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VB6 / Support API / Create Unassociated Macro Attachment

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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

http.BasicAuth = 1
http.Login = "login"
http.Password = "password"

http.SetRequestHeader "Accept","application/json"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/macros/attachments")
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)

' {
'   "macro_attachment": {
'     "content_type": "<string>",
'     "content_url": "<string>",
'     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
'     "filename": "<string>",
'     "id": "<integer>",
'     "size": "<integer>"
'   }
' }

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

Dim Content_type As String
Content_type = jResp.StringOf("macro_attachment.content_type")
Dim Content_url As String
Content_url = jResp.StringOf("macro_attachment.content_url")
Dim Created_at As String
Created_at = jResp.StringOf("macro_attachment.created_at")
Dim Filename As String
Filename = jResp.StringOf("macro_attachment.filename")
Dim Id As String
Id = jResp.StringOf("macro_attachment.id")
Dim Size As String
Size = jResp.StringOf("macro_attachment.size")

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -X POST
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/macros/attachments

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Unassociated Macro Attachment",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/macros/attachments",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "macros",
        "attachments"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Allows an attachment to be uploaded that can be associated with a macro at a later time.\n\n**Note:** To ensure an uploaded attachment is not lost, associate it with a macro as soon as possible. From time to time, old attachments that are not not associated with any macro are purged.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Created Response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/macros/attachments",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "macros",
            "attachments"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"macro_attachment\": {\n    \"content_type\": \"<string>\",\n    \"content_url\": \"<string>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"filename\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"size\": \"<integer>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}