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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http;
    bool 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.

    // {
    //   "email": "<random>@example.com",
    //   "firstName": "John",
    //   "lastName": "Doe",
    //   "password": "secret123"
    // }

    CkJsonObject json;
    json.UpdateString("email","<random>@example.com");
    json.UpdateString("firstName","John");
    json.UpdateString("lastName","Doe");
    json.UpdateString("password","secret123");

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody;
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.PTextSb("post","https://domain.com/{{project-key}}/customers",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << resp->get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << resp->bodyStr() << "\r\n";
    delete resp;
    }

Curl Command

curl -X post
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
  "email" : "<random>@example.com",
  "firstName" : "John",
  "lastName" : "Doe",
  "password" : "secret123"
}'
https://domain.com/{{project-key}}/customers

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Customer",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "type": "text/javascript",
        "exec": [
          "tests[\"Status code \" + responseCode.code] = responseCode.code === 200 || responseCode.code === 201;",
          "var data = JSON.parse(responseBody);",
          "if(data.results && data.results[0] && data.results[0].id && data.results[0].version){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-id\", data.results[0].id); ",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-version\", data.results[0].version);",
          "}",
          "if(data.results && data.results[0] && data.results[0].key){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-key\", data.results[0].key); ",
          "}",
          "if(data.version){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-version\", data.version);",
          "}",
          "if(data.id){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-id\", data.id); ",
          "}",
          "if(data.key){",
          "    pm.environment.set(\"customer-key\", data.key);",
          "}",
          ""
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "oauth2",
      "oauth2": {
        "accessToken": "{{ctp_access_token}}",
        "addTokenTo": "header",
        "tokenType": "Bearer"
      }
    },
    "method": "post",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{host}}/{{project-key}}/customers",
      "host": [
        "{{host}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "{{project-key}}",
        "customers"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "expand",
          "value": "",
          "equals": true,
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates a customer. If an anonymous cart is passed in,\nthen the cart is assigned to the created customer and the version number of the Cart will increase.\nIf the ID of an anonymous session is given, all carts and orders will be assigned to the created customer.\n",
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"email\" : \"<random>@example.com\",\n  \"firstName\" : \"John\",\n  \"lastName\" : \"Doe\",\n  \"password\" : \"secret123\"\n}"
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}