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VB6 / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Add User

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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.

' {
'   "users": [
'     {
'       "role": "{{role_id}}",
'       "first_name": "Patricia",
'       "email": "Patricia@abcl.com",
'       "profile": "{{profile_id}}",
'       "last_name": "Boyle"
'     }
'   ]
' }

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("users[0].role","{{role_id}}")
success = json.UpdateString("users[0].first_name","Patricia")
success = json.UpdateString("users[0].email","Patricia@abcl.com")
success = json.UpdateString("users[0].profile","{{profile_id}}")
success = json.UpdateString("users[0].last_name","Boyle")

' 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/crm/v2.1/users","application/json",json)
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)

' {
'   "users": [
'     {
'       "code": "SUCCESS",
'       "details": {
'         "id": "738964000002112003"
'       },
'       "message": "User added",
'       "status": "success"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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

Dim code As String
Dim Id As String
Dim message As String
Dim status As String

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("users")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    code = jResp.StringOf("users[i].code")
    Id = jResp.StringOf("users[i].details.id")
    message = jResp.StringOf("users[i].message")
    status = jResp.StringOf("users[i].status")
    i = i + 1
Loop

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
  "users": [
    {
      "role": "{{role_id}}",
      "first_name": "Patricia",
      "email": "Patricia@abcl.com",
      "profile": "{{profile_id}}",
      "last_name": "Boyle"
    }
  ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2.1/users

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Add User",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"{{role_id}}\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcl.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"{{profile_id}}\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2.1",
        "users"
      ]
    },
    "description": "To add a user to your organization."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "SUCCESS RESPONSE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"738964000000015966\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcl.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"738964000000015972\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:01:32 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "110"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-04T13:49:35+00:00"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4004813"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "fb33599b767b94d06d2bd2529079b386"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=15768000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"users\": [\n        {\n            \"code\": \"SUCCESS\",\n            \"details\": {\n                \"id\": \"738964000002112003\"\n            },\n            \"message\": \"User added\",\n            \"status\": \"success\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "DUPLICATE DATA",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"738964000000015966\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcl.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"738964000000015972\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:01:59 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "190"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-04T13:49:35+00:00"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4004813"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "fb33599b767b94d06d2bd2529079b386"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=15768000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"users\": [\n        {\n            \"code\": \"DUPLICATE_DATA\",\n            \"details\": {\n                \"id\": \"738964000002112003\",\n                \"email\": \"Patricia@abcl.com\"\n            },\n            \"message\": \"Failed to add user since same email id is already present\",\n            \"status\": \"error\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "MANDATORY_NOT_FOUND",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"738964000000015966\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcl.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"738964000000015972\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:02:29 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "166"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-04T13:49:35+00:00"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4004813"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "fb33599b767b94d06d2bd2529079b386"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=15768000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"users\": [\n        {\n            \"code\": \"MANDATORY_NOT_FOUND\",\n            \"details\": {\n                \"api_name\": \"last_name\",\n                \"json_path\": \"$.users[0].last_name\"\n            },\n            \"message\": \"required field not found\",\n            \"status\": \"error\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "COPY",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"738964000000015966\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia@\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcd.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"738964000000015972\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:04:08 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "124"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "deny"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"The http request method type is not a valid one\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"738964000000015966\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia@\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcd.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"738964000000015972\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:04:29 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "98"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"Authentication failed\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "INVALID_DATA",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"738964000000015966\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia@\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abc,.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"738964000000015972\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:05:41 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "168"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-ACCESSTOKEN-RESET",
          "value": "2021-05-04T13:49:35+00:00"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientVersion",
          "value": "4004813"
        },
        {
          "key": "clientsubVersion",
          "value": "fb33599b767b94d06d2bd2529079b386"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Disposition",
          "value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Language",
          "value": "en-US"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=15768000"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"users\": [\n        {\n            \"code\": \"INVALID_DATA\",\n            \"details\": {\n                \"expected_data_type\": \"email\",\n                \"api_name\": \"email\",\n                \"json_path\": \"$.users[0].email\"\n            },\n            \"message\": \"invalid data\",\n            \"status\": \"error\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCH",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"users\": [\n    {\n      \"role\": \"{{role_id}}\",\n      \"first_name\": \"Patricia\",\n      \"email\": \"Patricia@abcl.com\",\n      \"profile\": \"{{profile_id}}\",\n      \"last_name\": \"Boyle\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/users",
          "host": [
            "{{api-domain}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "crm",
            "v2.1",
            "users"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "ZGS"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Tue, 04 May 2021 13:37:49 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "113"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Referrer-Policy",
          "value": "strict-origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "Pragma",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expires",
          "value": "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "SAMEORIGIN"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Download-Options",
          "value": "noopen"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"code\": \"OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCH\",\n    \"details\": {},\n    \"message\": \"invalid oauth scope to access this URL\",\n    \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}