Perl / New FreshBooks / Single Expense Category
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use chilkat();
# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http->put_AuthToken("<access_token>");
$http->SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",$sbResponseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
exit;
}
$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);
print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";
$respStatusCode = $http->get_LastStatus();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
print $http->lastHeader() . "\r\n";
print "Failed." . "\r\n";
exit;
}
# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
# {
# "response": {
# "result": {
# "category": {
# "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
# }
# }
# }
# }
# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
$Category = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.category.category");
$Categoryid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.category.categoryid");
$Created_at = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.category.created_at");
$Id = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.category.id");
$Is_cogs = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.category.is_cogs");
$Is_editable = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.category.is_editable");
$Parentid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.category.parentid");
$Updated_at = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.category.updated_at");
$Vis_state = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.category.vis_state");
Curl Command
curl -X GET
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Single Expense Category",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories",
"{{categoryId}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Single Expense Category",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/categories/{{categoryId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"categories",
"{{categoryId}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoBWRZdX1tASkcVUR1RHVNUBAZWUVAAAgVVVFcHAw5VSBwHH0BVBQMDW1wBCglQAgcHXVlVQx8EBVpEBDs="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:03:54 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": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Age",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Age",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:03:54 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 \"category\": {\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 }\n}"
}
]
}