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.NET Core C# / New FreshBooks / Single Expense Category

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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}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",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": {
//       "category": {
//         "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
//       }
//     }
//   }
// }

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

string Category = jResp.StringOf("response.result.category.category");
int Categoryid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.categoryid");
string Created_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.category.created_at");
int Id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.id");
bool Is_cogs = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.category.is_cogs");
bool Is_editable = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.category.is_editable");
int Parentid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.parentid");
string Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.category.updated_at");
int Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.category.vis_state");

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Single Expense Category",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "expenses",
        "categories",
        "{{categoryId}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Single Expense Category",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "expenses",
            "categories",
            "{{categoryId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tASkcVUR1RHVNUBAZWUVAAAgVVVFcHAw5VSBwHH0BVBQMDW1wBCglQAgcHXVlVQx8EBVpEBDs="
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:03:54 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 18:03:54 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            \"category\": {\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    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}