API Changes for August 2007

by Jaco in on August 29, 2007

Version 4.0 of FreshBooks is here, and along with it comes a number of changes/additions to the FreshBooks API.

It’s been a long time coming – you can finally create and manage recurring profiles via the API.

You can now pull up to 100 records from an individual list request, using a per_page value of 100. If left unsupplied, per_page will default to 25.

You can now retrieve any invoices generated from a recurring profile using the invoice.list method.

Furthermore, invoice.list will now let you filter search results by status – i.e. ‘draft’, ‘paid’ and so on.

If you create a new client via the API, and supply that client’s username and password, they won’t be prompted again for their account details after they’ve logged in. This should help FreshBooks users who are trying to synchronize client account data.

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Let’s get Graphical

by Jaco in on August 24, 2007

Interested in viewing your invoices and collected revenue in a nice looking graph? Now you can with our new graph generator.

A few months ago, we released our redesigned API which gave you the ability to access and update your FreshBooks information for your custom solutions.

At that time, I release a nice little tool to import your items to your FreshBooks account from comma delimited text. This month, I made this easy to use graph generator with the help of the LastXgraph PHP library and the FreshBooks API.

All you have to do is enable your API for your system and enter your API credentials. Next, click the large submit button and, presto!, a nice graphical representation of your invoices and collected revenue.

The source code is written in PHP is available in the sample code section of our developers section.

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