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Android / Salesforce Platform APIs / Create named 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.

    // {
    //   "FullName": "MyNamedCredential",
    //   "Metadata": {
    //     "label": "My Named Credential",
    //     "endpoint": "arn:aws:AWS_REGION:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID",
    //     "principalType": "Anonymous",
    //     "protocol": "NoAuthentication"
    //   }
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("FullName","MyNamedCredential");
    json.UpdateString("Metadata.label","My Named Credential");
    json.UpdateString("Metadata.endpoint","arn:aws:AWS_REGION:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID");
    json.UpdateString("Metadata.principalType","Anonymous");
    json.UpdateString("Metadata.protocol","NoAuthentication");

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

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/NamedCredential","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>"
	-d '{
    "FullName": "MyNamedCredential",
    "Metadata": {
        "label": "My Named Credential",
        "endpoint": "arn:aws:AWS_REGION:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID",
        "principalType": "Anonymous",
        "protocol": "NoAuthentication"
    }
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/NamedCredential

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create named credential",
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "strictSSL": false
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"FullName\": \"MyNamedCredential\",\n    \"Metadata\": {\n        \"label\": \"My Named Credential\",\n        \"endpoint\": \"arn:aws:AWS_REGION:AWS_ACCOUNT_ID\",\n        \"principalType\": \"Anonymous\",\n        \"protocol\": \"NoAuthentication\"\n    }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/NamedCredential",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "tooling",
        "sobjects",
        "NamedCredential"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}