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PowerBuilder / New FreshBooks / Upload Expense Receipt

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Req
oleobject loo_Resp

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Req = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Req.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpRequest")

loo_Req.HttpVerb = "POST"
loo_Req.Path = "/uploads/account/{{accountId}}/attachments"
loo_Req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
li_Success = loo_Req.AddFileForUpload2("content"," path to file","application/octet-stream")

loo_Req.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer <access_token>")
loo_Req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")

loo_Resp = loo_Http.SynchronousRequest("api.freshbooks.com",443,1,loo_Req)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Req
    return
end if

Write-Debug string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
destroy loo_Resp


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Req

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
	--form 'content=@"/path/to/file"'
https://api.freshbooks.com/uploads/account/{{accountId}}/attachments

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Upload Expense Receipt",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody); ",
          "pm.environment.set(\"uploadFile\", \"\\'\" + jsonData.attachment.jwt + \"\\\"\")"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "multipart/form-data",
        "disabled": true
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "content",
          "type": "file",
          "src": [
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/uploads/account/{{accountId}}/attachments",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "uploads",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "attachments"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}