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VB6 / Zoom API / Create a webinar's poll

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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 req As New ChilkatHttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/v2/webinars/:webinarId/polls"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddParam "title","a"

req.AddParam "poll_type","a3"

req.AddParam "anonymous","a3false"

req.AddParam "questions","a3false[{""name"":""ad in ullamco elit"",""type"":""rating_scale"",""show_as_dropdown"":false,""answer_required"":false,""answers"":[""in "",""do sint ipsum""],""right_answers"":[""deserunt id""],""prompts"":[{""prompt_question"":""sint ipsum irure"",""prompt_right_answers"":[""sit officia"",""irure est nostrud nul""]},{""prompt_question"":""qui"",""prompt_right_answers"":[""veniam"",""voluptate reprehenderit irure""]}],""answer_min_character"":29173071,""answer_max_character"":27567154,""case_sensitive"":false,""rating_min_value"":58887175,""rating_max_value"":-45787201,""rating_min_label"":""ea commodo"",""rating_max_label"":""ipsum dolore""},{""name"":""ut eiusmod adipisicing exercitation"",""type"":""single"",""show_as_dropdown"":false,""answer_required"":false,""answers"":[""Excepteur Ut"",""exercitation voluptate""],""right_answers"":[""occaecat do esse""],""prompts"":[{""prompt_question"":""laboris eiusmod commodo ipsum ut"",""prompt_right_answers"":[""ut Lorem dolor do"",""ullamco cillum tempor pariatur""]},{""prompt_question"":""officia l"",""prompt_right_answers"":[""nulla pariatur"",""voluptate aliqua sint""]}],""answer_min_character"":68878731,""answer_max_character"":-60270992,""case_sensitive"":false,""rating_min_value"":61727066,""rating_max_value"":-36610809,""rating_min_label"":""in ut"",""rating_max_label"":""proident officia""}]"

req.AddHeader "Authorization","Bearer <access_token>"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("api.zoom.us",443,1,req)
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)

' {
'   "id": "cdjfhdsdfd",
'   "status": "ended",
'   "title": "Learn something new",
'   "anonymous": false,
'   "poll_type": 2,
'   "questions": [
'     {
'       "name": "How are you?",
'       "type": "multiple",
'       "answer_required": false,
'       "answers": [
'         "Good",
'         "Not so good"
'       ],
'       "right_answers": [
'         "Good"
'       ]
'     }
'   ]
' }

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

Dim name As String
Dim v_type As String
Dim answer_required As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim count_j As Long
Dim strVal As String

Dim id As String
id = jResp.StringOf("id")
Dim status As String
status = jResp.StringOf("status")
Dim title As String
title = jResp.StringOf("title")
Dim anonymous As Long
anonymous = jResp.BoolOf("anonymous")
Dim poll_type As Long
poll_type = jResp.IntOf("poll_type")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("questions")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    name = jResp.StringOf("questions[i].name")
    v_type = jResp.StringOf("questions[i].type")
    answer_required = jResp.BoolOf("questions[i].answer_required")
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("questions[i].answers")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("questions[i].answers[j]")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("questions[i].right_answers")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("questions[i].right_answers[j]")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
	--form 'title=a'
	--form 'poll_type=a3'
	--form 'anonymous=a3false'
	--form 'questions=a3false[{"name":"ad in ullamco elit","type":"rating_scale","show_as_dropdown":false,"answer_required":false,"answers":["in ","do sint ipsum"],"right_answers":["deserunt id"],"prompts":[{"prompt_question":"sint ipsum irure","prompt_right_answers":["sit officia","irure est nostrud nul"]},{"prompt_question":"qui","prompt_right_answers":["veniam","voluptate reprehenderit irure"]}],"answer_min_character":29173071,"answer_max_character":27567154,"case_sensitive":false,"rating_min_value":58887175,"rating_max_value":-45787201,"rating_min_label":"ea commodo","rating_max_label":"ipsum dolore"},{"name":"ut eiusmod adipisicing exercitation","type":"single","show_as_dropdown":false,"answer_required":false,"answers":["Excepteur Ut","exercitation voluptate"],"right_answers":["occaecat do esse"],"prompts":[{"prompt_question":"laboris eiusmod commodo ipsum ut","prompt_right_answers":["ut Lorem dolor do","ullamco cillum tempor pariatur"]},{"prompt_question":"officia l","prompt_right_answers":["nulla pariatur","voluptate aliqua sint"]}],"answer_min_character":68878731,"answer_max_character":-60270992,"case_sensitive":false,"rating_min_value":61727066,"rating_max_value":-36610809,"rating_min_label":"in ut","rating_max_label":"proident officia"}]'
https://api.zoom.us/v2/webinars/:webinarId/polls

