NAME
Net::FreshBooks::API::Base - Base class
VERSION
version 0.24
new_from_node
my $new_object = $class->new_from_node( $node );Create a new object from the node given.
copy
my $new_object = $self->copy( );Returns a new object with the fb object set on it.
create
my $new_object = $self->create( \%args );Create a new object. Takes the arguments and uses them to create a new entry at the FreshBooks end. Once the object has been created a 'get' request is issued to fetch the data back from FreshBooks and to populate the object.
update
my $object = $object->update();Update the object, saving any changes that have been made since the get.
get
my $object = $self->get( \%args );Fetches the object using the FreshBooks API.
list
my $iterator = $self->list( $args );Returns an iterator that represents the list fetched from the server. See Net::FreshBooks::API::Iterator for details.
delete
my $result = $self->delete();Delete the given object.
INTERNAL METHODS
send_request
my $response_data = $self->send_request( $args );Turn the args into xml, send it to FreshBooks, receive back the XML and convert it back into a Perl data structure.
method_string
my $method_string = $self->method_string( 'action' );Returns a method string for this class - something like 'client.action'.
api_name
my $api_name = $self->api_name( );Returns the name that should be used in the API for this class.
node_name
my $node_name = $self->node_name( );Returns the name that should be used in the XML nodes for this class. Normally this is the same as the api_name but can be overridden if needed.
id_field
my $id_field = $self->id_field( );Returns the id field for this class.
field_names
my @names = $self->field_names();Return the names of all the fields.
field_names_rw
my @names = $self->field_names_rw();Return the names of all the fields that are marked as read and write.
parameters_to_request_xml
my $xml = $self->parameters_to_request_xml( \%parameters );Takes the parameters given and turns them into the xml that should be sent to the server. This has some smarts that works around the tedium of processing Perl datastructures -> XML. In particular any key starting with an underscore becomes an attribute. Any key pointing to an array is wrapped so that it appears correctly in the XML.
construct_element( $element, $hashref )
Requires an XML::LibXML::Element object, followed by a HASHREF of attributes, text nodes, nested values or child elements or some combination thereof.
response_xml_to_node
my $params = $self->response_xml_to_node( $xml );Take XML from FB and turn it into a data structure that is easier to work with.
send_xml_to_freshbooks
my $returned_xml = $self->send_xml_to_freshbooks( $xml_to_send );Sends the XML to the FreshBooks API and returns the XML content returned. This is the lowest part and is encapsulated here so that it can be easily overridden for testing.
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.