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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.

    // {
    //   "api": {
    //     "name": "Sync Service API",
    //     "summary": "This is supposed to be a short summary.",
    //     "description": "This is description."
    //   }
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("api.name","Sync Service API");
    json.UpdateString("api.summary","This is supposed to be a short summary.");
    json.UpdateString("api.description","This is description.");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    http.SetRequestHeader("X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605","application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "api": {
    //     "id": "387c2863-6ee3-4a56-8210-225f774edade",
    //     "name": "Sync API",
    //     "summary": "This is a summary",
    //     "description": "This is supposed to handle markdown *descriptions*.",
    //     "createdBy": "5665",
    //     "createdAt": "2019-02-12 19:34:49",
    //     "updatedAt": "2019-02-12 19:34:49"
    //   }
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

    String Id = jResp.stringOf("api.id");
    String Name = jResp.stringOf("api.name");
    String Summary = jResp.stringOf("api.summary");
    String Description = jResp.stringOf("api.description");
    String CreatedBy = jResp.stringOf("api.createdBy");
    String CreatedAt = jResp.stringOf("api.createdAt");
    String UpdatedAt = jResp.stringOf("api.updatedAt");

  }

  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 "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"api": {
		"name": "Sync Service API",
		"summary": "This is supposed to be a short summary.",
		"description": "This is description."
	}
}'
https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create API",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "type": "text/javascript",
        "exec": [
          "const jsonData = pm.response.json();",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"Status code is 200\", function () {",
          "    pm.response.to.have.status(200);",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"Should have valid response\", function () {",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data).to.include.all.keys('id', 'name', 'createdAt', 'createdBy', 'updatedAt', 'updatedBy');",
          "    ",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.name).to.be.equal('New API');",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.id).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.createdAt).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.createdBy).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.updatedAt).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.updatedBy).to.be.ok;",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.environment.set(\"apiId\", jsonData.data.id); "
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync Service API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is supposed to be a short summary.\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is description.\"\n\t}\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "getpostman",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "apis"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "workspace",
          "value": "c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "This call creates a new API with a default API Version.  \n\nRequest body should contain an `api` object which should atleast have a property `name`.\n\nResponse contains an `api` object with all the details related to the created API, namely, `id`, `name`, `summary`, `description`, etc. \n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header or `apikey` URL query parameter."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Create API",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync Service API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is supposed to be a short summary.\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is description.\"\n\t}\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "getpostman",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "apis"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "workspace",
              "value": "c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json",
          "description": {
            "content": "",
            "type": "text/plain"
          }
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"id\": \"387c2863-6ee3-4a56-8210-225f774edade\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is a summary\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is supposed to handle markdown *descriptions*.\",\n\t\t\"createdBy\": \"5665\",\n\t\t\"createdAt\": \"2019-02-12 19:34:49\",\n\t\t\"updatedAt\": \"2019-02-12 19:34:49\"\n\t}\n}"
    }
  ]
}