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Perl / New FreshBooks / Update Expense

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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();

# 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"
#   }
# }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("expense.vendor","WestJet");

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

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbRequestBody);

# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",$sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);

$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# 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

$Account_name = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.account_name");
$Accountid = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.accountid");
$Accounting_systemid = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.accounting_systemid");
$Amount = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.amount.amount");
$Code = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.amount.code");
$Background_jobid = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.background_jobid");
$Bank_name = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.bank_name");
$Categoryid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.categoryid");
$Clientid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.clientid");
$Compounded_tax = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.expense.compounded_tax");
$Date = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.date");
$Expenseid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.expenseid");
$Ext_invoiceid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_invoiceid");
$Ext_systemid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_systemid");
$From_bulk_import = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.expense.from_bulk_import");
$Has_receipt = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.expense.has_receipt");
$Id = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.id");
$Include_receipt = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.expense.include_receipt");
$Invoiceid = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.invoiceid");
$Is_cogs = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.expense.is_cogs");
$Isduplicate = $jResp->BoolOf("response.result.expense.isduplicate");
$Markup_percent = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.markup_percent");
$Notes = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.notes");
$Profileid = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.profileid");
$Projectid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.projectid");
$Staffid = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.staffid");
$Status = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.status");
$TaxAmount1Amount = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.amount");
$TaxAmount1Code = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.code");
$TaxAmount2 = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount2");
$TaxName1 = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxName1");
$TaxName2 = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxName2");
$TaxPercent1 = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent1");
$TaxPercent2 = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent2");
$Transactionid = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.transactionid");
$Updated = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.updated");
$Vendor = $jResp->stringOf("response.result.expense.vendor");
$Vis_state = $jResp->IntOf("response.result.expense.vis_state");

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}"
    }
  ]
}