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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "masterLabel": "Sample External Credential",
//   "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
//   "principals": [
//     {
//       "principalName": "SamplePrincipal",
//       "principalType": "NamedPrincipal",
//       "sequenceNumber": 1
//     }
//   ],
//   "customHeaders": [
//     {
//       "headerName": "SampleHeader",
//       "headerValue": "SampleHeaderValue",
//       "sequenceNumber": 1
//     }
//   ]
// }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("masterLabel","Sample External Credential");
json.UpdateString("authenticationProtocol","Custom");
json.UpdateString("principals[0].principalName","SamplePrincipal");
json.UpdateString("principals[0].principalType","NamedPrincipal");
json.UpdateInt("principals[0].sequenceNumber",1);
json.UpdateString("customHeaders[0].headerName","SampleHeader");
json.UpdateString("customHeaders[0].headerValue","SampleHeaderValue");
json.UpdateInt("customHeaders[0].sequenceNumber",1);

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

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials/:DEVELOPER_NAME",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");

    return;
}

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

// {
//   "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
//   "authenticationStatus": "Unknown",
//   "customHeaders": [
//     {
//       "headerName": "SampleHeader",
//       "headerValue": "SampleHeaderValue",
//       "id": "0pu2o000000KymkAAC",
//       "sequenceNumber": 1
//     }
//   ],
//   "developerName": "SampleExternalCredential",
//   "id": "0pt2o000000CaU0AAK",
//   "masterLabel": "Sample External Credential",
//   "parameters": [
//   ],
//   "principals": [
//     {
//       "authenticationStatus": "Unknown",
//       "id": "0pu2o000000KymjAAC",
//       "parameters": [
//       ],
//       "principalAccess": [
//       ],
//       "principalName": "SamplePrincipal",
//       "principalType": "NamedPrincipal",
//       "sequenceNumber": 1
//     }
//   ],
//   "relatedNamedCredentials": [
//     {
//       "developerName": "SamplePrivate",
//       "id": "0XA2o000000XaAQGA0",
//       "masterLabel": "SamplePrivateLabel",
//       "url": "/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/named-credential-setup/SamplePrivate"
//     }
//   ],
//   "url": "/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/external-credentials/SampleExternalCredential"
// }

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

string headerName;
string headerValue;
int sequenceNumber;
string principalName;
string principalType;
int j;
int count_j;

string authenticationProtocol = jResp.StringOf("authenticationProtocol");
string authenticationStatus = jResp.StringOf("authenticationStatus");
string developerName = jResp.StringOf("developerName");
string id = jResp.StringOf("id");
string masterLabel = jResp.StringOf("masterLabel");
string url = jResp.StringOf("url");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("customHeaders");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    headerName = jResp.StringOf("customHeaders[i].headerName");
    headerValue = jResp.StringOf("customHeaders[i].headerValue");
    id = jResp.StringOf("customHeaders[i].id");
    sequenceNumber = jResp.IntOf("customHeaders[i].sequenceNumber");
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("parameters");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("principals");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    authenticationStatus = jResp.StringOf("principals[i].authenticationStatus");
    id = jResp.StringOf("principals[i].id");
    principalName = jResp.StringOf("principals[i].principalName");
    principalType = jResp.StringOf("principals[i].principalType");
    sequenceNumber = jResp.IntOf("principals[i].sequenceNumber");
    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("principals[i].parameters");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("principals[i].principalAccess");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("relatedNamedCredentials");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    developerName = jResp.StringOf("relatedNamedCredentials[i].developerName");
    id = jResp.StringOf("relatedNamedCredentials[i].id");
    masterLabel = jResp.StringOf("relatedNamedCredentials[i].masterLabel");
    url = jResp.StringOf("relatedNamedCredentials[i].url");
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
   "masterLabel": "Sample External Credential",
   "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
   "principals": [
      {
         "principalName": "SamplePrincipal",
         "principalType": "NamedPrincipal",
         "sequenceNumber": 1
      }
   ],
   "customHeaders": [
      {
         "headerName": "SampleHeader",
         "headerValue": "SampleHeaderValue",
         "sequenceNumber": 1
      }
   ]
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials/:DEVELOPER_NAME

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Update External Credential",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n   \"masterLabel\": \"Sample External Credential\",\n   \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n   \"principals\": [\n      {\n         \"principalName\": \"SamplePrincipal\",\n         \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ],\n   \"customHeaders\": [\n      {\n         \"headerName\": \"SampleHeader\",\n         \"headerValue\": \"SampleHeaderValue\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials/:DEVELOPER_NAME",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "named-credentials",
        "external-credentials",
        ":DEVELOPER_NAME"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "DEVELOPER_NAME",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Update an external credential."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Update External Credential",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n   \"masterLabel\": \"Sample External Credential\",\n   \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n   \"principals\": [\n      {\n         \"principalName\": \"SamplePrincipal\",\n         \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ],\n   \"customHeaders\": [\n      {\n         \"headerName\": \"SampleHeader\",\n         \"headerValue\": \"SampleHeaderValue\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials/:DEVELOPER_NAME",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "named-credentials",
            "external-credentials",
            ":DEVELOPER_NAME"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "DEVELOPER_NAME",
              "value": "SampleExternalCredential"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:55:19 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "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": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n    \"authenticationStatus\": \"Unknown\",\n    \"customHeaders\": [\n        {\n            \"headerName\": \"SampleHeader\",\n            \"headerValue\": \"SampleHeaderValue\",\n            \"id\": \"0pu2o000000KymkAAC\",\n            \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n        }\n    ],\n    \"developerName\": \"SampleExternalCredential\",\n    \"id\": \"0pt2o000000CaU0AAK\",\n    \"masterLabel\": \"Sample External Credential\",\n    \"parameters\": [],\n    \"principals\": [\n        {\n            \"authenticationStatus\": \"Unknown\",\n            \"id\": \"0pu2o000000KymjAAC\",\n            \"parameters\": [],\n            \"principalAccess\": [],\n            \"principalName\": \"SamplePrincipal\",\n            \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n            \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n        }\n    ],\n    \"relatedNamedCredentials\": [\n        {\n            \"developerName\": \"SamplePrivate\",\n            \"id\": \"0XA2o000000XaAQGA0\",\n            \"masterLabel\": \"SamplePrivateLabel\",\n            \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/named-credential-setup/SamplePrivate\"\n        }\n    ],\n    \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/external-credentials/SampleExternalCredential\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}