Chilkat Online Tools

Swift / New FreshBooks / New Client

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

    let http = CkoHttp()
    var success: Bool

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "client": {
    //     "fname": "first1",
    //     "lname": "last1",
    //     "email": "email1@freshbooks.com",
    //     "organization": "company1",
    //     "vat_name": null,
    //     "vat_number": "",
    //     "status": null,
    //     "note": null,
    //     "home_phone": null,
    //     "userid": null,
    //     "source": null,
    //     "highlight_string": null,
    //     "p_street": "1655 Dupont St. W.",
    //     "p_street2": null,
    //     "p_city": "Toronto",
    //     "p_country": "Canada",
    //     "p_province": "Ontario",
    //     "p_code": "M6P 3T1",
    //     "currency_code": "USD",
    //     "language": "en",
    //     "last_activity": null,
    //     "face": null,
    //     "late_fee": null,
    //     "late_reminders": [
    //     ],
    //     "contacts": [
    //       {
    //         "email": "email+2@freshbooks.com",
    //         "fname": "first2",
    //         "lname": "last2",
    //         "phone1": null,
    //         "userid": null,
    //         "face": null
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "email": "email+3@freshbooks.com",
    //         "fname": "first3",
    //         "lname": "last3",
    //         "phone1": null,
    //         "userid": null,
    //         "face": null
    //       }
    //     ]
    //   }
    // }

    let json = CkoJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("client.fname", value: "first1")
    json.UpdateString("client.lname", value: "last1")
    json.UpdateString("client.email", value: "email1@freshbooks.com")
    json.UpdateString("client.organization", value: "company1")
    json.UpdateNull("client.vat_name")
    json.UpdateString("client.vat_number", value: "")
    json.UpdateNull("client.status")
    json.UpdateNull("client.note")
    json.UpdateNull("client.home_phone")
    json.UpdateNull("client.userid")
    json.UpdateNull("client.source")
    json.UpdateNull("client.highlight_string")
    json.UpdateString("client.p_street", value: "1655 Dupont St. W.")
    json.UpdateNull("client.p_street2")
    json.UpdateString("client.p_city", value: "Toronto")
    json.UpdateString("client.p_country", value: "Canada")
    json.UpdateString("client.p_province", value: "Ontario")
    json.UpdateString("client.p_code", value: "M6P 3T1")
    json.UpdateString("client.currency_code", value: "USD")
    json.UpdateString("client.language", value: "en")
    json.UpdateNull("client.last_activity")
    json.UpdateNull("client.face")
    json.UpdateNull("client.late_fee")
    json.UpdateNewArray("client.late_reminders")
    json.UpdateString("client.contacts[0].email", value: "email+2@freshbooks.com")
    json.UpdateString("client.contacts[0].fname", value: "first2")
    json.UpdateString("client.contacts[0].lname", value: "last2")
    json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[0].phone1")
    json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[0].userid")
    json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[0].face")
    json.UpdateString("client.contacts[1].email", value: "email+3@freshbooks.com")
    json.UpdateString("client.contacts[1].fname", value: "first3")
    json.UpdateString("client.contacts[1].lname", value: "last3")
    json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[1].phone1")
    json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[1].userid")
    json.UpdateNull("client.contacts[1].face")

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type", value: "application/json")

    var resp: CkoHttpResponse? = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients", contentType: "application/json", json: json)
    if http.LastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(http.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    let sbResponseBody = CkoStringBuilder()
    resp!.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

    let jResp = CkoJsonObject()
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
    jResp.EmitCompact = false

    print("Response Body:")
    print("\(jResp.Emit())")

    var respStatusCode: Int = resp!.StatusCode.intValue
    print("Response Status Code = \(respStatusCode)")
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(resp!.Header)")
        print("Failed.")
        resp = nil
        return
    }

