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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "client": {
' "fname": "Nicolas"
' }
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("client.fname","Nicolas")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "response": {
' "result": {
' "client": {
' "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
' "allow_late_fees": true,
' "allow_late_notifications": true,
' "bus_phone": "",
' "company_industry": null,
' "company_size": null,
' "currency_code": "USD",
' "direct_link_token": null,
' "email": "first@company.com",
' "fax": "",
' "fname": "Nicolas",
' "has_retainer": null,
' "home_phone": "555-555-1234",
' "id": 31006,
' "language": "en",
' "last_activity": null,
' "last_login": null,
' "level": 0,
' "lname": "one",
' "mob_phone": "",
' "note": null,
' "notified": false,
' "num_logins": 0,
' "organization": "first company",
' "p_city": "",
' "p_code": "",
' "p_country": "Canada",
' "p_province": "",
' "p_street": "",
' "p_street2": "",
' "pref_email": true,
' "pref_gmail": false,
' "retainer_id": null,
' "role": "client",
' "s_city": "",
' "s_code": "",
' "s_country": "",
' "s_province": "",
' "s_street": "",
' "s_street2": "",
' "signup_date": "2019-04-18 13:38:23",
' "statement_token": null,
' "subdomain": null,
' "updated": "2019-04-24 13:47:39",
' "userid": 31006,
' "username": "clientone",
' "vat_name": null,
' "vat_number": "",
' "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
Dim Accounting_systemid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.accounting_systemid")
Dim Allow_late_fees As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_fees")
Dim Allow_late_notifications As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.allow_late_notifications")
Dim Bus_phone As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.bus_phone")
Dim Company_industry As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_industry")
Dim Company_size As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.company_size")
Dim Currency_code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.currency_code")
Dim Direct_link_token As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.direct_link_token")
Dim v_Email As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.email")
Dim Fax As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fax")
Dim Fname As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.fname")
Dim Has_retainer As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.has_retainer")
Dim Home_phone As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.home_phone")
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.id")
Dim Language As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.language")
Dim Last_activity As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_activity")
Dim Last_login As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.last_login")
Dim Level As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.level")
Dim Lname As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.lname")
Dim Mob_phone As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.mob_phone")
Dim Note As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.note")
Dim Notified As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.notified")
Dim Num_logins As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.num_logins")
Dim Organization As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.organization")
Dim P_city As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_city")
Dim P_code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_code")
Dim P_country As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_country")
Dim P_province As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_province")
Dim P_street As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street")
Dim P_street2 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.p_street2")
Dim Pref_email As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_email")
Dim Pref_gmail As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.client.pref_gmail")
Dim Retainer_id As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.retainer_id")
Dim Role As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.role")
Dim S_city As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_city")
Dim S_code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_code")
Dim S_country As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_country")
Dim S_province As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_province")
Dim S_street As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street")
Dim S_street2 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.s_street2")
Dim Signup_date As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.signup_date")
Dim Statement_token As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.statement_token")
Dim Subdomain As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.subdomain")
Dim Updated As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.updated")
Dim Userid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.userid")
Dim Username As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.username")
Dim Vat_name As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_name")
Dim Vat_number As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.client.vat_number")
Dim Vis_state As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.client.vis_state")
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"client": {
"fname": "Nicolas"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Client",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"client\": {\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"users",
"clients",
"{{customerId}}"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "",
"value": "",
"disabled": true
}
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Update Client",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"client\": {\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/users/clients/{{customerId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"users",
"clients",
"{{customerId}}"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "",
"value": "",
"disabled": true
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gRQlNBEVwADlkHVhYaFAQeA0sLUAdSBVNRBAVXUVcNBQBRVE4CAxtEBQUGBVBTUQNVVA9bCg4AVBFJXwBdElY/"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:47:39 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 17:47:39 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": "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 \"client\": {\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"allow_late_fees\": true,\n \"allow_late_notifications\": true,\n \"bus_phone\": \"\",\n \"company_industry\": null,\n \"company_size\": null,\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"direct_link_token\": null,\n \"email\": \"first@company.com\",\n \"fax\": \"\",\n \"fname\": \"Nicolas\",\n \"has_retainer\": null,\n \"home_phone\": \"555-555-1234\",\n \"id\": 31006,\n \"language\": \"en\",\n \"last_activity\": null,\n \"last_login\": null,\n \"level\": 0,\n \"lname\": \"one\",\n \"mob_phone\": \"\",\n \"note\": null,\n \"notified\": false,\n \"num_logins\": 0,\n \"organization\": \"first company\",\n \"p_city\": \"\",\n \"p_code\": \"\",\n \"p_country\": \"Canada\",\n \"p_province\": \"\",\n \"p_street\": \"\",\n \"p_street2\": \"\",\n \"pref_email\": true,\n \"pref_gmail\": false,\n \"retainer_id\": null,\n \"role\": \"client\",\n \"s_city\": \"\",\n \"s_code\": \"\",\n \"s_country\": \"\",\n \"s_province\": \"\",\n \"s_street\": \"\",\n \"s_street2\": \"\",\n \"signup_date\": \"2019-04-18 13:38:23\",\n \"statement_token\": null,\n \"subdomain\": null,\n \"updated\": \"2019-04-24 13:47:39\",\n \"userid\": 31006,\n \"username\": \"clientone\",\n \"vat_name\": null,\n \"vat_number\": \"\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
