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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcId
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lcSummary
LOCAL lcDescription
LOCAL lcCreatedBy
LOCAL lcCreatedAt
LOCAL lcUpdatedAt

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

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

* The following JSON is sent in the request body.

* {
*   "api": {
*     "name": "Sync Service API",
*     "summary": "This is supposed to be a short summary.",
*     "description": "This is description."
*   }
* }

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("api.name","Sync Service API")
loJson.UpdateString("api.summary","This is supposed to be a short summary.")
loJson.UpdateString("api.description","This is description.")

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}")

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605","application/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0

? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    RELEASE loResp
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    RELEASE loJResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loResp

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

* {
*   "api": {
*     "id": "387c2863-6ee3-4a56-8210-225f774edade",
*     "name": "Sync API",
*     "summary": "This is a summary",
*     "description": "This is supposed to handle markdown *descriptions*.",
*     "createdBy": "5665",
*     "createdAt": "2019-02-12 19:34:49",
*     "updatedAt": "2019-02-12 19:34:49"
*   }
* }

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

lcId = loJResp.StringOf("api.id")
lcName = loJResp.StringOf("api.name")
lcSummary = loJResp.StringOf("api.summary")
lcDescription = loJResp.StringOf("api.description")
lcCreatedBy = loJResp.StringOf("api.createdBy")
lcCreatedAt = loJResp.StringOf("api.createdAt")
lcUpdatedAt = loJResp.StringOf("api.updatedAt")

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"api": {
		"name": "Sync Service API",
		"summary": "This is supposed to be a short summary.",
		"description": "This is description."
	}
}'
https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create API",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "type": "text/javascript",
        "exec": [
          "const jsonData = pm.response.json();",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"Status code is 200\", function () {",
          "    pm.response.to.have.status(200);",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"Should have valid response\", function () {",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data).to.include.all.keys('id', 'name', 'createdAt', 'createdBy', 'updatedAt', 'updatedBy');",
          "    ",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.name).to.be.equal('New API');",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.id).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.createdAt).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.createdBy).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.updatedAt).to.be.ok;",
          "    pm.expect(jsonData.data.updatedBy).to.be.ok;",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.environment.set(\"apiId\", jsonData.data.id); "
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync Service API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is supposed to be a short summary.\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is description.\"\n\t}\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "getpostman",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "apis"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "workspace",
          "value": "c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "This call creates a new API with a default API Version.  \n\nRequest body should contain an `api` object which should atleast have a property `name`.\n\nResponse contains an `api` object with all the details related to the created API, namely, `id`, `name`, `summary`, `description`, etc. \n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header or `apikey` URL query parameter."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Create API",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync Service API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is supposed to be a short summary.\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is description.\"\n\t}\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/apis?workspace=c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "getpostman",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "apis"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "workspace",
              "value": "c90a3482-f80d-43d6-9dfb-0830f5e43605"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json",
          "description": {
            "content": "",
            "type": "text/plain"
          }
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"id\": \"387c2863-6ee3-4a56-8210-225f774edade\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is a summary\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is supposed to handle markdown *descriptions*.\",\n\t\t\"createdBy\": \"5665\",\n\t\t\"createdAt\": \"2019-02-12 19:34:49\",\n\t\t\"updatedAt\": \"2019-02-12 19:34:49\"\n\t}\n}"
    }
  ]
}