Unicode C++ / New FreshBooks / Create Invoice with Expense
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void ChilkatSample(void)
{
json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.customerid",485558); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.create_date",L"2019-06-20"); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[0].type",0); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[0].description",L""); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[0].taxName1",L""); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[0].taxAmount1",0); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[0].name",L"Paperwork"); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[0].qty",1); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[0].taxName2",L""); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[0].taxAmount2",0); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[0].unit_cost.amount",L"5000.00"); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[0].unit_cost.code",L"USD"); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[1].type",1); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[1].description",L"Gas"); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[1].expenseid",123); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[1].taxName1",L""); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[1].taxAmount1",0); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[1].name",L"Shell Oil"); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[1].qty",1); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[1].taxName2",L""); json.UpdateInt(L"invoice.lines[1].taxAmount2",0); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[1].unit_cost.amount",L"120.00"); json.UpdateString(L"invoice.lines[1].unit_cost.code",L"USD"); http.put_AuthToken(L"<access_token>");
}
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"invoice": {
"customerid": 485558,
"create_date": "2019-06-20",
"lines": [
{
"type": 0,
"description": "",
"taxName1": "",
"taxAmount1": 0,
"name": "Paperwork",
"qty": 1,
"taxName2": "",
"taxAmount2": 0,
"unit_cost": {
"amount": "5000.00",
"code": "USD"
}
},
{
"type": 1,
"description": "Gas",
"expenseid": {{expenseId}},
"taxName1": "",
"taxAmount1": 0,
"name": "Shell Oil",
"qty": 1,
"taxName2": "",
"taxAmount2": 0,
"unit_cost": {
"amount": "120.00",
"code": "USD"
}
}
]
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Invoice with Expense ",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"invoice\": {\n \"customerid\": 485558,\n \"create_date\": \"2019-06-20\",\n \"lines\": [\n {\n \"type\": 0,\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"taxName1\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n \"name\": \"Paperwork\",\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"taxName2\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"5000.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": 1,\n \"description\": \"Gas\",\n \"expenseid\": {{expenseId}},\n \"taxName1\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount1\": 0,\n \"name\": \"Shell Oil\",\n \"qty\": 1,\n \"taxName2\": \"\",\n \"taxAmount2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"120.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n }\n }\n ]\n }\n}\n"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"invoices",
"invoices"
]
},
"description": "Creating invoice with expense.\n\nFirst you will need to create an expense. Once that is created, save the expenseId and add it to the invoice. \n\nWhen adding an expense, make sure you add to the `markup_percent` parameter the amount you want to markup by and set `cogs` to `true` if it is an item you have paid for. "
},
"response": [
]
}