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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")
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set queryParams = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("start_date","2019-01-01")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("end_date","2019-12-31")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("currency_code","USD")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/trial_balance",queryParams)
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)
' {
' "response": {
' "result": {
' "trial_balance": {
' "company_name": "Postman Sandbox",
' "currency_code": "USD",
' "data": [
' {
' "account_name": "Cash",
' "account_number": "1000",
' "account_sub_name": "Petty Cash",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "6350.55",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 635972
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Accounts Receivable",
' "account_number": "1200",
' "account_sub_name": "Accounts Receivable",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "4435.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 635974
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Accounts Receivable",
' "account_number": "1200",
' "account_sub_name": "Customer Deposits",
' "account_sub_number": "2",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "400.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 635976
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Taxes Payable",
' "account_number": "2001",
' "account_sub_name": "HST",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "211.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 636766
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Customer Credit",
' "account_number": "2003",
' "account_sub_name": "Customer Credit",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "3120.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 635990
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Revenue",
' "account_number": "4000",
' "account_sub_name": "Sales",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "14215.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 636000
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Operating Expenses",
' "account_number": "6000",
' "account_sub_name": "Other Expenses",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "6195.57",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 636768
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Operating Expenses",
' "account_number": "6000",
' "account_sub_name": "Car & Truck Expenses",
' "account_sub_number": "3",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "141.12",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 849638
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Taxes Paid",
' "account_number": "6001",
' "account_sub_name": "HST",
' "account_sub_number": "1",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "805.42",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 636770
' },
' {
' "account_name": "Taxes Paid",
' "account_number": "6001",
' "account_sub_name": "other tax",
' "account_sub_number": "2",
' "credit": {
' "amount": "0.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "18.34",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": 849640
' },
' {
' "account_name": "total",
' "account_number": null,
' "account_sub_name": null,
' "account_sub_number": null,
' "credit": {
' "amount": "17946.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "debit": {
' "amount": "17946.00",
' "code": "USD"
' },
' "sub_accountid": null
' }
' ],
' "download_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50aWQiOiJ3a01kMmciLCJ1c2VyaWQiOjEsImNvbnRhY3RpZCI6LTEsImxldmVsIjozLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVwb3J0Iiwib2JqZWN0aWQiOiJ0cmlhbF9iYWxhbmNlIiwicGFyYW1zIjp7InN0YXJ0X2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTAxLTAxIiwiZW5kX2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTEyLTMxIiwiY3VycmVuY3lfY29kZSI6IlVTRCJ9LCJpYXQiOjE1NTYxMzA3MTUsImV4cCI6MTU1ODcyMjcxNX0.NEZhIwWtFcRvvENs2voz9pR5PrOP_n7CbBYgf1sznGg",
' "end_date": "2019-12-31",
' "start_date": "2019-01-01"
' }
' }
' }
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Company_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.company_name")
Currency_code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.currency_code")
Download_token = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.download_token")
End_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.end_date")
Start_date = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.start_date")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("response.result.trial_balance.data")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
account_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].account_name")
account_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].account_number")
account_sub_name = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].account_sub_name")
account_sub_number = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].account_sub_number")
Amount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].credit.amount")
Code = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].credit.code")
debitAmount = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].debit.amount")
debitCode = jResp.StringOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].debit.code")
sub_accountid = jResp.IntOf("response.result.trial_balance.data[i].sub_accountid")
i = i + 1
Loop
outFile.Close
Curl Command
curl -G -d "start_date=2019-01-01"
-d "end_date=2019-12-31"
-d "currency_code=USD"
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/trial_balance
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Trial Balance",
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/trial_balance?start_date=2019-01-01&end_date=2019-12-31¤cy_code=USD",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"reports",
"accounting",
"trial_balance"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "start_date",
"value": "2019-01-01"
},
{
"key": "end_date",
"value": "2019-12-31"
},
{
"key": "currency_code",
"value": "USD"
}
]
},
"description": "A quick gut check to make sure your books are balanced."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Trial Balance",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.freshbooks.com/accounting/account/{{accountId}}/reports/accounting/trial_balance?start_date=2019-01-01&end_date=2019-12-31¤cy_code=USD",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"freshbooks",
"com"
],
"path": [
"accounting",
"account",
"{{accountId}}",
"reports",
"accounting",
"trial_balance"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "start_date",
"value": "2019-01-01"
},
{
"key": "end_date",
"value": "2019-12-31"
},
{
"key": "currency_code",
"value": "USD"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "X-NewRelic-App-Data",
"value": "PxQBWV5TCBABVlVSAwEOVlcTGhE1AwE2QgNWEVlbQFtcCxYnRA9QFg1ZWU4DFVdfRgFPCkNFR0gWVEZcEBIQWFEBWw1NVkBbXQJLBEEOQRYXFBtRSlMWAwhSU1MDBANUVwkOClNQU1AcTwlOGgkEVwVcDgNVWVEAVgUCV1NBFFVRCBIHag=="
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "*"
},
{
"key": "Expires",
"value": "Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:31:55 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 18:31:55 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 \"trial_balance\": {\n \"company_name\": \"Postman Sandbox\",\n \"currency_code\": \"USD\",\n \"data\": [\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Cash\",\n \"account_number\": \"1000\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Petty Cash\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"6350.55\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 635972\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Accounts Receivable\",\n \"account_number\": \"1200\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Accounts Receivable\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"4435.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 635974\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Accounts Receivable\",\n \"account_number\": \"1200\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Customer Deposits\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"2\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"400.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 635976\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Taxes Payable\",\n \"account_number\": \"2001\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"HST\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"211.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 636766\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Customer Credit\",\n \"account_number\": \"2003\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Customer Credit\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"3120.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 635990\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Revenue\",\n \"account_number\": \"4000\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Sales\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"14215.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 636000\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Operating Expenses\",\n \"account_number\": \"6000\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Other Expenses\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"6195.57\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 636768\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Operating Expenses\",\n \"account_number\": \"6000\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"Car & Truck Expenses\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"3\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"141.12\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 849638\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Taxes Paid\",\n \"account_number\": \"6001\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"HST\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"1\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"805.42\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 636770\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"Taxes Paid\",\n \"account_number\": \"6001\",\n \"account_sub_name\": \"other tax\",\n \"account_sub_number\": \"2\",\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"0.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"18.34\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": 849640\n },\n {\n \"account_name\": \"total\",\n \"account_number\": null,\n \"account_sub_name\": null,\n \"account_sub_number\": null,\n \"credit\": {\n \"amount\": \"17946.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"debit\": {\n \"amount\": \"17946.00\",\n \"code\": \"USD\"\n },\n \"sub_accountid\": null\n }\n ],\n \"download_token\": \"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJhY2NvdW50aWQiOiJ3a01kMmciLCJ1c2VyaWQiOjEsImNvbnRhY3RpZCI6LTEsImxldmVsIjozLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVwb3J0Iiwib2JqZWN0aWQiOiJ0cmlhbF9iYWxhbmNlIiwicGFyYW1zIjp7InN0YXJ0X2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTAxLTAxIiwiZW5kX2RhdGUiOiIyMDE5LTEyLTMxIiwiY3VycmVuY3lfY29kZSI6IlVTRCJ9LCJpYXQiOjE1NTYxMzA3MTUsImV4cCI6MTU1ODcyMjcxNX0.NEZhIwWtFcRvvENs2voz9pR5PrOP_n7CbBYgf1sznGg\",\n \"end_date\": \"2019-12-31\",\n \"start_date\": \"2019-01-01\"\n }\n }\n }\n}"
}
]
}
