Back to Collection Items
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.
# {
# "item": {
# "name": "Packback",
# "qty": "10",
# "inventory": "50",
# "unit_cost": {
# "amount": "550.00",
# "code": "CAD"
# },
# "vis_state": 0,
# "description": "65L Brack Pack",
# "sku": "KS994RUR"
# }
# }
set json [new_CkJsonObject]
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.name" "Packback"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.qty" "10"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.inventory" "50"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.unit_cost.amount" "550.00"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.unit_cost.code" "CAD"
CkJsonObject_UpdateInt $json "item.vis_state" 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.description" "65L Brack Pack"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "item.sku" "KS994RUR"
# 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/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items" "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)
# {
# "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
set Accounting_systemid [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.accounting_systemid"]
set Description [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.description"]
set Id [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.result.item.id"]
set Inventory [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.inventory"]
set Itemid [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.result.item.itemid"]
set Name [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.name"]
set Qty [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.qty"]
set Tax1 [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.result.item.tax1"]
set Tax2 [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.result.item.tax2"]
set Amount [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.unit_cost.amount"]
set Code [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.unit_cost.code"]
set Updated [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "response.result.item.updated"]
set Vis_state [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jResp "response.result.item.vis_state"]
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 '{
"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"
]
}
},
"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}"
}
]
}
