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Android / Salesforce Platform APIs / Update Credential

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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.

    // {
    //   "externalCredential": "test",
    //   "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
    //   "principalName": "test",
    //   "principalType": "NamedPrincipal",
    //   "credentials": {
    //     "testCredential": {
    //       "value": "000000",
    //       "encrypted": true
    //     }
    //   }
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("externalCredential","test");
    json.UpdateString("authenticationProtocol","Custom");
    json.UpdateString("principalName","test");
    json.UpdateString("principalType","NamedPrincipal");
    json.UpdateString("credentials.testCredential.value","000000");
    json.UpdateBool("credentials.testCredential.encrypted",true);

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>");

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

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/credential",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 "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
    "externalCredential": "test",
    "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
    "principalName": "test",
    "principalType": "NamedPrincipal",
    "credentials": {
        "testCredential": {
            "value": "000000",
            "encrypted": true
        }
    }
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/credential

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Update Credential",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"externalCredential\": \"test\",\n    \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n    \"principalName\": \"test\",\n    \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n    \"credentials\": {\n        \"testCredential\": {\n            \"value\": \"000000\",\n            \"encrypted\": true\n        }\n    }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/credential",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "named-credentials",
        "credential"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Update a credential."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}