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VB6 / Salesforce Platform APIs / Files Shares Link

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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 resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("PUT","https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/files/:FILE_ID/file-shares/link")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

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 = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "expirationDate": null,
'   "fileViewUrl": "https://<my_domain>/sfc/p/2o000000i6mB/a/2o00000022S3/y2zsu9pHtEVIa49w6ElaXdjXz_GxBSzRVwe645_Z.dw",
'   "isPasswordRequired": false,
'   "password": null,
'   "sharingType": "V"
' }

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

Dim expirationDate As String
expirationDate = jResp.StringOf("expirationDate")
Dim fileViewUrl As String
fileViewUrl = jResp.StringOf("fileViewUrl")
Dim isPasswordRequired As Long
isPasswordRequired = jResp.BoolOf("isPasswordRequired")
Dim password As String
password = jResp.StringOf("password")
Dim sharingType As String
sharingType = jResp.StringOf("sharingType")

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/files/:FILE_ID/file-shares/link

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Files Shares Link",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    },
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disabledSystemHeaders": {}
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/files/:FILE_ID/file-shares/link",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "connect",
        "files",
        ":FILE_ID",
        "file-shares",
        "link"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "FILE_ID",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "A description of a file shared as a link. Create, access, and delete a file’s share link.\n\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resources_files_shares_link.htm"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Files Shares Link",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/files/:FILE_ID/file-shares/link",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "connect",
            "files",
            ":FILE_ID",
            "file-shares",
            "link"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "FILE_ID",
              "value": "0692o00000woaRkAAI"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:38:31 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": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"expirationDate\": null,\n    \"fileViewUrl\": \"https://<my_domain>/sfc/p/2o000000i6mB/a/2o00000022S3/y2zsu9pHtEVIa49w6ElaXdjXz_GxBSzRVwe645_Z.dw\",\n    \"isPasswordRequired\": false,\n    \"password\": null,\n    \"sharingType\": \"V\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}