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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
Dim queryParams As New Chilkat.JsonObject
queryParams.UpdateString("share_method","share_link")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceId}}/share_link",queryParams)
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": {
' "share_link": {
' "clientid": 31006,
' "resource_type": "invoice",
' "resourceid": "34420",
' "share_link": "https://my.freshbooks.com/#/link/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzeXN0ZW1pZCI6NDIzNjQxMCwiYWNjb3VudGlkIjoid2tNZDJnIiwidXNlcmlkIjozMTAwNiwidHlwZSI6Imludm9pY2UiLCJvYmplY3RpZCI6IjM0NDIwIiwiZXhwIjoxNTg3NjY3NTYxLCJsZXZlbCI6MH0.RorQ5sE8moYrKtGcW3O5JkQhzDYgK9XKoYUuX8PHJbA?type=secondary&share_method=share_link",
' "share_method": "share_link"
' }
' }
' }
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim Clientid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.share_link.clientid")
Dim Resource_type As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.share_link.resource_type")
Dim Resourceid As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.share_link.resourceid")
Dim Share_link As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.share_link.share_link")
Dim Share_method As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.share_link.share_method")
Curl Command
curl -G -d "share_method=share_link"
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceId}}/share_link
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Share Link",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceId}}/share_link?share_method=share_link",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"invoices",
"invoices",
"{{invoiceId}}",
"share_link"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "share_method",
"value": "share_link",
"description": "`share_link`, `email`, `sms`, `pdf` "
}
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Share Link",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceId}}/share_link?share_method=share_link",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"invoices",
"invoices",
"{{invoiceId}}",
"share_link"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "share_method",
"value": "share_link",
"description": "`share_link`, `email`, `sms`, `pdf` "
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNX0BcCwUGEQoRUANKXVhbXQ4bTQFNA0xUDwBRV1APAgFdU1sEAwZUXR0bAk5EAFoJAFwBDF5WV1AAAARSWRFOAldbEgM+"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:46:01 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": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Age",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Age",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:46:01 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 \"share_link\": {\n \"clientid\": 31006,\n \"resource_type\": \"invoice\",\n \"resourceid\": \"34420\",\n \"share_link\": \"https://my.freshbooks.com/#/link/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzeXN0ZW1pZCI6NDIzNjQxMCwiYWNjb3VudGlkIjoid2tNZDJnIiwidXNlcmlkIjozMTAwNiwidHlwZSI6Imludm9pY2UiLCJvYmplY3RpZCI6IjM0NDIwIiwiZXhwIjoxNTg3NjY3NTYxLCJsZXZlbCI6MH0.RorQ5sE8moYrKtGcW3O5JkQhzDYgK9XKoYUuX8PHJbA?type=secondary&share_method=share_link\",\n \"share_method\": \"share_link\"\n }\n }\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Share Link- Must Be Marked as Sent",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/invoices/invoices/{{invoiceId}}/share_link?share_method=share_link",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"invoices",
"invoices",
"{{invoiceId}}",
"share_link"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "share_method",
"value": "share_link",
"description": "`share_link`, `email`, `sms`, `pdf` "
}
]
}
},
"status": "UNPROCESSABLE ENTITY",
"code": 422,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNX0BcCwUGEQoRUANKXVhbXQ4bTQFNA0xUDw9QUVoJAwFdVVEOBw5RVx0bAk5EUVMBBwxVXQtSUwFUXFQFVBFOAldbEgM+"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 varnish"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "259"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:42:11 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17322-MDW"
},
{
"key": "X-Cache",
"value": "MISS"
},
{
"key": "X-Cache-Hits",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "Country",
"value": "CA"
},
{
"key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"response\": {\n \"errors\": [\n {\n \"errno\": 8034,\n \"field\": \"invoiceid\",\n \"message\": \"Cannot create share link because the invoice was not marked as sent\",\n \"object\": \"invoice\",\n \"value\": \"45232\"\n }\n ]\n }\n}"
}
]
}
