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Objective-C / Microsoft Graph / Search external items

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

// {
//   "requests": [
//     {
//       "entityTypes": [
//         "externalItem"
//       ],
//       "contentSources": [
//         "/external/connections/sampleConnectionId"
//       ],
//       "query": {
//         "queryString": "sample"
//       },
//       "fields": [
//         "title",
//         "iconurl",
//         "lastModifiedDate"
//       ]
//     }
//   ]
// }

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"requests[0].entityTypes[0]" value: @"externalItem"];
[json UpdateString: @"requests[0].contentSources[0]" value: @"/external/connections/sampleConnectionId"];
[json UpdateString: @"requests[0].query.queryString" value: @"sample"];
[json UpdateString: @"requests[0].fields[0]" value: @"title"];
[json UpdateString: @"requests[0].fields[1]" value: @"iconurl"];
[json UpdateString: @"requests[0].fields[2]" value: @"lastModifiedDate"];

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = @"<access_token>";
[http SetRequestHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [http PostJson3: @"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/search/query" contentType: @"application/json" json: json];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%d",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
    "requests": [
        {
            "entityTypes": [
                "externalItem"
            ],
            "contentSources": [
                "/external/connections/sampleConnectionId"
            ],
            "query": {
                "queryString": "sample"
            },
            "fields": [
                "title",
                "iconurl",
                "lastModifiedDate"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'
https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/search/query

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Search external items",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"requests\": [\n        {\n            \"entityTypes\": [\n                \"externalItem\"\n            ],\n            \"contentSources\": [\n                \"/external/connections/sampleConnectionId\"\n            ],\n            \"query\": {\n                \"queryString\": \"sample\"\n            },\n            \"fields\": [\n                \"title\",\n                \"iconurl\",\n                \"lastModifiedDate\"\n            ]\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/search/query",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "graph",
        "microsoft",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "beta",
        "search",
        "query"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}