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Objective-C / New FreshBooks / Create Service

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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];
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.

// {
//   "billable_item": {
//     "name": "Workingg hard",
//     "billable": true,
//     "description": "Cool dude",
//     "tax1": null,
//     "tax2": null,
//     "unit_cost": {
//       "amount": "50",
//       "code": "CAD"
//     }
//   }
// }

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"billable_item.name" value: @"Workingg hard"];
[json UpdateBool: @"billable_item.billable" value: YES];
[json UpdateString: @"billable_item.description" value: @"Cool dude"];
[json UpdateNull: @"billable_item.tax1"];
[json UpdateNull: @"billable_item.tax2"];
[json UpdateString: @"billable_item.unit_cost.amount" value: @"50"];
[json UpdateString: @"billable_item.unit_cost.code" value: @"CAD"];

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = @"<access_token>";
[http SetRequestHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [http PostJson3: @"https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/billable_items/billable_items" contentType: @"application/json" json: json];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%d",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"billable_item": {
        "name": "Workingg hard",
        "billable": true,
        "description": "Cool dude",
        "tax1": null,
        "tax2": null, 
        "unit_cost": {
        	"amount": "50",
        	"code": "CAD"
        }
	}
 }'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/billable_items/billable_items

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Service",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": " {\n\t\"billable_item\": {\n        \"name\": \"Workingg hard\",\n        \"billable\": true,\n        \"description\": \"Cool dude\",\n        \"tax1\": null,\n        \"tax2\": null, \n        \"unit_cost\": {\n        \t\"amount\": \"50\",\n        \t\"code\": \"CAD\"\n        }\n\t}\n }"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/billable_items/billable_items",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "billable_items",
        "billable_items"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}