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VB6 / Salesforce Platform APIs / Record 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/record/:RECORD_GROUP_ID/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/record/001.../feed-elements",
'   "elements": [
'   ],
'   "isModifiedToken": null,
'   "isModifiedUrl": null,
'   "nextPageToken": null,
'   "nextPageUrl": null,
'   "updatesToken": "2:1700651144000",
'   "updatesUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/record/001.../feed-elements?updatedSince=2%3A1700651144000"
' }

' 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/record/:RECORD_GROUP_ID/feed-elements

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Record 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/record/:RECORD_GROUP_ID/feed-elements",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "chatter",
        "feeds",
        "record",
        ":RECORD_GROUP_ID",
        "feed-elements"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "RECORD_GROUP_ID",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns the feed elements for all the records the context user is following, or all the feed elements of the specified recordId. Use this resource to search a feed or to get the feed elements for a specific feed, including another user’s feed. To use this resource to get the feed elements for a group, specify the group ID as the recordId.\n\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resource_feeds_record.htm"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Record Feed Elements",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": ""
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/record/:RECORD_GROUP_ID/feed-elements",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "chatter",
            "feeds",
            "record",
            ":RECORD_GROUP_ID",
            "feed-elements"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "RECORD_GROUP_ID",
              "value": "001..."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:05:44 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/record/001.../feed-elements\",\n    \"elements\": [],\n    \"isModifiedToken\": null,\n    \"isModifiedUrl\": null,\n    \"nextPageToken\": null,\n    \"nextPageUrl\": null,\n    \"updatesToken\": \"2:1700651144000\",\n    \"updatesUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/record/001.../feed-elements?updatedSince=2%3A1700651144000\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}