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C# / Support API / Create Resource Collection

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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/resource_collections");
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)

// {
//   "job_status": {
//     "id": "<string>",
//     "message": "<string>",
//     "progress": "<integer>",
//     "results": [
//       {
//         "id": "<integer>",
//         "index": "<integer>"
//       },
//       {
//         "id": "<integer>",
//         "index": "<integer>"
//       }
//     ],
//     "status": "<string>",
//     "total": "<integer>",
//     "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 id;
string index;

string Id = jResp.StringOf("job_status.id");
string Message = jResp.StringOf("job_status.message");
string Progress = jResp.StringOf("job_status.progress");
string Status = jResp.StringOf("job_status.status");
string Total = jResp.StringOf("job_status.total");
string v_Url = jResp.StringOf("job_status.url");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("job_status.results");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    id = jResp.StringOf("job_status.results[i].id");
    index = jResp.StringOf("job_status.results[i].index");
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Resource Collection",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/resource_collections",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "resource_collections"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates a resource collection from a provided `payload` object. The `payload` object is specified the same way as the content of a requirements.json file in a Zendesk app. See [Specifying Apps Requirements](/documentation/apps/app-developer-guide/apps_requirements/) in the Zendesk Apps framework docs.\n\nThe response includes a [job\nstatus](/api-reference/ticketing/ticket-management/job_statuses/) for creation of the specified resources.\n\n#### Allowed for\n\n* Admins\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/resource_collections",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "resource_collections"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"job_status\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"message\": \"<string>\",\n    \"progress\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"results\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"index\": \"<integer>\"\n      },\n      {\n        \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"index\": \"<integer>\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"status\": \"<string>\",\n    \"total\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}