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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "email": "<random>@example.com",
    //   "firstName": "John",
    //   "lastName": "Doe",
    //   "password": "secret123"
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("email","<random>@example.com");
    json.UpdateString("firstName","John");
    json.UpdateString("lastName","Doe");
    json.UpdateString("password","secret123");

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("post","https://domain.com/{{project-key}}/customers",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X post
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
  "email" : "<random>@example.com",
  "firstName" : "John",
  "lastName" : "Doe",
  "password" : "secret123"
}'
https://domain.com/{{project-key}}/customers

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Customer",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "type": "text/javascript",
        "exec": [
          "tests[\"Status code \" + responseCode.code] = responseCode.code === 200 || responseCode.code === 201;",
          "var data = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
          "if(data.results && data.results[0] && data.results[0].id && data.results[0].version){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-id\", data.results[0].id); ",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-version\", data.results[0].version);",
          "}",
          "if(data.results && data.results[0] && data.results[0].key){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-key\", data.results[0].key); ",
          "}",
          "if(data.version){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-version\", data.version);",
          "}",
          "if(data.id){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-id\", data.id); ",
          "}",
          "if(data.key){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-key\", data.key);",
          "}",
          ""
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "oauth2",
      "oauth2": {
        "accessToken": "{{ctp_access_token}}",
        "addTokenTo": "header",
        "tokenType": "Bearer"
      }
    },
    "method": "post",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{host}}/{{project-key}}/customers",
      "host": [
        "{{host}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "{{project-key}}",
        "customers"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "expand",
          "value": "",
          "equals": true,
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates a customer. If an anonymous cart is passed in,\nthen the cart is assigned to the created customer and the version number of the Cart will increase.\nIf the ID of an anonymous session is given, all carts and orders will be assigned to the created customer.\n",
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"email\" : \"<random>@example.com\",\n  \"firstName\" : \"John\",\n  \"lastName\" : \"Doe\",\n  \"password\" : \"secret123\"\n}"
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}