Swift3 / New FreshBooks / Create Single Tax
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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.
// {
// "tax": {
// "name": "RST"
// }
// }
let json = CkoJsonObject()!
json.update("tax.name", value: "RST")
// 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}}/taxes/taxes", 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": {
// "tax": {
// "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
// "amount": "0",
// "compound": false,
// "id": 4518,
// "name": "RST",
// "number": null,
// "taxid": 4518,
// "updated": "2019-04-24 14:41:03"
// }
// }
// }
// }
// 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.string(of: "response.result.tax.accounting_systemid")
var Amount: String? = jResp.string(of: "response.result.tax.amount")
var Compound: Bool = jResp.bool(of: "response.result.tax.compound")
var Id: Int = jResp.int(of: "response.result.tax.id").intValue
var Name: String? = jResp.string(of: "response.result.tax.name")
var v_Number: String? = jResp.string(of: "response.result.tax.number")
var Taxid: Int = jResp.int(of: "response.result.tax.taxid").intValue
var Updated: String? = jResp.string(of: "response.result.tax.updated")
}
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"tax": {
"name": "RST"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/taxes/taxes
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Single Tax",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"var jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
"postman.setEnvironmentVariable(\"taxId\", jsonData.response.result.tax.id);"
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"tax\": {\n \"name\": \"RST\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/taxes/taxes",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"taxes",
"taxes"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Single Tax",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"tax\": {\n \"name\": \"some taxv2\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/taxes/taxes",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"taxes",
"taxes"
]
}
},
"status": "UNPROCESSABLE ENTITY",
"code": 422,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gQUE5WEVwXA0gHS0AUCBgCHVUAUwlSBlZWAARSVlYOBQRIVVEbE1QFAlAFA1QCBlBRWlxQAQgWHlUEVRJUPA=="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 varnish"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "233"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:40:39 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17369-MDW"
},
{
"key": "X-Cache",
"value": "MISS"
},
{
"key": "X-Cache-Hits",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Country",
"value": "CA"
},
{
"key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"response\": {\n \"errors\": [\n {\n \"errno\": 13002,\n \"field\": \"name\",\n \"message\": \"The tax name 'some taxv2' is already in use.\",\n \"object\": \"tax\",\n \"value\": \"some taxv2\"\n }\n ]\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Create Single Tax",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"tax\": {\n \"name\": \"RST\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/taxes/taxes",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"taxes",
"taxes"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gQUE5WEVwXA0gHS0AUCBgCHVQNUgdWClRVDg9SU1cMCgJWTVEBHRVTAlcPUANUWlIAUg4ECVsEEB8DWA1CBG4="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:41:03 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, 24 Apr 2019 18:41:03 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17369-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 \"tax\": {\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"amount\": \"0\",\n \"compound\": false,\n \"id\": 4518,\n \"name\": \"RST\",\n \"number\": null,\n \"taxid\": 4518,\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-24 14:41:03\"\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
