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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;

    http.put_BasicAuth(true);
    http.put_Login("login");
    http.put_Password("password");

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "custom_object_record": {
    //     "name": "<string>",
    //     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "created_by_user_id": "<string>",
    //     "custom_object_fields": {
    //       "do8": "<string>",
    //       "adipisicing_e": "<string>",
    //       "commodo0": "<string>",
    //       "sunta4": "<string>"
    //     },
    //     "custom_object_key": "<string>",
    //     "external_id": "<string>",
    //     "id": "<string>",
    //     "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "updated_by_user_id": "<string>",
    //     "url": "<string>"
    //   }
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.name","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.created_at","<dateTime>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.created_by_user_id","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.do8","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.adipisicing_e","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.commodo0","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.sunta4","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.custom_object_key","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.external_id","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.id","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.updated_at","<dateTime>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.updated_by_user_id","<string>");
    json.UpdateString("custom_object_record.url","<string>");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/custom_objects/:custom_object_key/records","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)

    // {
    //   "custom_object_record": {
    //     "name": "<string>",
    //     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "created_by_user_id": "<string>",
    //     "custom_object_fields": {
    //       "do8": "<string>",
    //       "adipisicing_e": "<string>",
    //       "commodo0": "<string>",
    //       "sunta4": "<string>"
    //     },
    //     "custom_object_key": "<string>",
    //     "external_id": "<string>",
    //     "id": "<string>",
    //     "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
    //     "updated_by_user_id": "<string>",
    //     "url": "<string>"
    //   }
    // }

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

    String Name = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.name");
    String Created_at = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.created_at");
    String Created_by_user_id = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.created_by_user_id");
    String Do8 = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.do8");
    String Adipisicing_e = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.adipisicing_e");
    String Commodo0 = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.commodo0");
    String Sunta4 = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.custom_object_fields.sunta4");
    String Custom_object_key = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.custom_object_key");
    String External_id = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.external_id");
    String Id = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.id");
    String Updated_at = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.updated_at");
    String Updated_by_user_id = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.updated_by_user_id");
    String v_Url = jResp.stringOf("custom_object_record.url");

  }

  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  -u login:password -X POST
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
	-d '{
  "custom_object_record": {
    "name": "<string>",
    "created_at": "<dateTime>",
    "created_by_user_id": "<string>",
    "custom_object_fields": {
      "do8": "<string>",
      "adipisicing_e": "<string>",
      "commodo0": "<string>",
      "sunta4": "<string>"
    },
    "custom_object_key": "<string>",
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "id": "<string>",
    "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
    "updated_by_user_id": "<string>",
    "url": "<string>"
  }
}'
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/custom_objects/:custom_object_key/records

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Custom Object Record",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      },
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"custom_object_record\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"created_by_user_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"custom_object_fields\": {\n      \"do8\": \"<string>\",\n      \"adipisicing_e\": \"<string>\",\n      \"commodo0\": \"<string>\",\n      \"sunta4\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"custom_object_key\": \"<string>\",\n    \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"updated_by_user_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "headerFamily": "json",
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/custom_objects/:custom_object_key/records",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "custom_objects",
        ":custom_object_key",
        "records"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "custom_object_key",
          "value": "<string>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates a custom object record according to all the properties described by a custom object definition\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Created",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"custom_object_record\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"created_by_user_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"custom_object_fields\": {\n      \"do8\": \"<string>\",\n      \"adipisicing_e\": \"<string>\",\n      \"commodo0\": \"<string>\",\n      \"sunta4\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"custom_object_key\": \"<string>\",\n    \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"updated_by_user_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "headerFamily": "json",
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/custom_objects/:custom_object_key/records",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "custom_objects",
            ":custom_object_key",
            "records"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "custom_object_key"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"custom_object_record\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"created_by_user_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"custom_object_fields\": {\n      \"do8\": \"<string>\",\n      \"adipisicing_e\": \"<string>\",\n      \"commodo0\": \"<string>\",\n      \"sunta4\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"custom_object_key\": \"<string>\",\n    \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"updated_by_user_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}