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create a webinar's poll",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "oauth2"
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "multipart/form-data"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "title",
          "value": "a",
          "description": "undefined",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "poll_type",
          "value": "3",
          "description": "undefined",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "anonymous",
          "value": "false",
          "description": "undefined",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "questions",
          "value": "[{\"name\":\"ad in ullamco elit\",\"type\":\"rating_scale\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"in \",\"do sint ipsum\"],\"right_answers\":[\"deserunt id\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"sint ipsum irure\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"sit officia\",\"irure est nostrud nul\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"qui\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"veniam\",\"voluptate reprehenderit irure\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":29173071,\"answer_max_character\":27567154,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":58887175,\"rating_max_value\":-45787201,\"rating_min_label\":\"ea commodo\",\"rating_max_label\":\"ipsum dolore\"},{\"name\":\"ut eiusmod adipisicing exercitation\",\"type\":\"single\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"Excepteur Ut\",\"exercitation voluptate\"],\"right_answers\":[\"occaecat do esse\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"laboris eiusmod commodo ipsum ut\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"ut Lorem dolor do\",\"ullamco cillum tempor pariatur\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"officia l\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"nulla pariatur\",\"voluptate aliqua sint\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":68878731,\"answer_max_character\":-60270992,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":61727066,\"rating_max_value\":-36610809,\"rating_min_label\":\"in ut\",\"rating_max_label\":\"proident officia\"}]",
          "description": "undefined",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/webinars/:webinarId/polls",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "webinars",
        ":webinarId",
        "polls"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "webinarId",
          "value": "68423085",
          "description": "(Required) The webinar's ID."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Create a [poll](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203749865-Polling-for-Webinars) for a webinar.<br><br>\n**Scopes:** `webinar:write:admin` `webinar:write`<br>\n \n **[Rate Limit Label](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/rate-limits#rate-limits):** `Light`<br>\n\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "**HTTP Status Code:** `201`<br>\nWebinar Poll Created",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: oauth2",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<token>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "fugiat exercitation proident magna ullamco",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "poll_type",
              "value": "1",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "anonymous",
              "value": "false",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "questions",
              "value": "[{\"name\":\"irure ex velit consectetur\",\"type\":\"rating_scale\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"commodo in in ad\",\"do officia dolore eu\"],\"right_answers\":[\"laborum officia\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"minim in mollit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"in cillum amet\",\"cupida\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"eiusmod culpa\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"irure fugiat\",\"eiusmod et occaecat magna sed\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":93145901,\"answer_max_character\":91006906,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":37530130,\"rating_max_value\":-38740448,\"rating_min_label\":\"quis non proident Duis\",\"rating_max_label\":\"irure pariatur nisi\"},{\"name\":\"labore cillum\",\"type\":\"rank_order\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"in aliqua cillum\",\"irure fugiat qui et\"],\"right_answers\":[\"dolor in u\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat reprehenderit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"reprehenderit deserunt\",\"c\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat velit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"ut mollit eu ipsum\",\"qui et tempor aute\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":72197843,\"answer_max_character\":-2000739,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":25766114,\"rating_max_value\":-12152537,\"rating_min_label\":\"adipisicing mollit in et\",\"rating_max_label\":\"Lorem magna non id\"}]",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/webinars/:webinarId/polls",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "webinars",
            ":webinarId",
            "polls"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "webinarId",
              "value": "68423085",
              "description": "(Required) The webinar's ID."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Location",
          "value": "quis officia in reprehenderit",
          "description": "Location of created Webinar Poll"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"id\": \"cdjfhdsdfd\",\n \"status\": \"ended\",\n \"title\": \"Learn something new\",\n \"anonymous\": false,\n \"poll_type\": 2,\n \"questions\": [\n  {\n   \"name\": \"How are you?\",\n   \"type\": \"multiple\",\n   \"answer_required\": false,\n   \"answers\": [\n    \"Good\",\n    \"Not so good\"\n   ],\n   \"right_answers\": [\n    \"Good\"\n   ]\n  }\n ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "**HTTP Status Code:** `300`<br>Invalid webinarId.",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: oauth2",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<token>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "fugiat exercitation proident magna ullamco",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "poll_type",
              "value": "1",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "anonymous",
              "value": "false",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "questions",