    resp = nil

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "response": {
    //     "result": {
    //       "client": {
    //         "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
    //         "allow_late_fees": true,
    //         "allow_late_notifications": true,
    //         "bus_phone": "",
    //         "company_industry": null,
    //         "company_size": null,
    //         "currency_code": "USD",
    //         "direct_link_token": null,
    //         "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
    //         "fax": "",
    //         "fname": "Nicholas",
    //         "has_retainer": null,
    //         "home_phone": null,
    //         "id": 92402,
    //         "language": "en",
    //         "last_activity": null,
    //         "last_login": null,
    //         "level": 0,
    //         "lname": "Jaar",
    //         "mob_phone": "",
    //         "note": null,
    //         "notified": false,
    //         "num_logins": 0,
    //         "organization": "Space Is Only Noise",
    //         "p_city": "Toronto",
    //         "p_code": "M6P 3T1",
    //         "p_country": "",
    //         "p_province": "Ontario",
    //         "p_street": "1655 Dupont St. W.",
    //         "p_street2": "",
    //         "pref_email": true,
    //         "pref_gmail": false,
    //         "retainer_id": null,
    //         "role": "client",
    //         "s_city": "",
    //         "s_code": "",
    //         "s_country": "",
    //         "s_province": "",
    //         "s_street": "",
    //         "s_street2": "",
    //         "signup_date": "2019-05-08 19:25:29",
    //         "statement_token": null,
    //         "subdomain": null,
    //         "updated": "2019-05-08 15:25:29",
    //         "userid": 92402,
    //         "username": "nicholasjaar2",
    //         "vat_name": null,
    //         "vat_number": null,
    //         "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

    var Accounting_systemid: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.accounting_systemid")
    var Allow_late_fees: Bool = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_fees")
    var Allow_late_notifications: Bool = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_notifications")
    var Bus_phone: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.bus_phone")
    var Company_industry: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_industry")
    var Company_size: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_size")
    var Currency_code: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.currency_code")
    var Direct_link_token: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.direct_link_token")
    var v_Email: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.email")
    var Fax: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fax")
    var Fname: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fname")
    var Has_retainer: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.has_retainer")
    var Home_phone: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.home_phone")
    var Id: Int = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.id").intValue
    var Language: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.language")
    var Last_activity: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_activity")
    var Last_login: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_login")
    var Level: Int = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.level").intValue
    var Lname: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.lname")
    var Mob_phone: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.mob_phone")
    var Note: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.note")
    var Notified: Bool = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.notified")
    var Num_logins: Int = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.num_logins").intValue
    var Organization: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.organization")
    var P_city: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_city")
    var P_code: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_code")
    var P_country: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_country")
    var P_province: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_province")
    var P_street: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street")
    var P_street2: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street2")
    var Pref_email: Bool = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_email")
    var Pref_gmail: Bool = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_gmail")
    var Retainer_id: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.retainer_id")
    var Role: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.role")
    var S_city: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_city")
    var S_code: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_code")
    var S_country: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_country")
    var S_province: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_province")
    var S_street: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street")
    var S_street2: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street2")
    var Signup_date: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.signup_date")
    var Statement_token: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.statement_token")
    var Subdomain: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.subdomain")
    var Updated: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.updated")
    var Userid: Int = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.userid").intValue
    var Username: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.username")
    var Vat_name: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_name")
    var Vat_number: String? = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_number")
    var Vis_state: Int = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.vis_state").intValue

