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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.
' {
' "name": "Kevin's Corral",
' "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
' "address_attributes": {
' "country": "Canada"
' },
' "phone_number_attributes": null
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("name","Kevin's Corral")
json.UpdateString("date_format","mm/dd/yyyy")
json.UpdateString("address_attributes.country","Canada")
json.UpdateNull("phone_number_attributes")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson3("https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business","application/json",json)
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": {
' "id": 1986590,
' "name": "Kevin's Corral",
' "account_id": "lwy0vG",
' "business_group": {
' "id": 4977602,
' "category": "business",
' "members": [
' {
' "id": 6487912,
' "group_id": 4977602,
' "role": "owner",
' "identity_id": 37256,
' "first_name": "Marshall",
' "last_name": "Johnston",
' "email": "api.freshbooks@gmail.com",
' "company": "Kevin's Corral",
' "business_id": 1986590,
' "unacknowledged_change": false,
' "active": true
' }
' ]
' },
' "date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
' "address": {
' "id": 2448988,
' "street": null,
' "city": null,
' "province": null,
' "country": "Canada",
' "postal_code": null
' },
' "phone_number": null,
' "business_clients": [
' ]
' }
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim Date_format As New Chilkat.DtObj
Dim id As Integer
Dim group_id As Integer
Dim role As String
Dim identity_id As Integer
Dim first_name As String
Dim last_name As String
Dim email As String
Dim company As String
Dim business_id As Integer
Dim unacknowledged_change As Boolean
Dim active As Boolean
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.id")
Dim Name As String = jResp.StringOf("response.name")
Dim Account_id As String = jResp.StringOf("response.account_id")
Dim Business_groupId As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.id")
Dim Category As String = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.category")
jResp.DtOf("response.date_format",False,Date_format)
Dim AddressId As Integer = jResp.IntOf("response.address.id")
Dim Street As String = jResp.StringOf("response.address.street")
Dim City As String = jResp.StringOf("response.address.city")
Dim Province As String = jResp.StringOf("response.address.province")
Dim Country As String = jResp.StringOf("response.address.country")
Dim Postal_code As String = jResp.StringOf("response.address.postal_code")
Dim Phone_number As String = jResp.StringOf("response.phone_number")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_group.members")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].id")
group_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].group_id")
role = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].role")
identity_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].identity_id")
first_name = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].first_name")
last_name = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].last_name")
email = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].email")
company = jResp.StringOf("response.business_group.members[i].company")
business_id = jResp.IntOf("response.business_group.members[i].business_id")
unacknowledged_change = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].unacknowledged_change")
active = jResp.BoolOf("response.business_group.members[i].active")
i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.business_clients")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"name": "Kevin\'s Corral",
"date_format": "mm/dd/yyyy",
"address_attributes": {
"country": "Canada"
},
"phone_number_attributes": null
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Add Business",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n \"address_attributes\": {\n \"country\": \"Canada\"\n },\n \"phone_number_attributes\": null\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/auth/api/v1/users/business",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"auth",
"api",
"v1",
"users",
"business"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Add Business",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n \"address_attributes\": {\n \"country\": \"Canada\"\n },\n \"phone_number_attributes\": null\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://my.freshbooks.com/service/api/auth/api/v1/users/business",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"my",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"service",
"api",
"auth",
"api",
"v1",
"users",
"business"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "X-Frame-Options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "X-Frame-Options",
"value": "SAMEORIGIN"
},
{
"key": "X-XSS-Protection",
"value": "1; mode=block"
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"value": "nosniff"
},
{
"key": "X-Download-Options",
"value": "noopen"
},
{
"key": "X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies",
"value": "none"
},
{
"key": "Referrer-Policy",
"value": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
},
{
"key": "ETag",
"value": "W/\"ece9403d440d4badd777fca953dd9580\""
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"key": "X-Request-Id",
"value": "49e5ba95-b7dc-42c7-b0c3-8d61d99d1f39"
},
{
"key": "X-Runtime",
"value": "0.670145"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSBAUHUFQTGhEhCQ0WQg1UDl1KG39aAV0NVBZSEAEZZQAFCBdyUxAIDVl1XhUUUEJQClxZMF8XTAtWXw4IYQpMFVQyVhZLVVYNCkEUAx5UTVIZBwBXVgUEBFNVWlAIUApQDxQZAx9HDlIAVQpQBQBUV1AFXFUBXUM/"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:51:20 GMT"
},
{
"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": "Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:51:20 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17366-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 \"id\": 1986590,\n \"name\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n \"account_id\": \"lwy0vG\",\n \"business_group\": {\n \"id\": 4977602,\n \"category\": \"business\",\n \"members\": [\n {\n \"id\": 6487912,\n \"group_id\": 4977602,\n \"role\": \"owner\",\n \"identity_id\": 37256,\n \"first_name\": \"Marshall\",\n \"last_name\": \"Johnston\",\n \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@gmail.com\",\n \"company\": \"Kevin's Corral\",\n \"business_id\": 1986590,\n \"unacknowledged_change\": false,\n \"active\": true\n }\n ]\n },\n \"date_format\": \"mm/dd/yyyy\",\n \"address\": {\n \"id\": 2448988,\n \"street\": null,\n \"city\": null,\n \"province\": null,\n \"country\": \"Canada\",\n \"postal_code\": null\n },\n \"phone_number\": null,\n \"business_clients\": []\n }\n}"
}
]
}
