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Perl / Salesforce Platform APIs / Create channel

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use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

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

# The following JSON is sent in the request body.

# {
#   "FullName": "Account_Channel__chn",
#   "Metadata": {
#     "channelType": "data",
#     "label": "Account Channel"
#   }
# }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("FullName","Account_Channel__chn");
$json->UpdateString("Metadata.channelType","data");
$json->UpdateString("Metadata.label","Account Channel");

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http->put_AuthToken("<access_token>");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST","https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel",$json,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
    "FullName": "Account_Channel__chn",
    "Metadata": {
        "channelType": "data",
        "label": "Account Channel"
    }
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create channel",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"FullName\": \"Account_Channel__chn\",\n    \"Metadata\": {\n        \"channelType\": \"data\",\n        \"label\": \"Account Channel\"\n    }\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "tooling",
        "sobjects",
        "PlatformEventChannel"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}