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Android / Trader v2 API / Update Watchlist

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "name": "my first watchlist",
    //   "symbol": [
    //     "GOOG",
    //     "TSLA",
    //     "FB",
    //     "MSFT"
    //   ]
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("name","my first watchlist");
    json.UpdateString("symbol[0]","GOOG");
    json.UpdateString("symbol[1]","TSLA");
    json.UpdateString("symbol[2]","FB");
    json.UpdateString("symbol[3]","MSFT");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Apca-Api-Secret-Key","{{APCA_API_SECRET_KEY}}");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Apca-Api-Key-Id","{{APCA_API_KEY_ID}}");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/v2/watchlists/:watchlist_id",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Apca-Api-Key-Id: {{APCA_API_KEY_ID}}"
	-H "Apca-Api-Secret-Key: {{APCA_API_SECRET_KEY}}"
	-d '{
  "name": "my first watchlist",
  "symbol": ["GOOG","TSLA","FB","MSFT"]
}'
https://domain.com/v2/watchlists/:watchlist_id

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Update Watchlist",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Apca-Api-Key-Id",
        "value": "{{APCA_API_KEY_ID}}",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "key": "Apca-Api-Secret-Key",
        "value": "{{APCA_API_SECRET_KEY}}",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"name\": \"my first watchlist\",\n  \"symbol\": [\"GOOG\",\"TSLA\",\"FB\",\"MSFT\"]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{HOST}}/v2/watchlists/:watchlist_id",
      "host": [
        "{{HOST}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v2",
        "watchlists",
        ":watchlist_id"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "watchlist_id",
          "value": null
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}