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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 Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/Attachments"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
success = req.AddFileForUpload2("file"," path to file","application/octet-stream")
req.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer <access_token>")
req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.SynchronousRequest("domain.com",443,True,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "data": [
' {
' "code": "SUCCESS",
' "details": {
' "Modified_Time": "2021-05-03T18:03:00+05:30",
' "Modified_By": {
' "name": "Patricia Boyle",
' "id": "4150868000000225013"
' },
' "Created_Time": "2021-05-03T18:03:00+05:30",
' "id": "4150868000005277036",
' "Created_By": {
' "name": "Patricia Boyle",
' "id": "4150868000000225013"
' }
' },
' "message": "attachment uploaded successfully",
' "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 Modified_Time As String
Dim Name As String
Dim Id As String
Dim Created_Time As String
Dim detailsId As String
Dim Created_ByName As String
Dim Created_ById As String
Dim message As String
Dim status As String
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("data")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
code = jResp.StringOf("data[i].code")
Modified_Time = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.Modified_Time")
Name = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.Modified_By.name")
Id = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.Modified_By.id")
Created_Time = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.Created_Time")
detailsId = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.id")
Created_ByName = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.Created_By.name")
Created_ById = jResp.StringOf("data[i].details.Created_By.id")
message = jResp.StringOf("data[i].message")
status = jResp.StringOf("data[i].status")
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
--form 'file=@"/path/to/file"'
https://domain.com/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/Attachments
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Leads",
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "bearer",
"bearer": [
{
"key": "token",
"value": "{{access-token}}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/image.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/{{record_id}}/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Leads",
"{{record_id}}",
"Attachments"
]
},
"description": "To attach a file to a record. You must include the attachment in the request with content type as multipart/form data."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "SUCCESS RESPONSE",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/0f2b4454e6fea3b4c8fcc82e7d2601b0.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Leads",
"4150868000004943003",
"Attachments"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "ZGS"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:33:02 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "352"
},
{
"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": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
},
{
"key": "clientVersion",
"value": "4002155"
},
{
"key": "clientsubVersion",
"value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
},
{
"key": "Content-Disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
},
{
"key": "Content-Language",
"value": "en-US"
},
{
"key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"value": "max-age=63072000"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"data\": [\n {\n \"code\": \"SUCCESS\",\n \"details\": {\n \"Modified_Time\": \"2021-05-03T18:03:00+05:30\",\n \"Modified_By\": {\n \"name\": \"Patricia Boyle\",\n \"id\": \"4150868000000225013\"\n },\n \"Created_Time\": \"2021-05-03T18:03:00+05:30\",\n \"id\": \"4150868000005277036\",\n \"Created_By\": {\n \"name\": \"Patricia Boyle\",\n \"id\": \"4150868000000225013\"\n }\n },\n \"message\": \"attachment uploaded successfully\",\n \"status\": \"success\"\n }\n ]\n}"
},
{
"name": "INVALID_MODULE",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/0f2b4454e6fea3b4c8fcc82e7d2601b0.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Lead/4150868000004943003/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Lead",
"4150868000004943003",
"Attachments"
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "ZGS"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:33:31 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "133"
},
{
"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": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
},
{
"key": "clientVersion",
"value": "4002155"
},
{
"key": "clientsubVersion",
"value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
},
{
"key": "Content-Disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
},
{
"key": "X-Download-Options",
"value": "noopen"
},
{
"key": "Content-Language",
"value": "en-US"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"code\": \"INVALID_MODULE\",\n \"details\": {\n \"resource_path_index\": 0\n },\n \"message\": \"the module name given seems to be invalid\",\n \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
},
{
"name": "INVALID_REQUEST_METHOD",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "COPY",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/0f2b4454e6fea3b4c8fcc82e7d2601b0.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Leads",
"4150868000004943003",
"Attachments"
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "ZGS"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:34:21 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": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/0f2b4454e6fea3b4c8fcc82e7d2601b0.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Leads",
"4150868000004943003",
"Attachments"
]
}
},
"status": "Unauthorized",
"code": 401,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "ZGS"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:35:08 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 (Record ID)",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Downloads/0f2b4454e6fea3b4c8fcc82e7d2601b0.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/415086800000494300/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Leads",
"415086800000494300",
"Attachments"
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "ZGS"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 12:35:28 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json;charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "157"
},
{
"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": "2021-05-03T18:26:34+05:30"
},
{
"key": "clientVersion",
"value": "4002155"
},
{
"key": "clientsubVersion",
"value": "bfb2326744b42e5c869a705645ac0006"
},
{
"key": "Content-Disposition",
"value": "attachment; filename=response.json"
},
{
"key": "X-Download-Options",
"value": "noopen"
},
{
"key": "Content-Language",
"value": "en-US"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"code\": \"INVALID_DATA\",\n \"details\": {\n \"resource_path_index\": 1,\n \"related_status\": \"invalid\"\n },\n \"message\": \"the related id given seems to be invalid\",\n \"status\": \"error\"\n}"
},
{
"name": "OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCH",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "formdata",
"formdata": [
{
"key": "file",
"type": "file",
"src": "/Users/sneha-9300/Desktop/image.jpg"
}
]
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2.1/Leads/4150868000004943003/Attachments",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2.1",
"Leads",
"4150868000004943003",
"Attachments"
]
}
},
"status": "Unauthorized",
"code": 401,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "ZGS"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 03 May 2021 13:23:50 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}"
}
]
}