              "value": "[{\"name\":\"irure ex velit consectetur\",\"type\":\"rating_scale\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"commodo in in ad\",\"do officia dolore eu\"],\"right_answers\":[\"laborum officia\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"minim in mollit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"in cillum amet\",\"cupida\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"eiusmod culpa\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"irure fugiat\",\"eiusmod et occaecat magna sed\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":93145901,\"answer_max_character\":91006906,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":37530130,\"rating_max_value\":-38740448,\"rating_min_label\":\"quis non proident Duis\",\"rating_max_label\":\"irure pariatur nisi\"},{\"name\":\"labore cillum\",\"type\":\"rank_order\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"in aliqua cillum\",\"irure fugiat qui et\"],\"right_answers\":[\"dolor in u\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat reprehenderit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"reprehenderit deserunt\",\"c\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat velit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"ut mollit eu ipsum\",\"qui et tempor aute\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":72197843,\"answer_max_character\":-2000739,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":25766114,\"rating_max_value\":-12152537,\"rating_min_label\":\"adipisicing mollit in et\",\"rating_max_label\":\"Lorem magna non id\"}]",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/webinars/:webinarId/polls",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "webinars",
            ":webinarId",
            "polls"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "webinarId",
              "value": "68423085",
              "description": "(Required) The webinar's ID."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Multiple Choices",
      "code": 300,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "text/plain"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "**HTTP Status Code:** `400` **Bad Request** <br>\n **Error Code:** `4400` <br>\n* Webinar polls disabled. To enable this feature, enable the \"Webinar Polls/Quizzes\" setting in the Zoom web portal's \"Settings\" interface. \n* Advanced webinar polls disabled. T",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: oauth2",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<token>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "fugiat exercitation proident magna ullamco",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "poll_type",
              "value": "1",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "anonymous",
              "value": "false",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "questions",
              "value": "[{\"name\":\"irure ex velit consectetur\",\"type\":\"rating_scale\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"commodo in in ad\",\"do officia dolore eu\"],\"right_answers\":[\"laborum officia\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"minim in mollit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"in cillum amet\",\"cupida\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"eiusmod culpa\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"irure fugiat\",\"eiusmod et occaecat magna sed\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":93145901,\"answer_max_character\":91006906,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":37530130,\"rating_max_value\":-38740448,\"rating_min_label\":\"quis non proident Duis\",\"rating_max_label\":\"irure pariatur nisi\"},{\"name\":\"labore cillum\",\"type\":\"rank_order\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"in aliqua cillum\",\"irure fugiat qui et\"],\"right_answers\":[\"dolor in u\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat reprehenderit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"reprehenderit deserunt\",\"c\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat velit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"ut mollit eu ipsum\",\"qui et tempor aute\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":72197843,\"answer_max_character\":-2000739,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":25766114,\"rating_max_value\":-12152537,\"rating_min_label\":\"adipisicing mollit in et\",\"rating_max_label\":\"Lorem magna non id\"}]",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/webinars/:webinarId/polls",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "webinars",
            ":webinarId",
            "polls"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "webinarId",
              "value": "68423085",
              "description": "(Required) The webinar's ID."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "text/plain"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "**HTTP Status Code:** `404`<br>\nWebinar not found.<br>",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: oauth2",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<token>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "fugiat exercitation proident magna ullamco",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "poll_type",
              "value": "1",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "anonymous",
              "value": "false",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            },
            {
              "key": "questions",
              "value": "[{\"name\":\"irure ex velit consectetur\",\"type\":\"rating_scale\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"commodo in in ad\",\"do officia dolore eu\"],\"right_answers\":[\"laborum officia\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"minim in mollit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"in cillum amet\",\"cupida\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"eiusmod culpa\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"irure fugiat\",\"eiusmod et occaecat magna sed\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":93145901,\"answer_max_character\":91006906,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":37530130,\"rating_max_value\":-38740448,\"rating_min_label\":\"quis non proident Duis\",\"rating_max_label\":\"irure pariatur nisi\"},{\"name\":\"labore cillum\",\"type\":\"rank_order\",\"show_as_dropdown\":false,\"answer_required\":false,\"answers\":[\"in aliqua cillum\",\"irure fugiat qui et\"],\"right_answers\":[\"dolor in u\"],\"prompts\":[{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat reprehenderit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"reprehenderit deserunt\",\"c\"]},{\"prompt_question\":\"occaecat velit\",\"prompt_right_answers\":[\"ut mollit eu ipsum\",\"qui et tempor aute\"]}],\"answer_min_character\":72197843,\"answer_max_character\":-2000739,\"case_sensitive\":false,\"rating_min_value\":25766114,\"rating_max_value\":-12152537,\"rating_min_label\":\"adipisicing mollit in et\",\"rating_max_label\":\"Lorem magna non id\"}]",
              "description": "undefined",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/webinars/:webinarId/polls",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "webinars",
            ":webinarId",
            "polls"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "webinarId",
              "value": "68423085",
              "description": "(Required) The webinar's ID."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Not Found",
      "code": 404,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "text/plain"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": ""
    }
  ]
}