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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.
' {
' "expense": {
' "vendor": "WestJet"
' }
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("expense.vendor","WestJet")
' 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}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",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": {
' "expense": {
' "account_name": "",
' "accountid": null,
' "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
' "amount": {
' "amount": "79.73",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "background_jobid": null,
' "bank_name": "",
' "categoryid": 2003174,
' "clientid": 0,
' "compounded_tax": false,
' "date": "2019-04-24",
' "expenseid": 1825568,
' "ext_invoiceid": 0,
' "ext_systemid": 0,
' "from_bulk_import": false,
' "has_receipt": true,
' "id": 1825568,
' "include_receipt": false,
' "invoiceid": null,
' "is_cogs": false,
' "isduplicate": true,
' "markup_percent": "0",
' "notes": "Purchased Gasoline for deliveries",
' "profileid": null,
' "projectid": 0,
' "staffid": 1,
' "status": 0,
' "taxAmount1": {
' "amount": "9.17",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "taxAmount2": null,
' "taxName1": "other tax",
' "taxName2": null,
' "taxPercent1": "13",
' "taxPercent2": null,
' "transactionid": null,
' "updated": "2019-05-08 16:03:24",
' "vendor": "WestJet",
' "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 Account_name As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.account_name")
Dim Accountid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.accountid")
Dim Accounting_systemid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.accounting_systemid")
Dim Amount As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.amount.amount")
Dim Code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.amount.code")
Dim Background_jobid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.background_jobid")
Dim Bank_name As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.bank_name")
Dim Categoryid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.categoryid")
Dim Clientid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.clientid")
Dim Compounded_tax As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.compounded_tax")
Dim Date As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.date")
Dim Expenseid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.expenseid")
Dim Ext_invoiceid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_invoiceid")
Dim Ext_systemid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.ext_systemid")
Dim From_bulk_import As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.from_bulk_import")
Dim Has_receipt As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.has_receipt")
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.id")
Dim Include_receipt As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.include_receipt")
Dim Invoiceid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.invoiceid")
Dim Is_cogs As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.is_cogs")
Dim Isduplicate As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("response.result.expense.isduplicate")
Dim Markup_percent As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.markup_percent")
Dim Notes As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.notes")
Dim Profileid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.profileid")
Dim Projectid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.projectid")
Dim Staffid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.staffid")
Dim Status As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.status")
Dim TaxAmount1Amount As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.amount")
Dim TaxAmount1Code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount1.code")
Dim TaxAmount2 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxAmount2")
Dim TaxName1 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxName1")
Dim TaxName2 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxName2")
Dim TaxPercent1 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent1")
Dim TaxPercent2 As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.taxPercent2")
Dim Transactionid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.transactionid")
Dim Updated As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.updated")
Dim Vendor As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.expense.vendor")
Dim Vis_state As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.expense.vis_state")
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"expense": {
"vendor": "WestJet"
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Expense",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"expense\": {\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"expenses",
"{{expenseId}}"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Update Expense",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"expense\": {\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/expenses/expenses/{{expenseId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"expenses",
"expenses",
"{{expenseId}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gBSUZWDBUGEQoHQBJdVkdXEUkJTQFPAVRRDwZYUFsNAAZXVlQOBARKUAcaEVJWUAEHUwtUXl0GUAdSCAcTTVUDCEVSPA=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1557345847"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "42"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 20:03:24 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, 08 May 2019 20:03:24 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17361-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 \"expense\": {\n \"account_name\": \"\",\n \"accountid\": null,\n \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n \"amount\": {\n \"amount\": \"79.73\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"background_jobid\": null,\n \"bank_name\": \"\",\n \"categoryid\": 2003174,\n \"clientid\": 0,\n \"compounded_tax\": false,\n \"date\": \"2019-04-24\",\n \"expenseid\": 1825568,\n \"ext_invoiceid\": 0,\n \"ext_systemid\": 0,\n \"from_bulk_import\": false,\n \"has_receipt\": true,\n \"id\": 1825568,\n \"include_receipt\": false,\n \"invoiceid\": null,\n \"is_cogs\": false,\n \"isduplicate\": true,\n \"markup_percent\": \"0\",\n \"notes\": \"Purchased Gasoline for deliveries\",\n \"profileid\": null,\n \"projectid\": 0,\n \"staffid\": 1,\n \"status\": 0,\n \"taxAmount1\": {\n \"amount\": \"9.17\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"taxAmount2\": null,\n \"taxName1\": \"other tax\",\n \"taxName2\": null,\n \"taxPercent1\": \"13\",\n \"taxPercent2\": null,\n \"transactionid\": null,\n \"updated\": \"2019-05-08 16:03:24\",\n \"vendor\": \"WestJet\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
