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VB.NET / New FreshBooks / Single Retainer

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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}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",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)

' {
'   "retainer": {
'     "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"
'   }
' }

' 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 = jResp.IntOf("retainer.id")
Dim Business_id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("retainer.business_id")
Dim System_id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("retainer.system_id")
Dim Invoice_profile_id As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.invoice_profile_id")
Dim Client_user_id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("retainer.client_user_id")
Dim Start_date As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.start_date")
Dim Next_period_start_date As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.next_period_start_date")
Dim Fee As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.fee")
Dim Excess_rate As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.excess_rate")
Dim Budgeted_time As Integer = jResp.IntOf("retainer.budgeted_time")
Dim Active As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("retainer.active")
Dim Created_at As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.created_at")
Dim Updated_at As String = jResp.StringOf("retainer.updated_at")

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Single Retainer",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "freshbooks",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "comments",
        "business",
        "{{businessId}}",
        "retainer",
        "{{retainerId}}"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get individual Retainer Retainer ID not found",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "comments",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "retainer",
            "{{retainerId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "NOT FOUND",
      "code": 404,
      "_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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4AD1lAW0oAEkcLcQoFQl0dFRUEC28DSBIaFAQeA0sJUQNUBVNRAA5TV1AABQdVWVUCHRpXSBMOUlZWB1dSBFsHAVxVBlBcG01XAF8RAWs="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1559585801"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "60"
        },
        {
          "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": "Age",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Age",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "135"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:15:40 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    \"message\": \"The requested URL was not found on the server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Get individual Retainer success",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "freshbooks",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "comments",
            "business",
            "{{businessId}}",
            "retainer",
            "{{retainerId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlXUAkDAldRU1MCWwtbDA0HHh5UFUMIAAEEAlcOVQBWWlYGXFhTFR1RBwhCU24="
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
          "value": "20"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
          "value": "0"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
          "value": "1559585733"
        },
        {
          "key": "Retry-After",
          "value": "55"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "*"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:14:37 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 google"
        },
        {
          "key": "Via",
          "value": "1.1 varnish"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "350"
        },
        {
          "key": "Accept-Ranges",
          "value": "bytes"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:14:37 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    \"retainer\": {\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}"
    }
  ]
}