Chilkat Online Tools

Xojo / easybill REST API / Create attachment

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

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/rest/v1/attachments"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddParam "file","<string>"

req.AddHeader "Authorization","{{apiKey}}"
req.AddHeader "Accept","application/json"

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.SynchronousRequest("api.easybill.de",443,True,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
System.DebugLog(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Int32
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
System.DebugLog("Response Status Code = " + Str(respStatusCode))
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(resp.Header)
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")

    Return
End If

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "created_at": "<date>",
//   "customer_id": null,
//   "document_id": null,
//   "file_name": "<string>",
//   "id": "<long>",
//   "project_id": null,
//   "size": "<integer>"
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

Dim created_at As String
created_at = jResp.StringOf("created_at")
Dim customer_id As String
customer_id = jResp.StringOf("customer_id")
Dim document_id As String
document_id = jResp.StringOf("document_id")
Dim file_name As String
file_name = jResp.StringOf("file_name")
Dim id As String
id = jResp.StringOf("id")
Dim project_id As String
project_id = jResp.StringOf("project_id")
Dim size As String
size = jResp.StringOf("size")

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: {{apiKey}}"
	-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
	--form 'file=<string>'
https://api.easybill.de/rest/v1/attachments

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create attachment",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "multipart/form-data"
      },
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "file",
          "value": "<string>",
          "description": "(Required) ",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/attachments",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "attachments"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful operation",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "multipart/form-data"
          },
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "(Required) ",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/attachments",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "attachments"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"created_at\": \"<date>\",\n  \"customer_id\": null,\n  \"document_id\": null,\n  \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"id\": \"<long>\",\n  \"project_id\": null,\n  \"size\": \"<integer>\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Too Many Requests",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "multipart/form-data"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "(Required) ",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/attachments",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "attachments"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Too Many Requests",
      "code": 429,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
      "header": [
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": ""
    }
  ]
}