Android / Braze Endpoints / Update Content Block
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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.
// {
// "content_block_id": "content_block_id",
// "name": "content_block",
// "description": "This is my content block",
// "content": "HTML or text content within block",
// "state": "draft",
// "tags": [
// "marketing"
// ]
// }
CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
json.UpdateString("content_block_id","content_block_id");
json.UpdateString("name","content_block");
json.UpdateString("description","This is my content block");
json.UpdateString("content","HTML or text content within block");
json.UpdateString("state","draft");
json.UpdateString("tags[0]","marketing");
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}" header.
http.put_AuthToken("{{api_key}}");
CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/content_blocks/update","application/json",json);
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 POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}"
-d '{
"content_block_id" :"content_block_id",
"name": "content_block",
"description": "This is my content block",
"content": "HTML or text content within block",
"state": "draft",
"tags": ["marketing"]
}'
https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/content_blocks/update
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update Content Block",
"event": [
{
"listen": "prerequest",
"script": {
"exec": [
""
],
"type": "text/javascript"
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "Bearer {{api_key}}",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"content_block_id\" :\"content_block_id\", \n \"name\": \"content_block\",\n \"description\": \"This is my content block\",\n \"content\": \"HTML or text content within block\",\n \"state\": \"draft\",\n \"tags\": [\"marketing\"]\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://{{instance_url}}/content_blocks/update",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"{{instance_url}}"
],
"path": [
"content_blocks",
"update"
]
},
"description": "### Request Parameters\n| Parameter | Required | Data Type | Description |\n|---|---|---|---|\n|`content_block_id`|\tYes |\tString |\tYour Content Block's API Identifier.|\n| `name` | Yes | String | Can only be provided when the content block is in a draft state. Must be less than 100 characters. |\n| `description` | No | String | The description of the content block. Must be less than 250 characters. |\n| `content` | Yes | String | HTML or text content within Content Block.\n| `state` | Optional | \"active\" or \"draft\" | Choose \"active\" or \"draft\". Defaults to `active` if not specified. Can not set an active content block to draft. |\n| `tags` | No | Array of Strings. | Tags must already exist. |\n\n### Successful Response Properties\n\n```json\n{\n \"content_block_id\": \"newly-generated-block-id\",\n \"liquid_tag\": \"generated-block-tag-from-content_block_name\",\n \"created_at\": \"time-created-in-iso\",\n \"message\": \"success\"\n}\n```\n\n### Possible Errors\n- `Content cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content must be a string.`\n\n- `Content must be smaller than 50kb.`\nThe content in your content block must be less than 50kb total.\n\n- `Content contains malformed liquid.`\nThe liquid provided is not valid or parsable. Please try again or reach out to support.\n\n- `Content Block cannot be referenced within itself.`\n\n- `Content Block description cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content Block description must be a string.`\n\n- `Content block description must be shorter than 250 characters.`\nYour content block description must be less than 250 characters.\n\n- `Content Block name cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content Block name must be a shorter than 100 characters.`\n\n- `Content Block name can only contain alphanumeric characters.`\nContent Block names can include any of the following characters: the letters (capitalized or lowercase) `A` through `Z`, the numbers `0` through `9`, dashes `-`, and underscores `_`. It cannot contain non-alphanumeric characters like emojis, `!`, `@`, `~`, `&`, and other \"special\" characters.\n\n- `Content Block with this name already exists.`\n\n- `Content Block name cannot be updated for active Content Blocks.`\n\n- `Content Block state must be either Active or Draft.`\n\n- `Active Content Block can not be updated to Draft. Please create a new Content Block.`\n\n- `Tags must be an array.`\n\n- `All Tags must be Strings.`\n\n- `Some Tags could not be found.`"
},
"response": [
]
}
