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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <NSString.h>

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];
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.

// {
//   "title": "Did you hear the news today?",
//   "text": "Oh boy!",
//   "aggregation_key": "officia ex veniam",
//   "alert_type": "info",
//   "date_happened": 73027040,
//   "device_name": "ut eu fugiat cul",
//   "host": "i",
//   "priority": "normal",
//   "related_event_id": -43026196,
//   "source_type_name": "Lorem Ut",
//   "tags": [
//     "environment:test"
//   ]
// }

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"title" value: @"Did you hear the news today?"];
[json UpdateString: @"text" value: @"Oh boy!"];
[json UpdateString: @"aggregation_key" value: @"officia ex veniam"];
[json UpdateString: @"alert_type" value: @"info"];
[json UpdateInt: @"date_happened" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 73027040]];
[json UpdateString: @"device_name" value: @"ut eu fugiat cul"];
[json UpdateString: @"host" value: @"i"];
[json UpdateString: @"priority" value: @"normal"];
[json UpdateInt: @"related_event_id" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: -43026196]];
[json UpdateString: @"source_type_name" value: @"Lorem Ut"];
[json UpdateString: @"tags[0]" value: @"environment:test"];

[http SetRequestHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];
[http SetRequestHeader: @"Accept" value: @"application/json"];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [http PostJson3: @"https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/events" contentType: @"application/json" json: json];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoStringBuilder *sbResponseBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[resp GetBodySb: sbResponseBody];

CkoJsonObject *jResp = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jResp LoadSb: sbResponseBody];
jResp.EmitCompact = NO;

NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Body:");
NSLog(@"%@",[jResp Emit]);

int respStatusCode = [resp.StatusCode intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
    NSLog(@"%@",resp.Header);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed.");

    return;
}

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

// {
//   "event": {
//     "alert_type": "info",
//     "date_happened": -7687934,
//     "device_name": "labore aliquip dolor",
//     "host": "incididunt sunt",
//     "id": -98412440,
//     "id_str": "incididunt laborum",
//     "payload": "{}",
//     "priority": "normal",
//     "source_type_name": "commodo cupidatat ea",
//     "tags": [
//       "environment:test"
//     ],
//     "text": "Oh boy!",
//     "title": "Did you hear the news today?",
//     "url": "non"
//   },
//   "status": "sit in"
// }

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

NSString *strVal = 0;

NSString *Alert_type = [jResp StringOf: @"event.alert_type"];
int Date_happened = [[jResp IntOf: @"event.date_happened"] intValue];
NSString *Device_name = [jResp StringOf: @"event.device_name"];
NSString *Host = [jResp StringOf: @"event.host"];
int Id = [[jResp IntOf: @"event.id"] intValue];
NSString *Id_str = [jResp StringOf: @"event.id_str"];
NSString *Payload = [jResp StringOf: @"event.payload"];
NSString *Priority = [jResp StringOf: @"event.priority"];
NSString *Source_type_name = [jResp StringOf: @"event.source_type_name"];
NSString *Text = [jResp StringOf: @"event.text"];
NSString *Title = [jResp StringOf: @"event.title"];
NSString *v_Url = [jResp StringOf: @"event.url"];
NSString *status = [jResp StringOf: @"status"];
int i = 0;
int count_i = [[jResp SizeOfArray: @"event.tags"] intValue];
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    strVal = [jResp StringOf: @"event.tags[i]"];
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
	-d '{
  "title": "Did you hear the news today?",
  "text": "Oh boy!",
  "aggregation_key": "officia ex veniam",
  "alert_type": "info",
  "date_happened": 73027040,
  "device_name": "ut eu fugiat cul",
  "host": "i",
  "priority": "normal",
  "related_event_id": -43026196,
  "source_type_name": "Lorem Ut",
  "tags": [
    "environment:test"
  ]
}'
https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/events

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Post an event",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      },
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n  \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n  \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n  \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n  \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n  \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n  \"host\": \"i\",\n  \"priority\": \"normal\",\n  \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n  \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"environment:test\"\n  ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "headerFamily": "json",
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v1",
        "events"
      ]
    },
    "description": "This endpoint allows you to post events to the stream.\nTag them, set priority and event aggregate them with other events."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "OK",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n  \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n  \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n  \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n  \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n  \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n  \"host\": \"i\",\n  \"priority\": \"normal\",\n  \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n  \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"environment:test\"\n  ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "headerFamily": "json",
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "events"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Accepted",
      "code": 202,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"event\": {\n    \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n    \"date_happened\": -7687934,\n    \"device_name\": \"labore aliquip dolor\",\n    \"host\": \"incididunt sunt\",\n    \"id\": -98412440,\n    \"id_str\": \"incididunt laborum\",\n    \"payload\": \"{}\",\n    \"priority\": \"normal\",\n    \"source_type_name\": \"commodo cupidatat ea\",\n    \"tags\": [\n      \"environment:test\"\n    ],\n    \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n    \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n    \"url\": \"non\"\n  },\n  \"status\": \"sit in\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bad Request",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n  \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n  \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n  \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n  \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n  \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n  \"host\": \"i\",\n  \"priority\": \"normal\",\n  \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n  \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"environment:test\"\n  ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "headerFamily": "json",
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "events"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"errors\": [\n    \"Bad Request\",\n    \"Bad Request\"\n  ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Too many requests",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"title\": \"Did you hear the news today?\",\n  \"text\": \"Oh boy!\",\n  \"aggregation_key\": \"officia ex veniam\",\n  \"alert_type\": \"info\",\n  \"date_happened\": 73027040,\n  \"device_name\": \"ut eu fugiat cul\",\n  \"host\": \"i\",\n  \"priority\": \"normal\",\n  \"related_event_id\": -43026196,\n  \"source_type_name\": \"Lorem Ut\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"environment:test\"\n  ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "headerFamily": "json",
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/events",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "events"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Too Many Requests",
      "code": 429,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"errors\": [\n    \"Bad Request\",\n    \"Bad Request\"\n  ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}