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Unicode C++ / Salesforce Platform APIs / Create External Credential

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void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    json.UpdateString(L"developerName",L"SampleExternalCredential");    json.UpdateString(L"masterLabel",L"Sample External Credential");    json.UpdateString(L"authenticationProtocol",L"Custom");    json.UpdateString(L"principals[0].principalName",L"SamplePrincipal");    json.UpdateString(L"principals[0].principalType",L"NamedPrincipal");    json.UpdateInt(L"principals[0].sequenceNumber",1);    json.UpdateString(L"customHeaders[0].headerName",L"SampleHeader");    json.UpdateString(L"customHeaders[0].headerValue",L"SampleHeaderValue");    json.UpdateInt(L"customHeaders[0].sequenceNumber",1);    http.put_AuthToken(L"<access_token>");    success = http.HttpJson(L"POST",L"https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials",json,L"application/json",resp);    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);    jResp.put_I(i);    headerName = jResp.stringOf(L"customHeaders[i].headerName");    headerValue = jResp.stringOf(L"customHeaders[i].headerValue");    id = jResp.stringOf(L"customHeaders[i].id");    sequenceNumber = jResp.IntOf(L"customHeaders[i].sequenceNumber");    i = i + 1;    i = 0;    count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray(L"parameters");    jResp.put_I(i);    i = i + 1;    i = 0;    count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray(L"principals");    jResp.put_I(i);    authenticationStatus = jResp.stringOf(L"principals[i].authenticationStatus");    id = jResp.stringOf(L"principals[i].id");    principalName = jResp.stringOf(L"principals[i].principalName");    principalType = jResp.stringOf(L"principals[i].principalType");    sequenceNumber = jResp.IntOf(L"principals[i].sequenceNumber");    j = 0;    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray(L"principals[i].parameters");    jResp.put_J(j);    j = j + 1;    j = 0;    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray(L"principals[i].principalAccess");    jResp.put_J(j);    j = j + 1;    i = i + 1;    i = 0;    count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray(L"relatedNamedCredentials");    jResp.put_I(i);    i = i + 1;
    }

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '{
   "developerName": "SampleExternalCredential",
   "masterLabel": "Sample External Credential",
   "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
   "principals": [
      {
         "principalName": "SamplePrincipal",
         "principalType": "NamedPrincipal",
         "sequenceNumber": 1
      }
   ],
   "customHeaders": [
      {
         "headerName": "SampleHeader",
         "headerValue": "SampleHeaderValue",
         "sequenceNumber": 1
      }
   ]
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create External Credential",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n   \"developerName\": \"SampleExternalCredential\",\n   \"masterLabel\": \"Sample External Credential\",\n   \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n   \"principals\": [\n      {\n         \"principalName\": \"SamplePrincipal\",\n         \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ],\n   \"customHeaders\": [\n      {\n         \"headerName\": \"SampleHeader\",\n         \"headerValue\": \"SampleHeaderValue\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "named-credentials",
        "external-credentials"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Create an external credential."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful Create External Credential",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n   \"developerName\": \"SampleExternalCredential\",\n   \"masterLabel\": \"Sample External Credential\",\n   \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n   \"principals\": [\n      {\n         \"principalName\": \"SamplePrincipal\",\n         \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ],\n   \"customHeaders\": [\n      {\n         \"headerName\": \"SampleHeader\",\n         \"headerValue\": \"SampleHeaderValue\",\n         \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n      }\n   ]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "named-credentials",
            "external-credentials"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:53:51 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-XSS-Protection",
          "value": "1; mode=block"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "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    \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n    \"authenticationStatus\": \"Unknown\",\n    \"customHeaders\": [\n        {\n            \"headerName\": \"SampleHeader\",\n            \"headerValue\": \"SampleHeaderValue\",\n            \"id\": \"0pu2o000000KymkAAC\",\n            \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n        }\n    ],\n    \"developerName\": \"SampleExternalCredential\",\n    \"id\": \"0pt2o000000CaU0AAK\",\n    \"masterLabel\": \"Sample External Credential\",\n    \"parameters\": [],\n    \"principals\": [\n        {\n            \"authenticationStatus\": \"Unknown\",\n            \"id\": \"0pu2o000000KymjAAC\",\n            \"parameters\": [],\n            \"principalAccess\": [],\n            \"principalName\": \"SamplePrincipal\",\n            \"principalType\": \"NamedPrincipal\",\n            \"sequenceNumber\": 1\n        }\n    ],\n    \"relatedNamedCredentials\": [],\n    \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/external-credentials/SampleExternalCredential\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}