VB.NET / New FreshBooks / Create Single Project
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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.
' {
' "project": {
' "title": "Titikaka Hiking Guide",
' "client_id": 123,
' "project_type": "fixed_price",
' "fixed_price": "3000",
' "due_date": "2019-04-18",
' "services": [
' {
' "id": 123,
' "billable": true,
' "vis_state": 0
' },
' {
' "id": 123,
' "billable": true,
' "vis_state": 0
' },
' {
' "id": 123,
' "billable": true,
' "vis_state": 0
' },
' {
' "id": 123,
' "billable": true,
' "vis_state": 0
' }
' ]
' }
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("project.title","Titikaka Hiking Guide")
json.UpdateInt("project.client_id",123)
json.UpdateString("project.project_type","fixed_price")
json.UpdateString("project.fixed_price","3000")
json.UpdateString("project.due_date","2019-04-18")
json.UpdateInt("project.services[0].id",123)
json.UpdateBool("project.services[0].billable",True)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[0].vis_state",0)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[1].id",123)
json.UpdateBool("project.services[1].billable",True)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[1].vis_state",0)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[2].id",123)
json.UpdateBool("project.services[2].billable",True)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[2].vis_state",0)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[3].id",123)
json.UpdateBool("project.services[3].billable",True)
json.UpdateInt("project.services[3].vis_state",0)
' 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/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects","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)
' {
' "project": {
' "id": 3018266,
' "title": "Titikaka Hiking Guide",
' "description": null,
' "due_date": "2019-04-18",
' "client_id": 31006,
' "internal": false,
' "budget": null,
' "fixed_price": "3000.00",
' "rate": null,
' "billing_method": null,
' "project_type": "fixed_price",
' "active": true,
' "complete": false,
' "sample": false,
' "created_at": "2019-05-08T20:06:55",
' "updated_at": "2019-05-08T20:06:55",
' "logged_duration": null,
' "services": [
' ],
' "billed_amount": "0.00",
' "billed_status": "unbilled",
' "retainer_id": null,
' "group": {
' "id": 5049390,
' "members": [
' {
' "id": 6578346,
' "identity_id": 37256,
' "role": "owner",
' "first_name": "Marshall",
' "last_name": "Johnston",
' "email": "api.freshbooks@freshbooks.com",
' "company": "Postman Sandbox",
' "active": true
' }
' ],
' "pending_invitations": null
' }
' }
' }
' 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 identity_id As Integer
Dim role As String
Dim first_name As String
Dim last_name As String
Dim email As String
Dim company As String
Dim active As Boolean
Dim Id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("project.id")
Dim Title As String = jResp.StringOf("project.title")
Dim Description As String = jResp.StringOf("project.description")
Dim Due_date As String = jResp.StringOf("project.due_date")
Dim Client_id As Integer = jResp.IntOf("project.client_id")
Dim Internal As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("project.internal")
Dim Budget As String = jResp.StringOf("project.budget")
Dim Fixed_price As String = jResp.StringOf("project.fixed_price")
Dim Rate As String = jResp.StringOf("project.rate")
Dim Billing_method As String = jResp.StringOf("project.billing_method")
Dim Project_type As String = jResp.StringOf("project.project_type")
Dim Active As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("project.active")
Dim Complete As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("project.complete")
Dim Sample As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("project.sample")
Dim Created_at As String = jResp.StringOf("project.created_at")
Dim Updated_at As String = jResp.StringOf("project.updated_at")
Dim Logged_duration As String = jResp.StringOf("project.logged_duration")
Dim Billed_amount As String = jResp.StringOf("project.billed_amount")
Dim Billed_status As String = jResp.StringOf("project.billed_status")
Dim Retainer_id As String = jResp.StringOf("project.retainer_id")
Dim GroupId As Integer = jResp.IntOf("project.group.id")
Dim Pending_invitations As String = jResp.StringOf("project.group.pending_invitations")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("project.services")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
i = i + 1
End While
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("project.group.members")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
