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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @hr int
DECLARE @iTmp0 int
-- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max). See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
-- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
DECLARE @http int
-- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
IF @hr <> 0
BEGIN
PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
RETURN
END
DECLARE @success int
-- Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
-- The following JSON is sent in the request body.
-- {
-- "item": {
-- "name": "Packback",
-- "qty": "10",
-- "inventory": "50",
-- "unit_cost": {
-- "amount": "550.00",
-- "code": "CAD"
-- },
-- "vis_state": 0,
-- "description": "65L Brack Pack",
-- "sku": "KS994RUR"
-- }
-- }
DECLARE @json int
-- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.name', 'Packback'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.qty', '10'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.inventory', '50'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.unit_cost.amount', '550.00'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.unit_cost.code', 'CAD'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateInt', @success OUT, 'item.vis_state', 0
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.description', '65L Brack Pack'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'item.sku', 'KS994RUR'
-- Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', '<access_token>'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'
DECLARE @resp int
EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'PostJson3', @resp OUT, 'https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items', 'application/json', @json
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
IF @iTmp0 = 0
BEGIN
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
PRINT @sTmp0
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
RETURN
END
DECLARE @sbResponseBody int
-- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbResponseBody OUT
EXEC sp_OAMethod @resp, 'GetBodySb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
DECLARE @jResp int
-- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jResp OUT
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jResp, 'EmitCompact', 0
PRINT 'Response Body:'
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
PRINT @sTmp0
DECLARE @respStatusCode int
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT
PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode
IF @respStatusCode >= 400
BEGIN
PRINT 'Response Header:'
EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'Header', @sTmp0 OUT
PRINT @sTmp0
PRINT 'Failed.'
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
RETURN
END
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
-- Sample JSON response:
-- (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
-- {
-- "response": {
-- "result": {
-- "item": {
-- "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
-- "description": "Backpack with ferns",
-- "id": 59704,
-- "inventory": "55",
-- "itemid": 59704,
-- "name": "Backpack",
-- "qty": "20",
-- "tax1": 0,
-- "tax2": 0,
-- "unit_cost": {
-- "amount": "750.00",
-- "code": "USD"
-- },
-- "updated": "2019-04-19 08:09:32",
-- "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
DECLARE @Accounting_systemid nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Accounting_systemid OUT, 'response.result.item.accounting_systemid'
DECLARE @Description nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Description OUT, 'response.result.item.description'
DECLARE @Id int
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @Id OUT, 'response.result.item.id'
DECLARE @Inventory nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Inventory OUT, 'response.result.item.inventory'
DECLARE @Itemid int
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @Itemid OUT, 'response.result.item.itemid'
DECLARE @Name nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Name OUT, 'response.result.item.name'
DECLARE @Qty nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Qty OUT, 'response.result.item.qty'
DECLARE @Tax1 int
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @Tax1 OUT, 'response.result.item.tax1'
DECLARE @Tax2 int
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @Tax2 OUT, 'response.result.item.tax2'
DECLARE @Amount nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Amount OUT, 'response.result.item.unit_cost.amount'
DECLARE @Code nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Code OUT, 'response.result.item.unit_cost.code'
DECLARE @Updated nvarchar(4000)
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @Updated OUT, 'response.result.item.updated'
DECLARE @Vis_state int
EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @Vis_state OUT, 'response.result.item.vis_state'
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
END
GO
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"item": {
"name": "Packback",
"qty": "10",
"inventory": "50",
"unit_cost": {
"amount": "550.00",
"code": "CAD"
},
"vis_state": 0,
"description": "65L Brack Pack",
"sku": "KS994RUR"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Item",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"var jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
"pm.environment.set(\"itemId\", jsonData.response.result.item.id);",
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": " {\n\t\"item\": {\n\t\t\"name\": \"Packback\",\n\t\t\"qty\": \"10\",\n\t\t\"inventory\": \"50\",\n\t\t\"unit_cost\": {\n\t\t\t\"amount\": \"550.00\",\n\t\t\t\"code\": \"CAD\"\n\t\t},\n\t\t\"vis_state\": 0,\n\t\t\"description\": \"65L Brack Pack\",\n\t\t\"sku\": \"KS994RUR\"\n\t}\n }"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"items",
"items"
]
},
"description": "If you add an `inventory` to an item, FreshBooks will decrement that `inventory` value each time you add that item to an invoice and save (or send) it. \n\nHowever, `qty` is seen as the amount of items associated with that sale. Therefore, it will remain unchanged with anytime it is added to an invoice. \n\nFor example: You may have 5 boxes of nails. Each box of nails will have 99 nails in it. Therefore, your `inventory` will equal `5` and your `qty` will equal `99`. \n"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Item",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": " {\n \"item\": {\n \"name\": \"Backpack\",\n \"qty\": \"20\",\n \"inventory\": \"55\",\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"750.00\",\n \"code\": \"CAD\"\n },\n \"vis_state\": 0,\n \"description\": \"Backpack with ferns\"\n }\n }"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"items",
"items"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNRVNeEVwKFlUPS0AUCBgCHVQBVQFXB1pSAwZQVFAIBwdIU1cAHRUHXAUGV1ZVUVIAAVxUCAEFEB8DWA1CBG4="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:09:32 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": "Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:09:32 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17357-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 \"item\": {\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"description\": \"Backpack with ferns\",\n \"id\": 59704,\n \"inventory\": \"55\",\n \"itemid\": 59704,\n \"name\": \"Backpack\",\n \"qty\": \"20\",\n \"tax1\": 0,\n \"tax2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"750.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-19 08:09:32\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
