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Foxpro / Support API / Create or Update a User Field Option

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lcValue
LOCAL lcId
LOCAL lcPosition
LOCAL lcRaw_name
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/user_fields/:user_field_id/options")
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)

* {
*   "custom_field_option": {
*     "name": "<string>",
*     "value": "<string>",
*     "id": "<integer>",
*     "position": "<integer>",
*     "raw_name": "<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

lcName = loJResp.StringOf("custom_field_option.name")
lcValue = loJResp.StringOf("custom_field_option.value")
lcId = loJResp.StringOf("custom_field_option.id")
lcPosition = loJResp.StringOf("custom_field_option.position")
lcRaw_name = loJResp.StringOf("custom_field_option.raw_name")
lcV_Url = loJResp.StringOf("custom_field_option.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/user_fields/:user_field_id/options

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create or Update a User Field Option",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/user_fields/:user_field_id/options",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "user_fields",
        ":user_field_id",
        "options"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "user_field_id",
          "value": "<integer>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates a new option or updates an existing option for the given drop-down user field.\n\nTo update an option, include the id of the option in the `custom_field_option` object. Example: `{\"custom_field_option\": {\"id\": 10002, \"name\": \"Pineapples\", ... }`. If an option exists for the given ID, the option will be updated. Otherwise, a new option will be created.\n\n#### Response\n\nReturns one of the following status codes:\n\n- 200 with `Location: /api/v2/user_fields/{user_field_id}/options.json` if the user field option already exists in the database\n- 201 with `Location: /api/v2/user_fields/{user_field_id}/options.json` if the user field option is new\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/user_fields/:user_field_id/options",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "user_fields",
            ":user_field_id",
            "options"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "user_field_id"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"custom_field_option\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"value\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"raw_name\": \"<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/user_fields/:user_field_id/options",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "user_fields",
            ":user_field_id",
            "options"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "user_field_id"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"custom_field_option\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"value\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"raw_name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}