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require '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.
# {
# "bill_vendor": {
# "vendor_name": "IKEA",
# "primary_contact_first_name": "Jimmy",
# "primary_contact_last_name": "McNamara",
# "primary_contact_email": "jmcnamara@ikea.com",
# "primary_contact": null,
# "street": "332 Carlton Ave.",
# "street2": null,
# "city": "San Francisco",
# "province": "California",
# "postal_code": null,
# "country": "United States",
# "account_number": "45454545",
# "phone": "4158859378",
# "website": "ikea.com",
# "currency_code": "USD",
# "language": "en",
# "is_1099": false,
# "tax_defaults": [
# ]
# }
# }
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.vendor_name","IKEA")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.primary_contact_first_name","Jimmy")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.primary_contact_last_name","McNamara")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.primary_contact_email","jmcnamara@ikea.com")
json.UpdateNull("bill_vendor.primary_contact")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.street","332 Carlton Ave.")
json.UpdateNull("bill_vendor.street2")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.city","San Francisco")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.province","California")
json.UpdateNull("bill_vendor.postal_code")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.country","United States")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.account_number","45454545")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.phone","4158859378")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.website","ikea.com")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.currency_code","USD")
json.UpdateString("bill_vendor.language","en")
json.UpdateBool("bill_vendor.is_1099",false)
json.UpdateNewArray("bill_vendor.tax_defaults")
# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>")
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors","application/json",json)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
exit
end
sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)
print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";
respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
print "Response Header:" + "\n";
print resp.header() + "\n";
print "Failed." + "\n";
exit
end
# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
# {
# "response": {
# "result": {
# "bill_vendor": {
# "account_number": "45454545",
# "city": "San Francisco",
# "country": "United States",
# "created_at": "2020-10-09 15:25:05",
# "currency_code": "USD",
# "is_1099": false,
# "language": "en",
# "outstanding_balance": [
# ],
# "overdue_balance": [
# ],
# "phone": "4158859378",
# "postal_code": null,
# "primary_contact_email": "jmcnamara@ikea.com",
# "primary_contact_first_name": "Jimmy",
# "primary_contact_last_name": "McNamara",
# "province": "California",
# "street": "332 Carlton Ave.",
# "street2": null,
# "tax_defaults": [
# ],
# "updated_at": "2020-10-09 15:25:05",
# "vendor_name": "IKEA",
# "vendorid": 5,
# "vis_state": 0,
# "website": "ikea.com"
# }
# }
# }
# }
# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Account_number = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.account_number")
City = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.city")
Country = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.country")
Created_at = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.created_at")
Currency_code = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.currency_code")
Is_1099 = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.bill_vendor.is_1099")
Language = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.language")
Phone = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.phone")
Postal_code = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.postal_code")
Primary_contact_email = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.primary_contact_email")
Primary_contact_first_name = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.primary_contact_first_name")
Primary_contact_last_name = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.primary_contact_last_name")
Province = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.province")
Street = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.street")
Street2 = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.street2")
Updated_at = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.updated_at")
Vendor_name = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.vendor_name")
Vendorid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.bill_vendor.vendorid")
Vis_state = jResp.IntOf("response.result.bill_vendor.vis_state")
Website = jResp.stringOf("response.result.bill_vendor.website")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.bill_vendor.outstanding_balance")
while i < count_i
jResp.put_I(i)
i = i + 1
end
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.bill_vendor.overdue_balance")
while i < count_i
jResp.put_I(i)
i = i + 1
end
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.bill_vendor.tax_defaults")
while i < count_i
jResp.put_I(i)
i = i + 1
end
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-d '{
"bill_vendor": {
"vendor_name": "IKEA",
"primary_contact_first_name": "Jimmy",
"primary_contact_last_name": "McNamara",
"primary_contact_email": "jmcnamara@ikea.com",
"primary_contact": null,
"street": "332 Carlton Ave.",
"street2": null,
"city": "San Francisco",
"province": "California",
"postal_code": null,
"country": "United States",
"account_number": "45454545",
"phone": "4158859378",
"website": "ikea.com",
"currency_code": "USD",
"language": "en",
"is_1099": false,
"tax_defaults": []
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Add Vendor",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"bill_vendor\": {\n \"vendor_name\": \"IKEA\",\n \"primary_contact_first_name\": \"Jimmy\",\n \"primary_contact_last_name\": \"McNamara\",\n \"primary_contact_email\": \"jmcnamara@ikea.com\",\n \"primary_contact\": null,\n \"street\": \"332 Carlton Ave.\",\n \"street2\": null,\n \"city\": \"San Francisco\",\n \"province\": \"California\",\n \"postal_code\": null,\n \"country\": \"United States\",\n \"account_number\": \"45454545\",\n \"phone\": \"4158859378\",\n \"website\": \"ikea.com\",\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"is_1099\": false,\n \"tax_defaults\": []\n }\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"bill_vendors",
"bill_vendors"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Add Vendor",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"bill_vendor\": {\n \"vendor_name\": \"IKEA\",\n \"primary_contact_first_name\": \"Jimmy\",\n \"primary_contact_last_name\": \"McNamara\",\n \"primary_contact_email\": \"jmcnamara@ikea.com\",\n \"primary_contact\": null,\n \"street\": \"332 Carlton Ave.\",\n \"street2\": null,\n \"city\": \"San Francisco\",\n \"province\": \"California\",\n \"postal_code\": null,\n \"country\": \"United States\",\n \"account_number\": \"45454545\",\n \"phone\": \"4158859378\",\n \"website\": \"ikea.com\",\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"is_1099\": false,\n \"tax_defaults\": []\n }\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/bill_vendors/bill_vendors",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"bill_vendors",
"bill_vendors"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:25:05 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Vary",
"value": "Accept-Encoding"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gGWFpfPRAGDFQNShECWl1eXxNcD1UOQRFGGgdNVk0LBwVTVVUOBQBQXQMOBFNXT1QFUxRACl5RBQRRDwMAVwRbVFJSVkRPXlJcFwQ/"
},
{
"key": "X-Frame-Options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "X-XSS-Protection",
"value": "1; mode=block"
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "Content-Security-Policy",
"value": "default-src 'self'"
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Security-Policy",
"value": "default-src 'self'"
},
{
"key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"value": "max-age=31556926; includeSubDomains; preload"
},
{
"key": "Referrer-Policy",
"value": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "600"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "599"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1602257165"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "59"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Content-Encoding",
"value": "gzip"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"key": "Alt-Svc",
"value": "h3-Q050=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=\":443\"; ma=2592000,quic=\":443\"; ma=2592000; v=\"46,43\""
},
{
"key": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"response\": {\n \"result\": {\n \"bill_vendor\": {\n \"account_number\": \"45454545\",\n \"city\": \"San Francisco\",\n \"country\": \"United States\",\n \"created_at\": \"2020-10-09 15:25:05\",\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"is_1099\": false,\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"outstanding_balance\": [],\n \"overdue_balance\": [],\n \"phone\": \"4158859378\",\n \"postal_code\": null,\n \"primary_contact_email\": \"jmcnamara@ikea.com\",\n \"primary_contact_first_name\": \"Jimmy\",\n \"primary_contact_last_name\": \"McNamara\",\n \"province\": \"California\",\n \"street\": \"332 Carlton Ave.\",\n \"street2\": null,\n \"tax_defaults\": [],\n \"updated_at\": \"2020-10-09 15:25:05\",\n \"vendor_name\": \"IKEA\",\n \"vendorid\": 5,\n \"vis_state\": 0,\n \"website\": \"ikea.com\"\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
