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VB.NET / New FreshBooks / Single Item

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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

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items/{{itemId}}",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = http.LastStatus
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "response": {
'     "result": {
'       "item": {
'         "accounting_systemid": "wkMd2g",
'         "description": "Just a touring pack",
'         "id": 59726,
'         "inventory": "4",
'         "itemid": 59726,
'         "name": "Touring Pack",
'         "qty": "10",
'         "tax1": 0,
'         "tax2": 0,
'         "unit_cost": {
'           "amount": "550.00",
'           "code": "USD"
'         },
'         "updated": "2019-04-19 08:38:19",
'         "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.item.accounting_systemid")
Dim Description As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.description")
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.item.id")
Dim Inventory As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.inventory")
Dim Itemid As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.item.itemid")
Dim Name As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.name")
Dim Qty As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.qty")
Dim Tax1 As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.item.tax1")
Dim Tax2 As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.item.tax2")
Dim Amount As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.unit_cost.amount")
Dim Code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.unit_cost.code")
Dim Updated As String = jResp.StringOf("response.result.item.updated")
Dim Vis_state As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.result.item.vis_state")

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items/{{itemId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Single Item",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          "let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
          "pm.environment.set(\"itemId\", jsonData.response.result.item.id);"
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableBodyPruning": true
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": ""
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items/{{itemId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "accounting",
        "account",
        "{{accountId}}",
        "items",
        "items",
        "{{itemId}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Single Item",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items/{{itemId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "accounting",
            "account",
            "{{accountId}}",
            "items",
            "items",
            "{{itemId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "nginx"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
          "value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNRVNeEVwKFlUPGk4IFAQcA1IAWQVYCldcAgZYUVoBCxxJUE4VBA8CBlRXUFoDAFUCBwAAXhoYVFIJSgRs"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:18:58 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 18:18:58 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            \"item\": {\n                \"accounting_systemid\": \"wkMd2g\",\n                \"description\": \"Just a touring pack\",\n                \"id\": 59726,\n                \"inventory\": \"4\",\n                \"itemid\": 59726,\n                \"name\": \"Touring Pack\",\n                \"qty\": \"10\",\n                \"tax1\": 0,\n                \"tax2\": 0,\n                \"unit_cost\": {\n                    \"amount\": \"550.00\",\n                    \"code\": \"USD\"\n                },\n                \"updated\": \"2019-04-19 08:38:19\",\n                \"vis_state\": 0\n            }\n        }\n    }\n}"
    }
  ]
}