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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
// The following JSON is sent in the request body.
// {
// "expense": {
// "vendor": "WestJet"
// }
// }
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("expense.vendor","WestJet")
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loSbRequestBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)
loResp = loHttp.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",.F.,.F.)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
? loHttp.LastErrorText
release loHttp
release loJson
release loSbRequestBody
return
endif
loSbResponseBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = .F.
? "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 loSbRequestBody
release loSbResponseBody
release loJResp
return
endif
release loResp
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "response": {
// "result": {
// "expense": {
// "account_name": "",
// "accountid": null,
// "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
// "amount": {
// "amount": "79.73",
// "code": "USD"
// },
// "background_jobid": null,
// "bank_name": "",
// "categoryid": 2003174,
// "clientid": 0,
// "compounded_tax": false,
// "date": "2019-04-24",
// "expenseid": 1825568,
// "ext_invoiceid": 0,
// "ext_systemid": 0,
// "from_bulk_import": false,
// "has_receipt": true,
// "id": 1825568,
// "include_receipt": false,
// "invoiceid": null,
// "is_cogs": false,
// "isduplicate": true,
// "markup_percent": "0",
// "notes": "Purchased Gasoline for deliveries",
// "profileid": null,
// "projectid": 0,
// "staffid": 1,
// "status": 0,
// "taxAmount1": {
// "amount": "9.17",
// "code": "USD"
// },
// "taxAmount2": null,
// "taxName1": "other tax",
// "taxName2": null,
// "taxPercent1": "13",
// "taxPercent2": null,
// "transactionid": null,
// "updated": "2019-05-08 16:03:24",
// "vendor": "WestJet",
// "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
lcAccount_name = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.account_name")
lcAccountid = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.accountid")
lcAccounting_systemid = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.accounting_systemid")
lcAmount = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.amount.amount")
lcCode = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.amount.code")
lcBackground_jobid = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.background_jobid")
lcBank_name = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.bank_name")
lnCategoryid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.categoryid")
lnClientid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.clientid")
llCompounded_tax = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.compounded_tax")
lcDate = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.date")
lnExpenseid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.expenseid")
lnExt_invoiceid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_invoiceid")
lnExt_systemid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_systemid")
llFrom_bulk_import = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.from_bulk_import")
llHas_receipt = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.has_receipt")
lnId = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.id")
llInclude_receipt = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.include_receipt")
lcInvoiceid = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.invoiceid")
llIs_cogs = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.is_cogs")
llIsduplicate = loJResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.isduplicate")
lcMarkup_percent = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.markup_percent")
lcNotes = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.notes")
lcProfileid = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.profileid")
lnProjectid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.projectid")
lnStaffid = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.staffid")
lnStatus = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.status")
lcTaxAmount1Amount = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.amount")
lcTaxAmount1Code = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.code")
lcTaxAmount2 = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount2")
lcTaxName1 = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxName1")
lcTaxName2 = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxName2")
lcTaxPercent1 = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent1")
lcTaxPercent2 = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent2")
lcTransactionid = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.transactionid")
lcUpdated = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.updated")
lcVendor = loJResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.vendor")
lnVis_state = loJResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.vis_state")
release loHttp
release loJson
release loSbRequestBody
release loSbResponseBody
release loJResp
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"expense": {
"vendor": "WestJet"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Expense",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"expense\": {\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"expenses",
"{{expenseId}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Update Expense",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"expense\": {\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"expenses",
"{{expenseId}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoHQBJdVkdXEUkJTQFPAVRRDwZYUFsNAAZXVlQOBARKUAcaEVJWUAEHUwtUXl0GUAdSCAcTTVUDCEVSPA=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1557345847"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "42"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 20:03:24 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, 08 May 2019 20:03:24 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17361-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 \"expense\": {\n \"account_name\": \"\",\n \"accountid\": null,\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"amount\": {\n \"amount\": \"79.73\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"background_jobid\": null,\n \"bank_name\": \"\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003174,\n \"clientid\": 0,\n \"compounded_tax\": false,\n \"date\": \"2019-04-24\",\n \"expenseid\": 1825568,\n \"ext_invoiceid\": 0,\n \"ext_systemid\": 0,\n \"from_bulk_import\": false,\n \"has_receipt\": true,\n \"id\": 1825568,\n \"include_receipt\": false,\n \"invoiceid\": null,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"isduplicate\": true,\n \"markup_percent\": \"0\",\n \"notes\": \"Purchased Gasoline for deliveries\",\n \"profileid\": null,\n \"projectid\": 0,\n \"staffid\": 1,\n \"status\": 0,\n \"taxAmount1\": {\n \"amount\": \"9.17\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"taxAmount2\": null,\n \"taxName1\": \"other tax\",\n \"taxName2\": null,\n \"taxPercent1\": \"13\",\n \"taxPercent2\": null,\n \"transactionid\": null,\n \"updated\": \"2019-05-08 16:03:24\",\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
