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C# / Support API / Create Or Update Organization

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

http.BasicAuth = true;
http.Login = "login";
http.Password = "password";

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

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/organizations/create_or_update");
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");

    return;
}

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

// {
//   "organization": {
//     "created_at": "<string>",
//     "details": "<string>",
//     "domain_names": [
//       "<string>",
//       "<string>"
//     ],
//     "external_id": "<string>",
//     "group_id": "<integer>",
//     "id": "<integer>",
//     "name": "<string>",
//     "notes": "<string>",
//     "organization_fields": {
//       "fugiat5_0": "<string>",
//       "exercitation_039": "<string>",
//       "laboris_60": "<string>"
//     },
//     "shared_comments": "<boolean>",
//     "shared_tickets": "<boolean>",
//     "tags": [
//       "<string>",
//       "<string>"
//     ],
//     "updated_at": "<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 strVal;

string Created_at = jResp.StringOf("organization.created_at");
string Details = jResp.StringOf("organization.details");
string External_id = jResp.StringOf("organization.external_id");
string Group_id = jResp.StringOf("organization.group_id");
string Id = jResp.StringOf("organization.id");
string Name = jResp.StringOf("organization.name");
string Notes = jResp.StringOf("organization.notes");
string Fugiat5_0 = jResp.StringOf("organization.organization_fields.fugiat5_0");
string Exercitation_039 = jResp.StringOf("organization.organization_fields.exercitation_039");
string Laboris_60 = jResp.StringOf("organization.organization_fields.laboris_60");
string Shared_comments = jResp.StringOf("organization.shared_comments");
string Shared_tickets = jResp.StringOf("organization.shared_tickets");
string Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("organization.updated_at");
string v_Url = jResp.StringOf("organization.url");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("organization.domain_names");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    strVal = jResp.StringOf("organization.domain_names[i]");
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("organization.tags");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    strVal = jResp.StringOf("organization.tags[i]");
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -X POST
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/organizations/create_or_update

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Or Update Organization",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/organizations/create_or_update",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "organizations",
        "create_or_update"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates an organization if it doesn't already exist, or updates\nan existing organization. Using this method means one less call\nto check if an organization exists before creating it. You need\nto specify the id or external id when updating\nan organization to avoid a duplicate error response. Name is\nnot available as a matching criteria.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents, with restrictions on certain actions\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/organizations/create_or_update",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "organizations",
            "create_or_update"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"organization\": {\n    \"created_at\": \"<string>\",\n    \"details\": \"<string>\",\n    \"domain_names\": [\n      \"<string>\",\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"group_id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"notes\": \"<string>\",\n    \"organization_fields\": {\n      \"fugiat5_0\": \"<string>\",\n      \"exercitation_039\": \"<string>\",\n      \"laboris_60\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"shared_comments\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"shared_tickets\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"tags\": [\n      \"<string>\",\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"updated_at\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Created response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/organizations/create_or_update",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "organizations",
            "create_or_update"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"organization\": {\n    \"created_at\": \"<string>\",\n    \"details\": \"<string>\",\n    \"domain_names\": [\n      \"<string>\",\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"group_id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"notes\": \"<string>\",\n    \"organization_fields\": {\n      \"fugiat5_0\": \"<string>\",\n      \"exercitation_039\": \"<string>\",\n      \"laboris_60\": \"<string>\"\n    },\n    \"shared_comments\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"shared_tickets\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"tags\": [\n      \"<string>\",\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"updated_at\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}