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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "retainer": {
' "active": false
' }
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateBool("retainer.active",0)
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
outFile.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
outFile.WriteLine(resp.Header)
outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")
WScript.Quit
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": 75162,
' "start_date": "2019-06-03",
' "next_period_start_date": "2019-07-03",
' "fee": "20.00",
' "excess_rate": "700.00",
' "budgeted_time": 180000,
' "active": false,
' "created_at": "2019-06-03T15:42:49",
' "updated_at": "2019-06-03T18:22:53"
' }
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.id")
Business_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.business_id")
System_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.system_id")
Invoice_profile_id = jResp.StringOf("retainer.invoice_profile_id")
Client_user_id = jResp.IntOf("retainer.client_user_id")
Start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainer.start_date")
Next_period_start_date = jResp.StringOf("retainer.next_period_start_date")
Fee = jResp.StringOf("retainer.fee")
Excess_rate = jResp.StringOf("retainer.excess_rate")
Budgeted_time = jResp.IntOf("retainer.budgeted_time")
Active = jResp.BoolOf("retainer.active")
Created_at = jResp.StringOf("retainer.created_at")
Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("retainer.updated_at")
outFile.Close
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"retainer": {
"active": false
}
}'
https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Delete Retainer",
"request": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"retainer\": {\n \"active\": false\n }\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/comments/business/{{businessId}}/retainer/{{retainerId}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"comments",
"business",
"{{businessId}}",
"retainer",
"{{retainerId}}"
]
},
"description": "A retainer is deleted by changing the active status to \"false\". It can be undeleted by changing active status back to true."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Delete Retainer Success",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"retainer\": {\n \"active\": false\n }\n}"
},
"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": "PxQBWV5TCBABVllUBAQOU10TGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4FDFZFVRYSBxlDUhULRERQBxVNEFUWWQtWXUYcQQBKDkQTUAdeRFIVBwpWVkJGTVIbARlXVgQCClFWV1sGUAlXAAoEAR9QCE0TAwtWVgNWVVYACFcAXQdaBhMbAAVdRVY/"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Limit",
"value": "20"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Remaining",
"value": "0"
},
{
"key": "X-RateLimit-Reset",
"value": "1559586233"
},
{
"key": "Retry-After",
"value": "59"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:22:53 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 18:22:53 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\": 75162,\n \"start_date\": \"2019-06-03\",\n \"next_period_start_date\": \"2019-07-03\",\n \"fee\": \"20.00\",\n \"excess_rate\": \"700.00\",\n \"budgeted_time\": 180000,\n \"active\": false,\n \"created_at\": \"2019-06-03T15:42:49\",\n \"updated_at\": \"2019-06-03T18:22:53\"\n }\n}"
}
]
}
