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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;

    http.put_BasicAuth(true);
    http.put_Login("login");
    http.put_Password("password");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/automations");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "automation": {
    //     "actions": [
    //       {
    //         "field": "<string>",
    //         "value": "<string>"
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "field": "<string>",
    //         "value": "<string>"
    //       }
    //     ],
    //     "active": "<boolean>",
    //     "conditions": {
    //       "all": [
    //         {
    //           "field": "<string>",
    //           "operator": "<string>",
    //           "value": "<string>"
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "field": "<string>",
    //           "operator": "<string>",
    //           "value": "<string>"
    //         }
    //       ],
    //       "any": [
    //         {
    //           "field": "<string>",
    //           "operator": "<string>",
    //           "value": "<string>"
    //         },
    //         {
    //           "field": "<string>",
    //           "operator": "<string>",
    //           "value": "<string>"
    //         }
    //       ]
    //     },
    //     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "default": "<boolean>",
    //     "id": "<integer>",
    //     "position": "<integer>",
    //     "raw_title": "<string>",
    //     "title": "<string>",
    //     "updated_at": "<dateTime>"
    //   }
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

    String field;
    String value;
    String operator;

    String Active = jResp.stringOf("automation.active");
    String Created_at = jResp.stringOf("automation.created_at");
    String Default = jResp.stringOf("automation.default");
    String Id = jResp.stringOf("automation.id");
    String Position = jResp.stringOf("automation.position");
    String Raw_title = jResp.stringOf("automation.raw_title");
    String Title = jResp.stringOf("automation.title");
    String Updated_at = jResp.stringOf("automation.updated_at");
    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("automation.actions");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        field = jResp.stringOf("automation.actions[i].field");
        value = jResp.stringOf("automation.actions[i].value");
        i = i + 1;
        }

    i = 0;
    count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("automation.conditions.all");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        field = jResp.stringOf("automation.conditions.all[i].field");
        operator = jResp.stringOf("automation.conditions.all[i].operator");
        value = jResp.stringOf("automation.conditions.all[i].value");
        i = i + 1;
        }

    i = 0;
    count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("automation.conditions.any");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        field = jResp.stringOf("automation.conditions.any[i].field");
        operator = jResp.stringOf("automation.conditions.any[i].operator");
        value = jResp.stringOf("automation.conditions.any[i].value");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  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  -u login:password -X POST
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/automations

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Automation",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/automations",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "automations"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates an automation.\n\nNew automations must be unique and have at least one condition that is true only once or an action that nullifies at least one of the conditions. Active automations can have overlapping conditions but can't be identical.\n\nThe request must include the following conditions in the `all` array:\n\n- At least one time-based condition\n- At least one condition that checks one of the following fields: `status`, `type`, `group_id`, `assignee_id`, or `requester_id`.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Created response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/automations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "automations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"automation\": {\n    \"actions\": [\n      {\n        \"field\": \"<string>\",\n        \"value\": \"<string>\"\n      },\n      {\n        \"field\": \"<string>\",\n        \"value\": \"<string>\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"conditions\": {\n      \"all\": [\n        {\n          \"field\": \"<string>\",\n          \"operator\": \"<string>\",\n          \"value\": \"<string>\"\n        },\n        {\n          \"field\": \"<string>\",\n          \"operator\": \"<string>\",\n          \"value\": \"<string>\"\n        }\n      ],\n      \"any\": [\n        {\n          \"field\": \"<string>\",\n          \"operator\": \"<string>\",\n          \"value\": \"<string>\"\n        },\n        {\n          \"field\": \"<string>\",\n          \"operator\": \"<string>\",\n          \"value\": \"<string>\"\n        }\n      ]\n    },\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"raw_title\": \"<string>\",\n    \"title\": \"<string>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}