Back to Collection Items
' 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}"
},
{
"name": "Single Item w/ added SKU",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/items/items/303664",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"items",
"items",
"303664"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNRVNeEVwKFlUPGk4IFAQcAlEAVAhTAlRVBwBZU1sACwdITFMbEw9WBwgGVlVUBQQHBAtTCVoWHlUEVRJUPA=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "500"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "499"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1561052088"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "60"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:33:47 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": "Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:33:47 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17355-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\": \"E86Qp\",\n \"description\": \"AirTV\",\n \"id\": 303664,\n \"inventory\": null,\n \"itemid\": 303664,\n \"name\": \"1 Month Subscription\",\n \"qty\": \"0\",\n \"sku\": null,\n \"tax1\": 0,\n \"tax2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"75.00\",\n \"code\": \"CAD\"\n },\n \"updated\": \"2019-01-16 11:52:08\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Single Item w/ SKU",
"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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNRVNeEVwKFlUPGk4IFAQcAl0IVgdRAFNVBwVXUVMACghITFMbEwEFAAADBVIAUFYGUV1WDFsWHlUEVRJUPA=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "500"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "499"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1561053195"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "60"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:52:14 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": "Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:52:14 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\": 59724,\n \"inventory\": \"4\",\n \"itemid\": 59724,\n \"name\": \"Alan Touring Pack\",\n \"qty\": \"10\",\n \"sku\": \"SDK2919361221\",\n \"tax1\": 0,\n \"tax2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"550.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"updated\": \"2019-06-20 13:50:24\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
},
{
"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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gNRVNeEVwKFlUPGk4IFAQcAVULUgFUA1VcAwdXUlUBBANITFMbE1ZUAlVTA1tXW1tSUg0BWgEWHlUEVRJUPA=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "500"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "499"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1561053382"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "60"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:55:21 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": "Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:55:21 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\": 59724,\n \"inventory\": \"4\",\n \"itemid\": 59724,\n \"name\": \"Alan Touring Pack\",\n \"qty\": \"10\",\n \"sku\": \"SDK2919361221\",\n \"tax1\": 0,\n \"tax2\": 0,\n \"unit_cost\": {\n \"amount\": \"550.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"updated\": \"2019-06-20 13:50:24\",\n \"vis_state\": 0\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
