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VB6 / Salesforce Platform APIs / News Feed Elements

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print http.LastHeader
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "currentPageToken": null,
'   "currentPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements",
'   "elements": [
'   ],
'   "isModifiedToken": null,
'   "isModifiedUrl": null,
'   "nextPageToken": null,
'   "nextPageUrl": null,
'   "updatesToken": "2:1700651042000",
'   "updatesUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements?updatedSince=2%3A1700651042000"
' }

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

Dim currentPageToken As String
currentPageToken = jResp.StringOf("currentPageToken")
Dim currentPageUrl As String
currentPageUrl = jResp.StringOf("currentPageUrl")
Dim isModifiedToken As String
isModifiedToken = jResp.StringOf("isModifiedToken")
Dim isModifiedUrl As String
isModifiedUrl = jResp.StringOf("isModifiedUrl")
Dim nextPageToken As String
nextPageToken = jResp.StringOf("nextPageToken")
Dim nextPageUrl As String
nextPageUrl = jResp.StringOf("nextPageUrl")
Dim updatesToken As String
updatesToken = jResp.StringOf("updatesToken")
Dim updatesUrl As String
updatesUrl = jResp.StringOf("updatesUrl")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("elements")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "News Feed Elements",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    },
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableBodyPruning": true
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": ""
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "chatter",
        "feeds",
        "news",
        "me",
        "feed-elements"
      ]
    },
    "description": "All feed elements from all groups the context user either owns or is a member of, as well as all files, records, and users the context user follows. Use this resource to get information about feed elements and to post feed elements.\n\nFor information about posting a feed element, see Feed Elements, Post and Search.\n\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resource_feeds_news.htm#cc_news_feed_elements"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful News Feed Elements",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": ""
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "chatter",
            "feeds",
            "news",
            "me",
            "feed-elements"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:04:02 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"currentPageToken\": null,\n    \"currentPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements\",\n    \"elements\": [],\n    \"isModifiedToken\": null,\n    \"isModifiedUrl\": null,\n    \"nextPageToken\": null,\n    \"nextPageUrl\": null,\n    \"updatesToken\": \"2:1700651042000\",\n    \"updatesUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements?updatedSince=2%3A1700651042000\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}