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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vJson
    Handle hoJson
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

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

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

    // {
    //   "name": "content_block",
    //   "description": "This is my content block",
    //   "content": "HTML content within block",
    //   "state": "draft",
    //   "tags": [
    //     "marketing"
    //   ]
    // }

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "name" "content_block" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "description" "This is my content block" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "content" "HTML content within block" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "state" "draft" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "tags[0]" "marketing" To iSuccess

    Send ComSetRequestHeader To hoHttp "Content-Type" "application/json"
    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}" header.
    Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "{{api_key}}"

    Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
    Get ComPostJson3 Of hoHttp "https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/content_blocks/create" "application/json" vJson To vResp
    If (IsComObject(vResp)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
        Set pvComObject Of hoResp To vResp
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Showln iTemp1
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Send Destroy of hoResp


End_Procedure

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-H "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}"
	-d '{
  "name": "content_block",
  "description": "This is my content block",
  "content": "HTML content within block",
  "state": "draft",
  "tags": ["marketing"]
}'
https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/content_blocks/create

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Content Block",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "application/json"
      },
      {
        "key": "Authorization",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "Bearer {{api_key}}"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"name\": \"content_block\",\n  \"description\": \"This is my content block\",\n  \"content\": \"HTML content within block\",\n  \"state\": \"draft\",\n  \"tags\": [\"marketing\"]\n}\n"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://{{instance_url}}/content_blocks/create",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "{{instance_url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "content_blocks",
        "create"
      ]
    },
    "description": "This endpoint will create a Content Block.\n\n### Request Parameters\n\n| Parameter | Required | Data Type | Description |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `name` | Yes | String | Must be less than 100 characters. |\n| `description` | No | String | The description of the content block. Must be less than 250 characters. |\n| `content` | Yes | String | HTML or text content within Content Block.\n| `state` | Optional | String | Choose \"active\" or \"draft\". Defaults to \"active\" if not specified. |\n| `tags` | No | Array of strings | Tags must already exist. |\n\n### Successful Response Properties\n\n```json\n{\n  \"content_block_id\": \"newly-generated-block-id\",\n  \"liquid_tag\": \"generated-block-tag-from-name\",\n  \"created_at\": \"time-created-in-iso\",\n  \"message\": success\n}\n```\n\n### Possible Errors\n- `Content cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content must be a string.`\n\n- `Content must be smaller than 51200.`\nThe content in your content block must be less than 50kb total.\n\n- `Unable to parse liquid string.`\nThe liquid provided is not valid or parsable. Please try again or reach out to support.\n\n- `Content Block cannot be referenced within itself.`\n\n- `Content Block description cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content Block description must be a string.`\n\n- `Content block description must be shorter than 250`\nYour content block description must be less than 250 characters. \n\n- `Content Block name cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content Block name must be a shorter than 100.`\nYour content block name must be shorter than 100 characters. \n\n- `Content Block name can only contain alphanumeric characters.`\nContent Block names can include any of the following characters: the letters (capitalized or lowercase) `A` through `Z`, the numbers `0` through `9`, dashes `-`, and underscores `_`. It cannot contain non-alphanumeric characters like emojis, `!`, `@`, `~`, `&`, and other \"special\" characters.\n\n- `Content Block with this name already exists.`\n\n- `Content Block state must be either Active or Draft.`\n\n- `Tags must be an array.`\n\n- `All Tags must be Strings.`\n\n- `Some Tags could not be found.`"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}