}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "client": {
        "fname": "first1",
        "lname": "last1",
        "email": "email1@freshbooks.com",
        "organization": "company1",
        "vat_name": null,
        "vat_number": "",
        "status": null,
        "note": null,
        "home_phone": null,
        "userid": null,
        "source": null,
        "highlight_string": null,
        "p_street": "1655 Dupont St. W.",
        "p_street2": null,
        "p_city": "Toronto",
        "p_country": "Canada",
        "p_province": "Ontario",
        "p_code": "M6P 3T1",
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "language": "en",
        "last_activity": null,
        "face": null,
        "late_fee": null,
        "late_reminders": [],
        "contacts": [
            {
                "email": "email+2@freshbooks.com",
                "fname": "first2",
                "lname": "last2",
                "phone1": null,
                "userid": null,
                "face": null
            },
            {
                "email": "email+3@freshbooks.com",
                "fname": "first3",
                "lname": "last3",
                "phone1": null,
                "userid": null,
                "face": null
            }
        ]
    }
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "New Client",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"client\": {\n        \"fname\": \"first1\",\n        \"lname\": \"last1\",\n        \"email\": \"email1@freshbooks.com\",\n        \"organization\": \"company1\",\n        \"vat_name\": null,\n        \"vat_number\": \"\",\n        \"status\": null,\n        \"note\": null,\n        \"home_phone\": null,\n        \"userid\": null,\n        \"source\": null,\n        \"highlight_string\": null,\n        \"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\",\n        \"p_street2\": null,\n        \"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n        \"p_country\": \"Canada\",\n        \"p_province\": \"Ontario\",\n        \"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"last_activity\": null,\n        \"face\": null,\n        \"late_fee\": null,\n        \"late_reminders\": [],\n        \"contacts\": [\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+2@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first2\",\n                \"lname\": \"last2\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+3@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first3\",\n                \"lname\": \"last3\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "users",
        "clients"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Note: If you do not add an `organization` to your Client object, `organization` will automatically be added as the client's first and last name. "
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "New Client",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"client\": {\n        \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n        \"fname\": \"Nicholas\",\n\t\t\"lname\": \"Jaar\",\n\t\t\"organization\": \"Space Is Only Noise\",\n\t\t\"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\", \n\t\t\"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n\t\t\"p_province\":\"Ontario\",\n\t\t\"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\"\n    }\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "users",
            "clients"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gRQlNBEVwADlkHVhZLGhgCH1UXUwhRBVNdBwRVX1MKCgVQUE4FBwBKRggPUQdUAQAGVgBaWQFRUQBHFQdQDUAHOQ=="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1557343565"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "36"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 19:25:28 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 19:25:28 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Served-By",
          "value": "cache-mdw17330-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            \"client\": {\n                \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n                \"allow_late_fees\": true,\n                \"allow_late_notifications\": true,\n                \"bus_phone\": \"\",\n                \"company_industry\": null,\n                \"company_size\": null,\n                \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n                \"direct_link_token\": null,\n                \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n                \"fax\": \"\",\n                \"fname\": \"Nicholas\",\n                \"has_retainer\": null,\n                \"home_phone\": null,\n                \"id\": 92402,\n                \"language\": \"en\",\n                \"last_activity\": null,\n                \"last_login\": null,\n                \"level\": 0,\n                \"lname\": \"Jaar\",\n                \"mob_phone\": \"\",\n                \"note\": null,\n                \"notified\": false,\n                \"num_logins\": 0,\n                \"organization\": \"Space Is Only Noise\",\n                \"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n                \"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\",\n                \"p_country\": \"\",\n                \"p_province\": \"Ontario\",\n                \"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\",\n                \"p_street2\": \"\",\n                \"pref_email\": true,\n                \"pref_gmail\": false,\n                \"retainer_id\": null,\n                \"role\": \"client\",\n                \"s_city\": \"\",\n                \"s_code\": \"\",\n                \"s_country\": \"\",\n                \"s_province\": \"\",\n                \"s_street\": \"\",\n                \"s_street2\": \"\",\n                \"signup_date\": \"2019-05-08 19:25:29\",\n                \"statement_token\": null,\n                \"subdomain\": null,\n                \"updated\": \"2019-05-08 15:25:29\",\n                \"userid\": 92402,\n                \"username\": \"nicholasjaar2\",\n                \"vat_name\": null,\n                \"vat_number\": null,\n                \"vis_state\": 0\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Exceeding Client Limit",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"client\": {\n        \"fname\": \"first1\",\n        \"lname\": \"last1\",\n        \"email\": \"email1@freshbooks.com\",\n        \"organization\": \"company1\",\n        \"vat_name\": null,\n        \"vat_number\": \"\",\n        \"status\": null,\n        \"note\": null,\n        \"home_phone\": null,\n        \"userid\": null,\n        \"source\": null,\n        \"highlight_string\": null,\n        \"p_street\": \"1655 Dupont St. W.\",\n        \"p_street2\": null,\n        \"p_city\": \"Toronto\",\n        \"p_country\": \"Canada\",\n        \"p_province\": \"Ontario\",\n        \"p_code\": \"M6P 3T1\",\n        \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n        \"language\": \"en\",\n        \"last_activity\": null,\n        \"face\": null,\n        \"late_fee\": null,\n        \"late_reminders\": [],\n        \"contacts\": [\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+2@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first2\",\n                \"lname\": \"last2\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"email\": \"email+3@freshbooks.com\",\n                \"fname\": \"first3\",\n                \"lname\": \"last3\",\n                \"phone1\": null,\n                \"userid\": null,\n                \"face\": null\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "users",
            "clients"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Payment Required",
      "code": 402,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "gunicorn/19.9.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:17:14 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "content-type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxY0QwgcAwdVWBQIFxdISwUCAVhEWRItVUtOTRMQB0IRFwFUUVFcRxYbTQFNA0xUBgdVUVQPCgBcUlACAA5TVwAEBk5XUVEHThpQCVxWUwFTDlcIAwRSVwEEQ0oFWV9DATw="
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "74"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1569518295"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "60"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "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": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
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