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load ./chilkat.dll
# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set http [new_CkHttp]
# Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
# The following JSON is sent in the request body.
# {
# "retainer": {
# "client_user_id": "32040",
# "start_date": "2019-06-05",
# "next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
# "fee": 600,
# "excess_rate": 200,
# "budgeted_time": 144000,
# "active": true,
# "frequency": "m",
# "number_recurring": 0,
# "is_infinitely_recurring": true
# }
# }
set json [new_CkJsonObject]
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "retainer.client_user_id" "32040"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "retainer.start_date" "2019-06-05"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "retainer.next_period_start_date" "2019-06-03"
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt $json "retainer.fee" 600
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt $json "retainer.excess_rate" 200
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt $json "retainer.budgeted_time" 144000
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "retainer.active" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "retainer.frequency" "m"
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt $json "retainer.number_recurring" 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "retainer.is_infinitely_recurring" 1
# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http "<access_token>"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "Content-Type" "application/json"
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PostJson3 $http "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers" "application/json" $json]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
exit
}
set sbResponseBody [new_CkStringBuilder]
CkHttpResponse_GetBodySb $resp $sbResponseBody
set jResp [new_CkJsonObject]
CkJsonObject_LoadSb $jResp $sbResponseBody
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jResp 0
puts "Response Body:"
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jResp]
set respStatusCode [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts "Response Status Code = $respStatusCode"
if {$respStatusCode >= 400} then {
puts "Response Header:"
puts [CkHttpResponse_header $resp]
puts "Failed."
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
exit
}
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
# {
# "retainer": {
# "id": 2274,
# "business_id": 1966214,
# "system_id": 4236410,
# "invoice_profile_id": null,
# "client_user_id": 32040,
# "start_date": "2019-06-05",
# "next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
# "fee": "600.00",
# "excess_rate": "200.00",
# "budgeted_time": 144000,
# "active": true,
# "created_at": "2019-06-03T18:11:26",
# "updated_at": "2019-06-03T18:11:26"
# }
# }
# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
set Id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "retainer.id"]
set Business_id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "retainer.business_id"]
set System_id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "retainer.system_id"]
set Invoice_profile_id [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.invoice_profile_id"]
set Client_user_id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "retainer.client_user_id"]
set Start_date [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.start_date"]
set Next_period_start_date [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.next_period_start_date"]
set Fee [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.fee"]
set Excess_rate [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.excess_rate"]
set Budgeted_time [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "retainer.budgeted_time"]
set Active [CkJsonObject_BoolOf $jResp "retainer.active"]
set Created_at [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.created_at"]
set Updated_at [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "retainer.updated_at"]
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"retainer": {
"client_user_id": "32040",
"start_date": "2019-06-05",
"next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
"fee": 600,
"excess_rate": 200,
"budgeted_time": 144000,
"active": true,
"frequency": "m",
"number_recurring": 0,
"is_infinitely_recurring": true
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Retainer",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"retainer\": {\n \"client_user_id\": \"32040\",\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-05\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": 600,\n \"excess_rate\": 200,\n \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"frequency\": \"m\",\n \"number_recurring\": 0,\n \"is_infinitely_recurring\": true\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"comments",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"retainers"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Retainer Retainer for client already exists",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"retainer\": {\n \"client_user_id\": \"32040\",\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-05\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": 600,\n \"excess_rate\": 200,\n \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"frequency\": \"m\",\n \"number_recurring\": 0,\n \"is_infinitely_recurring\": true\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"comments",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"retainers"
]
}
},
"status": "UNPROCESSABLE ENTITY",
"code": 422,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/vnd.api+json"
},
{
"key": "X-Version",
"value": "1905.33.0"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlWXQEPClRTU1EIUAFbDQ4EBx9WDVkdQwMHBgdTAgdSWgFUBQdTBwkVSgJQWkAHOw=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1559585586"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "57"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 varnish"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "62"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:12:08 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17376-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 \"errno\": 2001,\n \"error\": \"Retainer for client already exists\"\n}"
},
{
"name": "Create Retainer Success",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"retainer\": {\n \"client_user_id\": \"32040\",\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-05\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": 600,\n \"excess_rate\": 200,\n \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"frequency\": \"m\",\n \"number_recurring\": 0,\n \"is_infinitely_recurring\": true\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"comments",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"retainers"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/vnd.api+json"
},
{
"key": "X-Version",
"value": "1905.33.0"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlVUQkBClBWVVQFVQxSAQ4DHgBRAU0TBQUEVFACB1MCCwtVUVIGUxMbAAVdRVY/"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1559585547"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "59"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:11:27 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 varnish"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "350"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:11:27 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17376-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 \"retainer\": {\n \"id\": 2274,\n \"business_id\": 1966214,\n \"system_id\": 4236410,\n \"invoice_profile_id\": null,\n \"client_user_id\": 32040,\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-05\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": \"600.00\",\n \"excess_rate\": \"200.00\",\n \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:11:26\",\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:11:26\"\n }\n}"
}
]
}