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VB6 / Salesforce Platform APIs / Record Count

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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

Dim queryParams As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = queryParams.UpdateString("sObjects","Account,Contact,Lead")

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

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/limits/recordCount",queryParams)
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)

' {
'   "sObjects": [
'     {
'       "count": 12,
'       "name": "Account"
'     },
'     {
'       "count": 20,
'       "name": "Contact"
'     },
'     {
'       "count": 22,
'       "name": "Lead"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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

Dim count As Long
Dim name As String

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("sObjects")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    count = jResp.IntOf("sObjects[i].count")
    name = jResp.StringOf("sObjects[i].name")
    i = i + 1
Loop

Curl Command

curl -G -d "sObjects=Account,Contact,Lead"
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/limits/recordCount

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Record Count",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/limits/recordCount?sObjects=Account,Contact,Lead",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "limits",
        "recordCount"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "sObjects",
          "value": "Account,Contact,Lead",
          "description": "A comma-delimited list of object names. If a listed object is not found in the org, it is ignored and not returned in the response.\nThis parameter is optional. If this parameter is not provided, the resource returns record counts for all objects in the org."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Lists information about object record counts in your organization.\nThis resource is available in REST API version 40.0 and later for API users with the “View Setup and Configuration” permission. The returned record count is approximate, and does not include the following types of records:\n\nDeleted records in the recycle bin.\nArchived records.\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_record_count.htm"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Record Count",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/limits/recordCount?sObjects=Account,Contact,Lead",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "limits",
            "recordCount"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "sObjects",
              "value": "Account,Contact,Lead",
              "description": "A comma-delimited list of object names. If a listed object is not found in the org, it is ignored and not returned in the response.\nThis parameter is optional. If this parameter is not provided, the resource returns record counts for all objects in the org."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:28:16 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": "Sforce-Limit-Info",
          "value": "api-usage=3/15000"
        },
        {
          "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    \"sObjects\": [\n        {\n            \"count\": 12,\n            \"name\": \"Account\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"count\": 20,\n            \"name\": \"Contact\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"count\": 22,\n            \"name\": \"Lead\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}