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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lnBillable
LOCAL lcDescription
LOCAL lnId
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lcAmount
LOCAL lcCode
LOCAL lnTaskid
LOCAL lnTax1
LOCAL lnTax2
LOCAL lcTdesc
LOCAL lcTname
LOCAL lcUpdated
LOCAL lnVis_state
* This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')
* Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
* The following JSON is sent in the request body.
* {
* "task": {
* "name": "Saving the planet",
* "description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
* "rate": {
* "amount": "50.00",
* "code": "USD"
* }
* }
* }
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("task.name","Saving the planet")
loJson.UpdateString("task.description","Hourly rate for doing positive things")
loJson.UpdateString("task.rate.amount","50.00")
loJson.UpdateString("task.rate.code","USD")
* Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks","application/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
? loHttp.LastErrorText
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
CANCEL
ENDIF
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0
? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()
lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
? "Response Header:"
? loResp.Header
? "Failed."
RELEASE loResp
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
CANCEL
ENDIF
RELEASE loResp
* Sample JSON response:
* (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
* {
* "response": {
* "result": {
* "task": {
* "billable": true,
* "description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
* "id": 74830,
* "name": "Saving the planet",
* "rate": {
* "amount": "50.00",
* "code": "USD"
* },
* "taskid": 74830,
* "tax1": 0,
* "tax2": 0,
* "tdesc": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
* "tname": "Saving the planet",
* "updated": "2019-04-24 14:39:06",
* "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
lnBillable = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.task.billable")
lcDescription = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.description")
lnId = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.task.id")
lcName = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.name")
lcAmount = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.rate.amount")
lcCode = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.rate.code")
lnTaskid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.task.taskid")
lnTax1 = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.task.tax1")
lnTax2 = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.task.tax2")
lcTdesc = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.tdesc")
lcTname = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.tname")
lcUpdated = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.task.updated")
lnVis_state = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.task.vis_state")
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"task": {
"name": "Saving the planet",
"description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
"rate": {
"amount": "50.00",
"code": "USD"
}
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Task",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
"pm.environment.set(\"taskId\", jsonData.response.result.task.taskid);"
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"task\": {\n \"name\": \"Saving the planet\",\n \"description\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n \"rate\": {\n \t\t\"amount\": \"50.00\",\n \t\t\"code\": \"USD\"\n\t\t}\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"projects",
"tasks"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Task",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"task\": {\n \"name\": \"Saving the planet\",\n \"description\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n \"rate\": {\n \t\t\"amount\": \"50.00\",\n \t\t\"code\": \"USD\"\n\t\t}\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/projects/tasks",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"projects",
"tasks"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gUQ1lZBwUXEQoWWRFTSxYeA0kJTwBQAlBcBgNVV1EABwFTWFQOHQZRVB0UB1RTBQdRUQhVCQoCCgFUAEMdB1IOF1Nq"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:39:06 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 18:39:06 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 \"task\": {\n \"billable\": true,\n \"description\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n \"id\": 74830,\n \"name\": \"Saving the planet\",\n \"rate\": {\n \"amount\": \"50.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"taskid\": 74830,\n \"tax1\": 0,\n \"tax2\": 0,\n \"tdesc\": \"Hourly rate for doing positive things\",\n \"tname\": \"Saving the planet\",\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-24 14:39:06\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
