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require 'chilkat'

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

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

sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items",sbResponseBody)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = http.get_LastStatus()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print http.lastHeader() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

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

# {
#   "currentPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=1&pageSize=5",
#   "eTag": "425dfe9232c5bd0e9c6e4b94771c91b8",
#   "navItems": [
#     {
#       "availableInClassic": true,
#       "availableInLightning": true,
#       "color": null,
#       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/4nK/o",
#       "custom": false,
#       "developerName": "standard-AssetStatePeriod",
#       "iconUrl": null,
#       "id": null,
#       "itemType": "Entity",
#       "label": "Asset State Periods",
#       "objectApiName": "AssetStatePeriod",
#       "objectLabel": "Asset State Period",
#       "objectLabelPlural": "Asset State Periods",
#       "pageReference": {
#         "attributes": {
#           "objectApiName": "AssetStatePeriod",
#           "actionName": "home"
#         },
#         "state": {},
#         "type": "standard__objectPage"
#       },
#       "standardType": null
#     },
#     {
#       "availableInClassic": true,
#       "availableInLightning": true,
#       "color": null,
#       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/02i/o",
#       "custom": false,
#       "developerName": "standard-Asset",
#       "iconUrl": null,
#       "id": null,
#       "itemType": "Entity",
#       "label": "Assets",
#       "objectApiName": "Asset",
#       "objectLabel": "Asset",
#       "objectLabelPlural": "Assets",
#       "pageReference": {
#         "attributes": {
#           "objectApiName": "Asset",
#           "actionName": "home"
#         },
#         "state": {},
#         "type": "standard__objectPage"
#       },
#       "standardType": null
#     },
#     {
#       "availableInClassic": true,
#       "availableInLightning": true,
#       "color": null,
#       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cI/o",
#       "custom": false,
#       "developerName": "standard-AuthorizationForm",
#       "iconUrl": null,
#       "id": null,
#       "itemType": "Entity",
#       "label": "Authorization Form",
#       "objectApiName": "AuthorizationForm",
#       "objectLabel": "Authorization Form",
#       "objectLabelPlural": "Authorization Forms",
#       "pageReference": {
#         "attributes": {
#           "objectApiName": "AuthorizationForm",
#           "actionName": "home"
#         },
#         "state": {},
#         "type": "standard__objectPage"
#       },
#       "standardType": null
#     },
#     {
#       "availableInClassic": true,
#       "availableInLightning": true,
#       "color": null,
#       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cK/o",
#       "custom": false,
#       "developerName": "standard-AuthorizationFormConsent",
#       "iconUrl": null,
#       "id": null,
#       "itemType": "Entity",
#       "label": "Authorization Form Consent",
#       "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormConsent",
#       "objectLabel": "Authorization Form Consent",
#       "objectLabelPlural": "Authorization Form Consents",
#       "pageReference": {
#         "attributes": {
#           "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormConsent",
#           "actionName": "home"
#         },
#         "state": {},
#         "type": "standard__objectPage"
#       },
#       "standardType": null
#     },
#     {
#       "availableInClassic": true,
#       "availableInLightning": true,
#       "color": null,
#       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cM/o",
#       "custom": false,
#       "developerName": "standard-AuthorizationFormDataUse",
#       "iconUrl": null,
#       "id": null,
#       "itemType": "Entity",
#       "label": "Authorization Form Data Use",
#       "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormDataUse",
#       "objectLabel": "Authorization Form Data Use",
#       "objectLabelPlural": "Authorization Form Data Uses",
#       "pageReference": {
#         "attributes": {
#           "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormDataUse",
#           "actionName": "home"
#         },
#         "state": {},
#         "type": "standard__objectPage"
#       },
#       "standardType": null
#     }
#   ],
#   "nextPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=2&pageSize=5"
# }

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

currentPageUrl = jResp.stringOf("currentPageUrl")
eTag = jResp.stringOf("eTag")
nextPageUrl = jResp.stringOf("nextPageUrl")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("navItems")
while i < count_i
    jResp.put_I(i)
    availableInClassic = jResp.BoolOf("navItems[i].availableInClassic")
    availableInLightning = jResp.BoolOf("navItems[i].availableInLightning")
    color = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].color")
    content = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].content")
    custom = jResp.BoolOf("navItems[i].custom")
    developerName = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].developerName")
    iconUrl = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].iconUrl")
    id = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].id")
    itemType = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].itemType")
    label = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].label")
    objectApiName = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].objectApiName")
    objectLabel = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].objectLabel")
    objectLabelPlural = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].objectLabelPlural")
    ObjectApiName = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].pageReference.attributes.objectApiName")
    ActionName = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].pageReference.attributes.actionName")
    v_Type = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].pageReference.type")
    standardType = jResp.stringOf("navItems[i].standardType")
    i = i + 1
end

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get All Navigation Items",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableBodyPruning": true
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "nav-items"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "formFactor",
          "value": "Small",
          "description": "The form factor for each app that the user has access to (`Large`, `Medium` or `Small`)",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "navItemNames",
          "value": "",
          "description": "A comma delimited list of TabDefinition name values to include in the response.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "page",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The page offset form which to begin returning nav items. The default value is 0, which returns nav items from the first page. For example, for `page=2` and `pageSize=10`, the first nav item returned is the 21st nav item in the list.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "pageSize",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The maximum number of nav items to return on a page. The default value is 25.",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Gets all navigation items (tabs) that the user has access to."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get All Navigation Items",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=1&pageSize=5",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "nav-items"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "formFactor",
              "value": "Small",
              "description": "The form factor for each app that the user has access to (`Large`, `Medium` or `Small`)"
            },
            {
              "key": "navItemNames",
              "value": null,
              "description": "A comma delimited list of TabDefinition name values to include in the response.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "page",
              "value": "1",
              "description": "The page offset form which to begin returning nav items. The default value is 0, which returns nav items from the first page. For example, for `page=2` and `pageSize=10`, the first nav item returned is the 21st nav item in the list."
            },
            {
              "key": "pageSize",
              "value": "5",
              "description": "The maximum number of nav items to return on a page. The default value is 25."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:45:07 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "ETag",
          "value": "\"425dfe9232c5bd0e9c6e4b94771c91b8--gzip\""
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"currentPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=1&pageSize=5\",\n    \"eTag\": \"425dfe9232c5bd0e9c6e4b94771c91b8\",\n    \"navItems\": [\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/4nK/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AssetStatePeriod\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Asset State Periods\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AssetStatePeriod\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Asset State Period\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Asset State Periods\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AssetStatePeriod\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/02i/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-Asset\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Assets\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"Asset\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Asset\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Assets\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"Asset\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cI/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AuthorizationForm\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Authorization Form\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationForm\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Authorization Form\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Authorization Forms\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationForm\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cK/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AuthorizationFormConsent\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Authorization Form Consent\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormConsent\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Authorization Form Consent\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Authorization Form Consents\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormConsent\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cM/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AuthorizationFormDataUse\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Authorization Form Data Use\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormDataUse\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Authorization Form Data Use\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Authorization Form Data Uses\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormDataUse\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        }\n    ],\n    \"nextPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=2&pageSize=5\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}