Chilkat Online Tools

Android / Salesforce Platform APIs / Create channel

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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.

    // {
    //   "FullName": "Carbon_Comparison_Channel__chn",
    //   "Metadata": {
    //     "channelType": "event",
    //     "label": "Carbon Comparison Channel",
    //     "urls": null
    //   }
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("FullName","Carbon_Comparison_Channel__chn");
    json.UpdateString("Metadata.channelType","event");
    json.UpdateString("Metadata.label","Carbon Comparison Channel");
    json.UpdateNull("Metadata.urls");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{_accessToken}}" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("{{_accessToken}}");
    http.SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction","\"\"");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel","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 "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-H "SOAPAction: \"\""
	-H "Authorization: Bearer {{_accessToken}}"
	-d '{
    "FullName": "Carbon_Comparison_Channel__chn",
    "Metadata": {
        "channelType": "event",
        "label": "Carbon Comparison Channel",
        "urls": null
    }
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create channel",
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "strictSSL": false
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      },
      {
        "key": "SOAPAction",
        "value": "\"\""
      },
      {
        "key": "Authorization",
        "value": "Bearer {{_accessToken}}"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"FullName\": \"Carbon_Comparison_Channel__chn\",\n    \"Metadata\": {\n        \"channelType\": \"event\",\n        \"label\": \"Carbon Comparison Channel\",\n        \"urls\": null\n    }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "tooling",
        "sobjects",
        "PlatformEventChannel"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}