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VB6 / Support API / Count Activities

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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 sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/activities/count",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

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 = http.LastStatus
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print http.LastHeader
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "count": {
'     "refreshed_at": "<dateTime>",
'     "value": "<integer>"
'   }
' }

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

Dim Refreshed_at As String
Refreshed_at = jResp.StringOf("count.refreshed_at")
Dim Value As String
Value = jResp.StringOf("count.value")

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -X GET
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/activities/count

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Count Activities",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/activities/count",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "activities",
        "count"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns an approximate count of ticket activities in the last 30 days affecting the agent making the request. If the count exceeds 100,000, the count will return a cached result. This cached result will update every 24 hours.\n\nThe `count[refreshed_at]` property is a timestamp that indicates when the count was last updated.\n\n**Note**: When the count exceeds 100,000, `count[refreshed_at]` may occasionally be null.\nThis indicates that the count is being updated in the background, and `count[value]` is limited to 100,000 until the update is complete.\n\n#### Allowed For\n* Agents"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Count of ticket activities",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/activities/count",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "activities",
            "count"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"count\": {\n    \"refreshed_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"value\": \"<integer>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}