Chilkat Online Tools

Foxpro / Support API / Create Group

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lcCreated_at
LOCAL lcDefault
LOCAL lcDeleted
LOCAL lcDescription
LOCAL lcId
LOCAL lcIs_public
LOCAL lcUpdated_at
LOCAL lcV_Url

* 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')

loHttp.BasicAuth = 1
loHttp.Login = "login"
loHttp.Password = "password"

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json")

loResp = loHttp.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/groups")
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    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 loSbResponseBody
    RELEASE loJResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loResp

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

* {
*   "group": {
*     "name": "<string>",
*     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
*     "default": "<boolean>",
*     "deleted": "<boolean>",
*     "description": "<string>",
*     "id": "<integer>",
*     "is_public": "<boolean>",
*     "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
*     "url": "<string>"
*   }
* }

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

lcName = loJResp.StringOf("group.name")
lcCreated_at = loJResp.StringOf("group.created_at")
lcDefault = loJResp.StringOf("group.default")
lcDeleted = loJResp.StringOf("group.deleted")
lcDescription = loJResp.StringOf("group.description")
lcId = loJResp.StringOf("group.id")
lcIs_public = loJResp.StringOf("group.is_public")
lcUpdated_at = loJResp.StringOf("group.updated_at")
lcV_Url = loJResp.StringOf("group.url")

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Group",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/groups",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "groups"
      ]
    },
    "description": "#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins\n* Agents assigned to a custom role with permissions to manage groups (Enterprise only)\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "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/groups",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "groups"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"group\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"deleted\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"description\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"is_public\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}