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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("expense.vendor","WestJet")
# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
$http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
$sbRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sbRequestBody)
$resp = $http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",$sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",$false,$false)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
$($http.LastErrorText)
exit
}
$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$resp.GetBodySb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false
$("Response Body:")
$($jResp.Emit())
$respStatusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
$("Response Header:")
$($resp.Header)
$("Failed.")
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}"
}
]
}