id = jResp.IntOf("project.group.members[i].id")
identity_id = jResp.IntOf("project.group.members[i].identity_id")
role = jResp.StringOf("project.group.members[i].role")
first_name = jResp.StringOf("project.group.members[i].first_name")
last_name = jResp.StringOf("project.group.members[i].last_name")
email = jResp.StringOf("project.group.members[i].email")
company = jResp.StringOf("project.group.members[i].company")
active = jResp.BoolOf("project.group.members[i].active")
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"project": {
"title": "Titikaka Hiking Guide",
"client_id": {{customerId}},
"project_type": "fixed_price",
"fixed_price": "3000",
"due_date": "2019-04-18",
"services":
[
{"id": {{serviceid}}, "billable": true, "vis_state": 0}, {"id": {{serviceid}},"billable": true, "vis_state": 0}, {"id": {{serviceid}}, "billable": true, "vis_state": 0}, {"id": {{serviceid}}, "billable": true, "vis_state": 0}
]
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Single Project",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"exec": [
"let jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
"pm.environment.set(\"projectId\", jsonData.project.id);",
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"project\": {\n \"title\": \"Titikaka Hiking Guide\",\n \"client_id\": {{customerId}},\n \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n \"fixed_price\": \"3000\",\n \"due_date\": \"2019-04-18\",\n \"services\": \n [\n \t{\"id\": {{serviceid}}, \"billable\": true, \"vis_state\": 0}, {\"id\": {{serviceid}},\"billable\": true, \"vis_state\": 0}, {\"id\": {{serviceid}}, \"billable\": true, \"vis_state\": 0}, {\"id\": {{serviceid}}, \"billable\": true, \"vis_state\": 0}\n \t]\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"projects",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"projects"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Create Single Project",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"project\": {\n \"title\": \"Titikaka Hiking Guide\",\n \"client_id\": {{customerId}},\n \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n \"fixed_price\": \"3000\",\n \"due_date\": \"2019-04-18\"\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/projects/business/{{businessId}}/projects",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"projects",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"projects"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/vnd.api+json"
},
{
"key": "X-Version",
"value": "1905.7.0"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEkINUgdbTEccQQBKDkQTUAdeRkUODAZbR0NGTVIbARlUVAcEB1VTVVoBUQhWAQsFBB9UDlQdQ1dSVVBSBFFRD1dVVldVAAIVSgJQWkAHOw=="
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "8"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1557346076"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "60"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 08 May 2018 20:06:55 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-cache"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"key": "Via",
"value": "1.1 varnish"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "759"
},
{
"key": "Accept-Ranges",
"value": "bytes"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 08 May 2019 20:06:55 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "X-Served-By",
"value": "cache-mdw17361-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 \"project\": {\n \"id\": 3018266,\n \"title\": \"Titikaka Hiking Guide\",\n \"description\": null,\n \"due_date\": \"2019-04-18\",\n \"client_id\": 31006,\n \"internal\": false,\n \"budget\": null,\n \"fixed_price\": \"3000.00\",\n \"rate\": null,\n \"billing_method\": null,\n \"project_type\": \"fixed_price\",\n \"active\": true,\n \"complete\": false,\n \"sample\": false,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-05-08T20:06:55\",\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-05-08T20:06:55\",\n \"logged_duration\": null,\n \"services\": [],\n \"billed_amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"billed_status\": \"unbilled\",\n \"retainer_id\": null,\n \"group\": {\n \"id\": 5049390,\n \"members\": [\n {\n \"id\": 6578346,\n \"identity_id\": 37256,\n \"role\": \"owner\",\n \"first_name\": \"Marshall\",\n \"last_name\": \"Johnston\",\n \"email\": \"api.freshbooks@freshbooks.com\",\n \"company\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n \"active\": true\n }\n ],\n \"pending_invitations\": null\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
