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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.
// {
// "task": {
// "name": "Saving the planet",
// "description": "Hourly rate for doing positive things",
// "rate": {
// "amount": "50.00",
// "code": "USD"
// }
// }
// }
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
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 = .F.) then
? loHttp.LastErrorText
release loHttp
release loJson
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 loSbResponseBody
release loJResp
return
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
llBillable = 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}"
}
]
}
