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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/dynamic_content/items");
    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)

    // {
    //   "item": {
    //     "name": "<string>",
    //     "default_locale_id": "<integer>",
    //     "variants": [
    //       {
    //         "content": "<string>",
    //         "locale_id": "<integer>",
    //         "active": "<boolean>",
    //         "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    //         "default": "<boolean>",
    //         "id": "<integer>",
    //         "outdated": "<boolean>",
    //         "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
    //         "url": "<string>"
    //       },
    //       {
    //         "content": "<string>",
    //         "locale_id": "<integer>",
    //         "active": "<boolean>",
    //         "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    //         "default": "<boolean>",
    //         "id": "<integer>",
    //         "outdated": "<boolean>",
    //         "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
    //         "url": "<string>"
    //       }
    //     ],
    //     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "id": "<integer>",
    //     "outdated": "<boolean>",
    //     "placeholder": "<string>",
    //     "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "url": "<string>"
    //   }
    // }

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

    String content;
    String locale_id;
    String active;
    String created_at;
    String default;
    String id;
    String outdated;
    String updated_at;
    String url;

    String Name = jResp.stringOf("item.name");
    String Default_locale_id = jResp.stringOf("item.default_locale_id");
    String Created_at = jResp.stringOf("item.created_at");
    String Id = jResp.stringOf("item.id");
    String Outdated = jResp.stringOf("item.outdated");
    String Placeholder = jResp.stringOf("item.placeholder");
    String Updated_at = jResp.stringOf("item.updated_at");
    String v_Url = jResp.stringOf("item.url");
    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("item.variants");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        content = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].content");
        locale_id = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].locale_id");
        active = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].active");
        created_at = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].created_at");
        default = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].default");
        id = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].id");
        outdated = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].outdated");
        updated_at = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].updated_at");
        url = jResp.stringOf("item.variants[i].url");
        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/dynamic_content/items

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Item",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/dynamic_content/items",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "dynamic_content",
        "items"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Create a new content item, with one or more variants in the item's `variants` array. See [Specifying item variants](#specifying-item-variants).\n\nThe `default_locale_id` and variant `locale_id` values must be one of the locales the account has active. You can get the list with the [List Locales](/api-reference/ticketing/account-configuration/locales/#list-locales) endpoint.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins, 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/dynamic_content/items",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "dynamic_content",
            "items"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"item\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"default_locale_id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"variants\": [\n      {\n        \"content\": \"<string>\",\n        \"locale_id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n        \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n        \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n        \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"outdated\": \"<boolean>\",\n        \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n        \"url\": \"<string>\"\n      },\n      {\n        \"content\": \"<string>\",\n        \"locale_id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n        \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n        \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n        \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"outdated\": \"<boolean>\",\n        \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n        \"url\": \"<string>\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"outdated\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"placeholder\": \"<string>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}