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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": "name-for-new-list",
//   "description": "description-of-list",
//   "private": false
// }

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("name","name-for-new-list")
loJson.UpdateString("description","description-of-list")
loJson.UpdateBool("private",.F.)

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://api.twitter.com/2/lists","application/json",loJson)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    return
endif

? str(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr
release loResp


release loHttp
release loJson

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
    "name": "name-for-new-list",
    "description": "description-of-list",
    "private": false
}'
https://api.twitter.com/2/lists

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create a list",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"name\": \"name-for-new-list\",\n    \"description\": \"description-of-list\",\n    \"private\": false\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.twitter.com/2/lists",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "twitter",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "2",
        "lists"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Allows the authenticated user to create a new List.\n\nFor full details, see the [API reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/lists/manage-lists/api-reference/post-lists) for this endpoint.\n\n[Sign up](https://t.co/signup) for the Twitter API"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}