API Call Samples

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Function Details
Name Guid Required Description
SaveExpense True Creates an expense entry if no ExpenseId is specified or updates an existing expense entry when a valid ExpenseId is specified.

Code Sample (Visual Basic, Dotnet Framework 4.x): 
Public Class Sample
	
	Public Sub CodeSample_saveexpense()
		Dim params = New NameValueCollection From {
					{"fct", "saveexpense"},
					{"guid", "###"},
					{"expenseid", "NULL"},
					{"projectid", "NULL"},
					{"summary", "NULL"}
		}

		Dim jsonText = apiCall(params)

		' https://www.newtonsoft.com/json suggested for JSON parsing to DotNet framework 4.x
		Dim jsonObj = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(jsonText)

		Dim success = jsonObj.Item("status").ToString <> "fail"
		Dim jResults = DirectCast(jsonObj.Item("results"), Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray)

		
	End Sub
	    
	Function apiCall(_param As NameValueCollection) As String

		Dim wc As New System.Net.WebClient With {
			.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
		}

		' may be needed on some machines
		Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = CType(Net.SecurityProtocolType.Tls12, Net.SecurityProtocolType)

		_param.Item("format") = "iso8601" ' json, with dates formatted as ISO8601 string

		Dim responseBytes = wc.UploadValues("https://api.aceproject.com", "POST", _param)
		Return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes)

	End Function

End Class

Parameter Details
Name DataType Is Nullable Max length Domain Values Default Value Is Required
(Insert)		 Is Required
(Update)		 Is Required Description
Guid String False True Unique identifier for the authenticated user. The GUID has an expiry date and time which is managed automatically by the API.
ExpenseId Integer True NULL False True Auto-generated unique expense identifier.
ProjectId Integer True NULL True False Auto-generated unique identifier of a project.
TaskId Integer True NULL False Auto-generated unique identifier of a task.
Summary String True NULL True False Expense summary.
ExpenseTypeId Integer True NULL True Auto-generated unique identifier of an expense type.
ExpenseDate AceProject.Service.API.CustomDatatype.Date True NULL True Date the expense was made.
Amount Decimal True NULL True The amount of the expense.
CodeOfAccount String True NULL False Field used to store user-defined information about the expense.
Comments String True NULL False Any user-defined comment related to the expense entry.
DocAdd String True NULL True
Format String False RS: RecordSet
DS: DataSet
JSON: JSON		 DS True Return Format