.NET Core C# / New FreshBooks / Update Staff
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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.
// {
// "staff": {
// "fname": "Ryen"
// }
// }
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("staff.fname","Ryen");
// 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/staffs/{{staffId}}",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": {
// "staff": {
// "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
// "api_token": "9249ac8633763523fe614cdeb28787b9",
// "bus_phone": "",
// "currency_code": null,
// "display_name": "RyenMarr",
// "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
// "fax": "",
// "fname": "Ryen",
// "home_phone": null,
// "id": 1,
// "language": "en",
// "last_login": null,
// "level": 3,
// "lname": "Marr",
// "mob_phone": "",
// "note": null,
// "num_logins": 0,
// "organization": "Postman Sandbox",
// "p_city": "",
// "p_code": "",
// "p_country": "",
// "p_province": "",
// "p_street": "",
// "p_street2": "",
// "rate": null,
// "role": "admin",
// "signup_date": "2019-04-18 09:14:53",
// "updated": "2019-04-24 14:37:58",
// "userid": 1,
// "username": "rmarr@freshbooks.com",
// "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.staff.accounting_systemid");
string Api_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.api_token");
string Bus_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.bus_phone");
string Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.currency_code");
string Display_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.display_name");
string v_Email = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.email");
string Fax = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.fax");
string Fname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.fname");
string Home_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.home_phone");
int Id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.staff.id");
string Language = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.language");
string Last_login = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.last_login");
int Level = jResp.IntOf("response.result.staff.level");
string Lname = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.lname");
string Mob_phone = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.mob_phone");
string Note = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.note");
int Num_logins = jResp.IntOf("response.result.staff.num_logins");
string Organization = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.organization");
string P_city = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.p_city");
string P_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.p_code");
string P_country = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.p_country");
string P_province = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.p_province");
string P_street = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.p_street");
string P_street2 = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.p_street2");
string Rate = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.rate");
string Role = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.role");
string Signup_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.signup_date");
string Updated = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.updated");
int Userid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.staff.userid");
string Username = jResp.StringOf("response.result.staff.username");
int Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.staff.vis_state");
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"staff": {
"fname": "Ryen"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/staffs/{{staffId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Staff",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"staff\": {\n \"fname\": \"Ryen\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/staffs/{{staffId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"users",
"staffs",
"{{staffId}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Update Staff",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"staff\": {\n \"fname\": \"Ryen\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/staffs/{{staffId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"users",
"staffs",
"{{staffId}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gRQlNBEVwQFlEEXkAUCBgCHVQMVQlUBFNRDgFXVlsACwZTTVYHHRVRUAAPUVNUWwACAQ9TDgwCEB8DWA1CBG4="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:37:58 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 18:37:58 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 \"staff\": {\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"api_token\": \"9249ac8633763523fe614cdeb28787b9\",\n \"bus_phone\": \"\",\n \"currency_code\": null,\n \"display_name\": \"RyenMarr\",\n \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n \"fax\": \"\",\n \"fname\": \"Ryen\",\n \"home_phone\": null,\n \"id\": 1,\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"last_login\": null,\n \"level\": 3,\n \"lname\": \"Marr\",\n \"mob_phone\": \"\",\n \"note\": null,\n \"num_logins\": 0,\n \"organization\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n \"p_city\": \"\",\n \"p_code\": \"\",\n \"p_country\": \"\",\n \"p_province\": \"\",\n \"p_street\": \"\",\n \"p_street2\": \"\",\n \"rate\": null,\n \"role\": \"admin\",\n \"signup_date\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:53\",\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-24 14:37:58\",\n \"userid\": 1,\n \"username\": \"rmarr@freshbooks.com\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
