vat_number": "",
// "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
string Accounting_systemid = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.accounting_systemid");
bool Allow_late_fees = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_fees");
bool Allow_late_notifications = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_notifications");
string Bus_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.bus_phone");
string Company_industry = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_industry");
string Company_size = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_size");
string Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.currency_code");
string Direct_link_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.direct_link_token");
string v_Email = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.email");
string Fax = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fax");
string Fname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fname");
string Has_retainer = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.has_retainer");
string Home_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.home_phone");
int Id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.id");
string Language = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.language");
string Last_activity = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_activity");
string Last_login = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_login");
int Level = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.level");
string Lname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.lname");
string Mob_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.mob_phone");
string Note = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.note");
bool Notified = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.notified");
int Num_logins = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.num_logins");
string Organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.organization");
string P_city = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_city");
string P_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_code");
string P_country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_country");
string P_province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_province");
string P_street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street");
string P_street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street2");
bool Pref_email = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_email");
bool Pref_gmail = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_gmail");
string Retainer_id = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.retainer_id");
string Role = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.role");
string S_city = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_city");
string S_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_code");
string S_country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_country");
string S_province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_province");
string S_street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street");
string S_street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street2");
string Signup_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.signup_date");
string Statement_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.statement_token");
string Subdomain = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.subdomain");
string Updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.updated");
int Userid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.userid");
string Username = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.username");
string Vat_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_name");
string Vat_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_number");
int Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.vis_state");
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"client": {
"fname": "Nicolas"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Client",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"client\": {\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"users",
"clients",
"{{customerId}}"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "",
"value": "",
"disabled": true
}
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Update Client",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"client\": {\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"users",
"clients",
"{{customerId}}"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "",
"value": "",
"disabled": true
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gRQlNBEVwADlkHVhYaFAQeA0sLUAdSBVNRBAVXUVcNBQBRVE4CAxtEBQUGBVBTUQNVVA9bCg4AVBFJXwBdElY/"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:47:39 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": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:47:39 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 \"client\": {\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"allow_late_fees\": true,\n \"allow_late_notifications\": true,\n \"bus_phone\": \"\",\n \"company_industry\": null,\n \"company_size\": null,\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"direct_link_token\": null,\n \"email\": \"first@company.com\",\n \"fax\": \"\",\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\",\n \"has_retainer\": null,\n \"home_phone\": \"555-555-1234\",\n \"id\": 31006,\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"last_activity\": null,\n \"last_login\": null,\n \"level\": 0,\n \"lname\": \"one\",\n \"mob_phone\": \"\",\n \"note\": null,\n \"notified\": false,\n \"num_logins\": 0,\n \"organization\": \"first company\",\n \"p_city\": \"\",\n \"p_code\": \"\",\n \"p_country\": \"Canada\",\n \"p_province\": \"\",\n \"p_street\": \"\",\n \"p_street2\": \"\",\n \"pref_email\": true,\n \"pref_gmail\": false,\n \"retainer_id\": null,\n \"role\": \"client\",\n \"s_city\": \"\",\n \"s_code\": \"\",\n \"s_country\": \"\",\n \"s_province\": \"\",\n \"s_street\": \"\",\n \"s_street2\": \"\",\n \"signup_date\": \"2019-04-18 13:38:23\",\n \"statement_token\": null,\n \"subdomain\": null,\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-24 13:47:39\",\n \"userid\": 31006,\n \"username\": \"clientone\",\n \"vat_name\": null,\n \"vat_number\": \"\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
