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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}


function chilkatExample() {

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    var success;

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.AuthToken = "<access_token>";
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var jResp = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.EmitCompact = false;

    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(jResp.Emit());

    var respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
    console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(http.LastHeader);
        console.log("Failed.");
        return;
    }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "response": {
    //     "result": {
    //       "categories": [
    //         {
    //           "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
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Accounting",
    //           "categoryid": 2003198,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003198,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003194,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Advertising",
    //           "categoryid": 2003168,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003168,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": null,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Airfare",
    //           "categoryid": 2003242,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003242,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003238,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Bank Fees",
    //           "categoryid": 2003148,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003148,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003142,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Business Insurance",
    //           "categoryid": 2003146,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003146,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003142,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Car & Truck Expenses",
    //           "categoryid": 2003170,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003170,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": null,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Commissions",
    //           "categoryid": 2003164,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003164,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003142,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Computer Parts",
    //           "categoryid": 2005674,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:40:57",
    //           "id": 2005674,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": true,
    //           "parentid": 2003142,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:40:57",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Contractors",
    //           "categoryid": 2003182,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003182,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": null,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Depreciation",
    //           "categoryid": 2003160,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003160,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003142,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Education and Training",
    //           "categoryid": 2003184,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003184,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": null,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Employee Benefits",
    //           "categoryid": 2003186,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003186,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": null,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Entertainment",
    //           "categoryid": 2003204,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003204,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003200,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "category": "Equipment",
    //           "categoryid": 2003232,
    //           "created_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "id": 2003232,
    //           "is_cogs": false,
    //           "is_editable": false,
    //           "parentid": 2003226,
    //           "updated_at": "2019-04-18 09:14:52",
    //           "vis_state": 0
    //         }
    //       ],
    //       "page": 1,
    //       "pages": 4,
    //       "per_page": 15,
    //       "total": 56
    //     }
    //   }
    // }

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

    var category;
    var categoryid;
    var created_at;
    var id;
    var is_cogs;
    var is_editable;
    var parentid;
    var updated_at;
    var vis_state;

    var Page = jResp.IntOf("response.result.page");
    var Pages = jResp.IntOf("response.result.pages");
    var Per_page = jResp.IntOf("response.result.per_page");
    var Total = jResp.IntOf("response.result.total");
    var i = 0;
    var count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.categories");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.I = i;
        category = jResp.StringOf("response.result.categories[i].category");
        categoryid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.categories[i].categoryid");
        created_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.categories[i].created_at");
        id = jResp.IntOf("response.result.categories[i].id");
        is_cogs = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.categories[i].is_cogs");
        is_editable = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.categories[i].is_editable");
        parentid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.categories[i].parentid");
        updated_at = jResp.StringOf("response.result.categories[i].updated_at");
        vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.categories[i].vis_state");
        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Expense Categories",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"categoryId\", jsonData.response.result.categories[0].id) "
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "expenses",
        "categories"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "List Expense Categories",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "expenses",
            "categories"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tAWgBKQx1RH1JKBwZVV1YJBwdTWVMEBgVWUx0bAk5EAVpSVghRWwBXUwEDDlIDAhFOAldbEgM+"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:03:50 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 18:03:50 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            \"categories\": [\n                {\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                    \"category\": \"Accounting\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003198,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003198,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003194,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Advertising\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003168,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003168,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": null,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Airfare\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003242,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003242,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003238,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Bank Fees\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003148,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003148,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003142,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Business Insurance\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003146,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003146,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003142,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Car & Truck Expenses\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003170,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003170,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": null,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Commissions\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003164,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003164,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003142,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Computer Parts\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2005674,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:40:57\",\n                    \"id\": 2005674,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": true,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003142,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:40:57\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Contractors\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003182,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003182,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": null,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Depreciation\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003160,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003160,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003142,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Education and Training\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003184,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003184,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": null,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Employee Benefits\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003186,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003186,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": null,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Entertainment\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003204,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003204,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003200,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                },\n                {\n                    \"category\": \"Equipment\",\n                    \"categoryid\": 2003232,\n                    \"created_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"id\": 2003232,\n                    \"is_cogs\": false,\n                    \"is_editable\": false,\n                    \"parentid\": 2003226,\n                    \"updated_at\": \"2019-04-18 09:14:52\",\n                    \"vis_state\": 0\n                }\n            ],\n            \"page\": 1,\n            \"pages\": 4,\n            \"per_page\": 15,\n            \"total\": 56\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}