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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")

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

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

loResp = loHttp.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/targets")
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    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 loSbResponseBody
    release loJResp
    return
endif

release loResp

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

// {
//   "target": {
//     "project_id": "<string>",
//     "resource": "<string>",
//     "target_url": "<string>",
//     "title": "<string>",
//     "token": "<string>",
//     "type": "<string>",
//     "active": "<boolean>",
//     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
//     "id": "<integer>",
//     "message_id": "<string>",
//     "password": "<string>",
//     "todo_list_id": "<string>",
//     "username": "<string>"
//   }
// }

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

lcProject_id = loJResp.StringOf("target.project_id")
lcResource = loJResp.StringOf("target.resource")
lcTarget_url = loJResp.StringOf("target.target_url")
lcTitle = loJResp.StringOf("target.title")
lcToken = loJResp.StringOf("target.token")
lcV_Type = loJResp.StringOf("target.type")
lcActive = loJResp.StringOf("target.active")
lcCreated_at = loJResp.StringOf("target.created_at")
lcId = loJResp.StringOf("target.id")
lcMessage_id = loJResp.StringOf("target.message_id")
lcPassword = loJResp.StringOf("target.password")
lcTodo_list_id = loJResp.StringOf("target.todo_list_id")
lcUsername = loJResp.StringOf("target.username")


release loHttp
release loSbResponseBody
release loJResp

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Target",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/targets",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "targets"
      ]
    },
    "description": "#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins\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/targets",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "targets"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"target\": {\n    \"project_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"resource\": \"<string>\",\n    \"target_url\": \"<string>\",\n    \"title\": \"<string>\",\n    \"token\": \"<string>\",\n    \"type\": \"<string>\",\n    \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"message_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"password\": \"<string>\",\n    \"todo_list_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"username\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}