NAME

Net::FreshBooks::API::Client - FreshBooks Client access

VERSION

version 0.24

SYNOPSIS

    my $fb = Net::FreshBooks::API->new({ ... });
    my $client = $fb->client;

create

    # create a new client
    my $client = $fb->client->create(
        {   first_name   => 'Larry',
            last_name    => 'Wall',
            organization => 'Perl HQ',
            email        => 'larry@example.com',
        }
    );

Once you have a client object, you may set any of the mutable fields by calling the appropriate method on the object:

    $client->first_name( 'Lawrence' );
    $client->last_name( 'Wahl' );

These changes will not be reflected in your FreshBooks account until you call the update() method, which is described below.

update

    # take the client object created above
    # we can now make changes to the client and save them
    $client->organization('Perl Foundation');
    $client->update;

    # or more quickly
    $client->update( { organization => 'Perl Foundation', } );

get

    # fetch a client based on a FreshBooks client_id
    my $client = $fb->client->get({ client_id => $client_id });

delete

    # fetch a client and then delete it
    my $client = $fb->client->get({ client_id => $client_id });
    $client->delete;

contacts

Returns an ARRAYREF of Net::FreshBooks::API::Client::Contact objects

    foreach my $contact ( @{ $client->contacts } ) {
        print $contact->first_name, "\n";
    }

add_contact

Create a new Net::FreshBooks::API::Client::Contact object and add it to the end of the list of cotacts.

    my $bool = $client->add_contact(
        {   username   => 'chucknorris',
            first_name => 'Chuck',
            last_name  => 'Norris',
            email      => 'chuck@norris.com',
            phone1     => 1112223333,
            phone2     => 4445556666,
        }
    );

links

Returns an Net::FreshBooks::API::Links object, which returns FreshBooks URLs.

    print "Client view: " . $fb->client->links->client_view;

list

Returns an Net::FreshBooks::API::Iterator object. Currently, all list() functionality defaults to 15 items per page.

    #list all active clients
    my $clients = $fb->client->list();

    print $clients->total . " active clients\n";
    print $clients->pages . " pages of results\n";

    while ( my $client = $clients->next ) {
        print join( "\t", $client->client_id, $client->first_name, $client->last_name ) . "\n";
    }

To override the default pagination:

    my $clients = $fb->client->list({ page => 2, per_page => 35 });

DESCRIPTION

This class gives you object to FreshBooks client information. Net::FreshBooks::API will construct this object for you.

AUTHORS

• Edmund von der Burg <evdb@ecclestoad.co.uk>

• Olaf Alders <olaf@wundercounter.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Edmund von der Burg & Olaf Alders.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Net::FreshBooks::API

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::FreshBooks::API