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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// 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": "Favorite Name",
//   "sortOrder": 1,
//   "target": "API Name or ID",
//   "targetType": "ListView | ObjectHome | Record | Tab"
// }

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("name","Favorite Name")
loJson.UpdateInt("sortOrder",1)
loJson.UpdateString("target","API Name or ID")
loJson.UpdateString("targetType","ListView | ObjectHome | Record | Tab")

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/favorites","application/json",loJson)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    return
endif

loSbResponseBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)

loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = .F.

? "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
    return
endif

release loResp

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

// {
//   "accessCount": 1,
//   "iconColor": "5867E8",
//   "iconUrl": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/img/icon/t4v35/standard/account_120.png",
//   "id": "0MV4H0000004qIeWAI",
//   "lastAccessDate": "2023-10-06T10:03:32.000Z",
//   "name": "AllAccountsListView",
//   "objectType": "Account",
//   "sortOrder": 1,
//   "subtitle": "Accounts",
//   "target": "00B58000002ssinEAA",
//   "targetType": "ListView"
// }

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

lnAccessCount = loJResp.IntOf("accessCount")
lcIconColor = loJResp.StringOf("iconColor")
lcIconUrl = loJResp.StringOf("iconUrl")
lcId = loJResp.StringOf("id")
lcLastAccessDate = loJResp.StringOf("lastAccessDate")
lcName = loJResp.StringOf("name")
lcObjectType = loJResp.StringOf("objectType")
lnSortOrder = loJResp.IntOf("sortOrder")
lcSubtitle = loJResp.StringOf("subtitle")
lcTarget = loJResp.StringOf("target")
lcTargetType = loJResp.StringOf("targetType")


release loHttp
release loJson
release loSbResponseBody
release loJResp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "name": "Favorite Name",
    "sortOrder": 1,
    "target": "API Name or ID",
    "targetType": "ListView | ObjectHome | Record | Tab"
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/favorites

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create a Favorite",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"Favorite Name\",\n    \"sortOrder\": 1,\n    \"target\": \"API Name or ID\",\n    \"targetType\": \"ListView | ObjectHome | Record | Tab\"\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/favorites",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "favorites"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Create a Favorite"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Create a Favorite list view",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"AllAccountsListView\",\n    \"sortOrder\": 1,\n    \"target\": \"00B58000002ssinEAA\",\n    \"targetType\": \"ListView\"\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/favorites",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "favorites"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:03:31 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"accessCount\": 1,\n    \"iconColor\": \"5867E8\",\n    \"iconUrl\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/img/icon/t4v35/standard/account_120.png\",\n    \"id\": \"0MV4H0000004qIeWAI\",\n    \"lastAccessDate\": \"2023-10-06T10:03:32.000Z\",\n    \"name\": \"AllAccountsListView\",\n    \"objectType\": \"Account\",\n    \"sortOrder\": 1,\n    \"subtitle\": \"Accounts\",\n    \"target\": \"00B58000002ssinEAA\",\n    \"targetType\": \"ListView\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}