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VB6 / Salesforce Platform APIs / Process Approvals Submit

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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

' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "actionType": "string",
'   "contextActorId": "ID",
'   "contextId": "ID",
'   "comments": "string",
'   "nextApproverIds": "ID[]",
'   "processDefinitionNameOrId": "string",
'   "skipEntryCriteria": "boolean"
' }

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("actionType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("contextActorId","ID")
success = json.UpdateString("contextId","ID")
success = json.UpdateString("comments","string")
success = json.UpdateString("nextApproverIds","ID[]")
success = json.UpdateString("processDefinitionNameOrId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("skipEntryCriteria","boolean")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/process/approvals","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print resp.BodyStr

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"actionType":"string",
	"contextActorId":"ID",
	"contextId":"ID",
	"comments":"string",
	"nextApproverIds":"ID[]",
	"processDefinitionNameOrId":"string",
	"skipEntryCriteria":"boolean",
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/process/approvals

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Process Approvals Submit",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n\t\"actionType\":\"string\",\n\t\"contextActorId\":\"ID\",\n\t\"contextId\":\"ID\",\n\t\"comments\":\"string\",\n\t\"nextApproverIds\":\"ID[]\",\n\t\"processDefinitionNameOrId\":\"string\",\n\t\"skipEntryCriteria\":\"boolean\",\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/process/approvals",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "process",
        "approvals"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns a list of all approval processes. Can also be used to submit a particular record if that entity supports an approval process and one has already been defined. Records can be approved and rejected if the current user is an assigned approver. When using a POST request to do bulk approvals, the requests that succeed are committed and the requests that don’t succeed send back an error.\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_process_approvals.htm"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}