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C++ / Postman API / All Collections

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

    http.SetRequestHeader("X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.getpostman.com/collections",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

    std::cout << "Response Body:" << "\r\n";
    std::cout << jResp.emit() << "\r\n";

    int respStatusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    std::cout << "Response Status Code = " << respStatusCode << "\r\n";
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        std::cout << "Response Header:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << http.lastHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Failed." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

    // {
    //   "collections": [
    //     {
    //       "id": "dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7",
    //       "name": "Cloud API",
    //       "owner": "631643",
    //       "uid": "631643-dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3",
    //       "name": "Sample Collection",
    //       "owner": "631643",
    //       "uid": "631643-f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3"
    //     },
    //     {
    //       "id": "f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65",
    //       "name": "Postman Echo",
    //       "owner": "631643",
    //       "uid": "631643-f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65"
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

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

    // Chilkat functions returning "const char *" return a pointer to temporary internal memory owned and managed by Chilkat.

    const char *id = 0;
    const char *name = 0;
    const char *owner = 0;
    const char *uid = 0;

    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("collections");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        id = jResp.stringOf("collections[i].id");
        name = jResp.stringOf("collections[i].name");
        owner = jResp.stringOf("collections[i].owner");
        uid = jResp.stringOf("collections[i].uid");
        i = i + 1;
    }
    }

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
https://api.getpostman.com/collections

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "All Collections",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "type": "text/javascript",
        "exec": [
          "pm.test(\"response is ok\", function () {",
          "    pm.response.to.have.status(200);",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"response json data should not have errors\", function () {",
          "    pm.response.to.have.jsonBody();",
          "    pm.response.to.not.have.jsonBody('error');",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"response json should contain collections\", function () {",
          "    pm.expect(pm.response.json()).to.have.property('collections').and.be.an('array');",
          "});",
          "",
          "// additional tests to ensure that the relevant environment variables are present",
          "pm.test('\"postman_api_key\" variable should be present', function () {",
          "    pm.expect(pm.variables.get('postman_api_key')).to.be.a('string');",
          "});"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "getpostman",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "collections"
      ]
    },
    "description": "The `/collections` endpoint returns a list of all [collections](https://www.getpostman.com/docs/collections) that are accessible by you. The list includes your own collections and the collections that you have subscribed to.\n\nThe response contains an array of collection information containing the `name`, `id`, `owner` and `uid` of each collection.\n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header or `apikey` URL query parameter."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Valid Response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "getpostman",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "collections"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json",
          "description": {
            "content": "",
            "type": "text/plain"
          }
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"collections\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": \"dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7\",\n            \"name\": \"Cloud API\",\n            \"owner\": \"631643\",\n            \"uid\": \"631643-dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": \"f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3\",\n            \"name\": \"Sample Collection\",\n            \"owner\": \"631643\",\n            \"uid\": \"631643-f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": \"f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65\",\n            \"name\": \"Postman Echo\",\n            \"owner\": \"631643\",\n            \"uid\": \"631643-f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}