VB.NET / New FreshBooks / Get all retainers
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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/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers",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)
' {
' "retainers": [
' {
' "id": 2248,
' "business_id": 1966214,
' "system_id": 4236410,
' "invoice_profile_id": null,
' "client_user_id": 32046,
' "start_date": "2019-06-03",
' "next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
' "fee": "500.00",
' "excess_rate": "100.00",
' "budgeted_time": 144000,
' "active": true,
' "created_at": "2019-06-03T15:42:49",
' "updated_at": "2019-06-03T15:42:49"
' },
' {
' "id": 2272,
' "business_id": 1966214,
' "system_id": 4236410,
' "invoice_profile_id": null,
' "client_user_id": 75162,
' "start_date": "2019-06-03",
' "next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
' "fee": "20.00",
' "excess_rate": "500.00",
' "budgeted_time": 180000,
' "active": true,
' "created_at": "2019-06-03T18:08:30",
' "updated_at": "2019-06-03T18:08:30"
' },
' {
' "id": 2274,
' "business_id": 1966214,
' "system_id": 4236410,
' "invoice_profile_id": null,
' "client_user_id": 32040,
' "start_date": "2019-06-05",
' "next_period_start_date": "2019-06-03",
' "fee": "600.00",
' "excess_rate": "200.00",
' "budgeted_time": 144000,
' "active": true,
' "created_at": "2019-06-03T18:11:26",
' "updated_at": "2019-06-03T18:11:26"
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim id As Integer
Dim business_id As Integer
Dim system_id As Integer
Dim invoice_profile_id As String
Dim client_user_id As Integer
Dim start_date As String
Dim next_period_start_date As String
Dim fee As String
Dim excess_rate As String
Dim budgeted_time As Integer
Dim active As Boolean
Dim created_at As String
Dim updated_at As String
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("retainers")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
id = jResp.IntOf("retainers[i].id")
business_id = jResp.IntOf("retainers[i].business_id")
system_id = jResp.IntOf("retainers[i].system_id")
invoice_profile_id = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].invoice_profile_id")
client_user_id = jResp.IntOf("retainers[i].client_user_id")
start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].start_date")
next_period_start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].next_period_start_date")
fee = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].fee")
excess_rate = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].excess_rate")
budgeted_time = jResp.IntOf("retainers[i].budgeted_time")
active = jResp.BoolOf("retainers[i].active")
created_at = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].created_at")
updated_at = jResp.StringOf("retainers[i].updated_at")
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -X GET
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Get all retainers",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"comments",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"retainers"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Get all retainers Success",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainers",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"comments",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"retainers"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/vnd.api+json"
},
{
"key": "X-Version",
"value": "1905.33.0"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlXUwYBClRXUVcEUwlbAA8HHh5UFUNSA1YBVQVVUgQFWVdRB1MEFR1RBwhCU24="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1559585847"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "59"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:16:27 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"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": "Content-Length",
"value": "1028"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:16:27 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17376-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 \"retainers\": [\n {\n \"id\": 2248,\n \"business_id\": 1966214,\n \"system_id\": 4236410,\n \"invoice_profile_id\": null,\n \"client_user_id\": 32046,\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": \"500.00\",\n \"excess_rate\": \"100.00\",\n \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T15:42:49\",\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T15:42:49\"\n },\n {\n \"id\": 2272,\n \"business_id\": 1966214,\n \"system_id\": 4236410,\n \"invoice_profile_id\": null,\n \"client_user_id\": 75162,\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": \"20.00\",\n \"excess_rate\": \"500.00\",\n \"budgeted_time\": 180000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:08:30\",\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:08:30\"\n },\n {\n \"id\": 2274,\n \"business_id\": 1966214,\n \"system_id\": 4236410,\n \"invoice_profile_id\": null,\n \"client_user_id\": 32040,\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-05\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"fee\": \"600.00\",\n \"excess_rate\": \"200.00\",\n \"budgeted_time\": 144000,\n \"active\": true,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:11:26\",\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:11:26\"\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
