Chilkat Online Tools

Unicode C++ / New FreshBooks / Create Item

Back to Collection Items

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    json.UpdateString(L"item.name",L"Packback");    json.UpdateString(L"item.qty",L"10");    json.UpdateString(L"item.inventory",L"50");    json.UpdateString(L"item.unit_cost.amount",L"550.00");    json.UpdateString(L"item.unit_cost.code",L"CAD");    json.UpdateInt(L"item.vis_state",0);    json.UpdateString(L"item.description",L"65L Brack Pack");    json.UpdateString(L"item.sku",L"KS994RUR");    http.put_AuthToken(L"<access_token>");    resp->GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);
    }

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"
      ]
    },
    "description": "If you add an `inventory` to an item, FreshBooks will decrement that `inventory` value each time you add that item to an invoice and save (or send) it. \n\nHowever, `qty` is seen as the amount of items associated with that sale. Therefore, it will remain unchanged with anytime it is added to an invoice. \n\nFor example: You may have 5 boxes of nails. Each box of nails will have 99 nails in it. Therefore, your `inventory` will equal `5` and your `qty` will equal `99`. \n"
  },
  "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}"
    }
  ]
}