Python / Support API / Preview Views
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import sys
import chilkat
# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http = chilkat.CkHttp()
http.put_BasicAuth(True)
http.put_Login("login")
http.put_Password("password")
http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json")
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/views/preview")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
print(http.lastErrorText())
sys.exit()
sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(False)
print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.emit())
respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
print("Response Header:")
print(resp.header())
print("Failed.")
sys.exit()
# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
# {
# "columns": [
# {
# "Duis8": -59589120,
# "ullamco_0": "Ut nostrud qui elit dolor"
# },
# {
# "officia_13e": -39842370,
# "ipsum_7": "sunt",
# "in_a8": true
# }
# ],
# "groups": [
# {
# "laborum_a27": false
# },
# {
# "ea85c": 69952708.53230786,
# "occaecat_04": 58869893,
# "qui82a": "L"
# }
# ],
# "rows": [
# {
# "velit21": -89119970
# },
# {
# "ex_f": 92255473.59295204,
# "Excepteur_92": "sunt",
# "cillum4": 24641748
# }
# ],
# "view": {
# "active": "<boolean>",
# "conditions": {
# "laborum_8": 404871.0763479173,
# "consequata": -40432952
# },
# "created_at": "<dateTime>",
# "default": "<boolean>",
# "description": "<string>",
# "execution": {
# "deserunt6": false,
# "eu7df": "veniam",
# "utd70": -40480339.58192083,
# "aute_03": true,
# "culpa_5b2": -78225658
# },
# "id": "<integer>",
# "position": "<integer>",
# "restriction": {
# "exercitatione1": "in",
# "magna_b_3": -90768253.5149942
# },
# "title": "<string>",
# "updated_at": "<dateTime>"
# }
# }
# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Active = jResp.stringOf("view.active")
Laborum_8 = jResp.stringOf("view.conditions.laborum_8")
Consequata = jResp.IntOf("view.conditions.consequata")
Created_at = jResp.stringOf("view.created_at")
Default = jResp.stringOf("view.default")
Description = jResp.stringOf("view.description")
Deserunt6 = jResp.BoolOf("view.execution.deserunt6")
Eu7df = jResp.stringOf("view.execution.eu7df")
Utd70 = jResp.stringOf("view.execution.utd70")
Aute_03 = jResp.BoolOf("view.execution.aute_03")
Culpa_5b2 = jResp.IntOf("view.execution.culpa_5b2")
Id = jResp.stringOf("view.id")
Position = jResp.stringOf("view.position")
Exercitatione1 = jResp.stringOf("view.restriction.exercitatione1")
Magna_b_3 = jResp.stringOf("view.restriction.magna_b_3")
Title = jResp.stringOf("view.title")
Updated_at = jResp.stringOf("view.updated_at")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("columns")
while i < count_i :
jResp.put_I(i)
Duis8 = jResp.IntOf("columns[i].Duis8")
ullamco_0 = jResp.stringOf("columns[i].ullamco_0")
officia_13e = jResp.IntOf("columns[i].officia_13e")
ipsum_7 = jResp.stringOf("columns[i].ipsum_7")
in_a8 = jResp.BoolOf("columns[i].in_a8")
i = i + 1
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("groups")
while i < count_i :
jResp.put_I(i)
laborum_a27 = jResp.BoolOf("groups[i].laborum_a27")
ea85c = jResp.stringOf("groups[i].ea85c")
occaecat_04 = jResp.IntOf("groups[i].occaecat_04")
qui82a = jResp.stringOf("groups[i].qui82a")
i = i + 1
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("rows")
while i < count_i :
jResp.put_I(i)
velit21 = jResp.IntOf("rows[i].velit21")
ex_f = jResp.stringOf("rows[i].ex_f")
Excepteur_92 = jResp.stringOf("rows[i].Excepteur_92")
cillum4 = jResp.IntOf("rows[i].cillum4")
i = i + 1
Curl Command
curl -u login:password -X POST
-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/views/preview
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Preview Views",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Accept",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/views/preview",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v2",
"views",
"preview"
]
},
"description": "You can preview views by constructing the conditions in the proper format and nesting them under the `view` property. See [Conditions reference](/documentation/ticketing/reference-guides/conditions-reference/). The output can also be controlled by passing in any of the following parameters and nesting them under the `output` property.\n\n| Name | Type | Comment\n| --------------- | ------- | -------\n| columns | Array | The ticket fields to display. System fields are looked up by name, custom fields by title or id. See the [View columns](#view-columns) table\n| group_by | String | When present, the field by which the tickets are grouped\n| group_order | String | The direction the tickets are grouped. May be one of \"asc\" or \"desc\"\n| sort_order | String | The direction the tickets are sorted. May be one of \"asc\" or \"desc\"\n| sort_by | String | The ticket field used for sorting. This will either be a title or a custom field id.\n\nThis endpoint is rate limited to 5 requests per minute, per view, per agent.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents\n"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Success response",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "Basic <credentials>"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/views/preview",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v2",
"views",
"preview"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"columns\": [\n {\n \"Duis8\": -59589120,\n \"ullamco_0\": \"Ut nostrud qui elit dolor\"\n },\n {\n \"officia_13e\": -39842370,\n \"ipsum_7\": \"sunt\",\n \"in_a8\": true\n }\n ],\n \"groups\": [\n {\n \"laborum_a27\": false\n },\n {\n \"ea85c\": 69952708.53230786,\n \"occaecat_04\": 58869893,\n \"qui82a\": \"L\"\n }\n ],\n \"rows\": [\n {\n \"velit21\": -89119970\n },\n {\n \"ex_f\": 92255473.59295204,\n \"Excepteur_92\": \"sunt\",\n \"cillum4\": 24641748\n }\n ],\n \"view\": {\n \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"conditions\": {\n \"laborum_8\": 404871.0763479173,\n \"consequata\": -40432952\n },\n \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"execution\": {\n \"deserunt6\": false,\n \"eu7df\": \"veniam\",\n \"utd70\": -40480339.58192083,\n \"aute_03\": true,\n \"culpa_5b2\": -78225658\n },\n \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n \"position\": \"<integer>\",\n \"restriction\": {\n \"exercitatione1\": \"in\",\n \"magna_b_3\": -90768253.5149942\n },\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\"\n }\n}"
}
]
}
