StartChatContact VB6 Example
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long
Dim authAws As New ChilkatAuthAws
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY"
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY"
' Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
authAws.Region = "us-west-2"
authAws.ServiceName = "connect"
' SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
success = rest.SetAuthAws(authAws)
' URL: https://connect.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("connect.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
Debug.Print "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
' The following code creates the JSON request body.
' The JSON created by this code is shown below.
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
' Generate Code to Create JSON
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("Attributes.string","string")
success = json.UpdateInt("ChatDurationInMinutes",123)
success = json.UpdateString("ClientToken","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ContactFlowId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("InitialMessage.Content","string")
success = json.UpdateString("InitialMessage.ContentType","string")
success = json.UpdateString("InstanceId","string")
success = json.UpdateString("ParticipantDetails.DisplayName","string")
success = json.UpdateString("SupportedMessagingContentTypes[0]","string")
' The JSON request body created by the above code:
' {
' "Attributes": {
' "string": "string"
' },
' "ChatDurationInMinutes": number,
' "ClientToken": "string",
' "ContactFlowId": "string",
' "InitialMessage": {
' "Content": "string",
' "ContentType": "string"
' },
' "InstanceId": "string",
' "ParticipantDetails": {
' "DisplayName": "string"
' },
' "SupportedMessagingContentTypes": [
' "string"
' ]
' }
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.1")
success = rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","StartChatContact")
Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("PUT","/contact/chat",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Debug.Print "response status code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode <> 200) Then
Debug.Print "Response Header:"
Debug.Print rest.ResponseHeader
Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
Exit Sub
End If
Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
' The following code parses the JSON response.
' A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON
Dim ContactId As String
ContactId = jResp.StringOf("ContactId")
Dim ParticipantId As String
ParticipantId = jResp.StringOf("ParticipantId")
Dim ParticipantToken As String
ParticipantToken = jResp.StringOf("ParticipantToken")
' A sample JSON response body parsed by the above code:
' {
' "ContactId": "string",
' "ParticipantId": "string",
' "ParticipantToken": "string"
' }