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VB6 / Salesforce Platform APIs / List External Credentials

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print http.LastHeader
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "externalCredentials": [
'     {
'       "authenticationProtocol": "Custom",
'       "authenticationProtocolVariant": "NoAuthentication",
'       "authenticationStatus": "NotConfigured",
'       "customHeaders": [
'       ],
'       "developerName": "Test",
'       "id": "0pt...",
'       "masterLabel": "Test",
'       "parameters": [
'       ],
'       "principals": [
'       ],
'       "relatedNamedCredentials": [
'         {
'           "developerName": "Test",
'           "id": "0XA...",
'           "masterLabel": "Test",
'           "url": "/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/named-credential-setup/Test"
'         }
'       ],
'       "url": "/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/external-credentials/Test"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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

Dim authenticationProtocol As String
Dim authenticationProtocolVariant As String
Dim authenticationStatus As String
Dim developerName As String
Dim id As String
Dim masterLabel As String
Dim url As String
Dim j As Long
Dim count_j As Long

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("externalCredentials")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    authenticationProtocol = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].authenticationProtocol")
    authenticationProtocolVariant = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].authenticationProtocolVariant")
    authenticationStatus = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].authenticationStatus")
    developerName = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].developerName")
    id = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].id")
    masterLabel = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].masterLabel")
    url = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].url")
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("externalCredentials[i].customHeaders")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("externalCredentials[i].parameters")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("externalCredentials[i].principals")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("externalCredentials[i].relatedNamedCredentials")
    Do While j < count_j
        jResp.J = j
        developerName = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].relatedNamedCredentials[j].developerName")
        id = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].relatedNamedCredentials[j].id")
        masterLabel = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].relatedNamedCredentials[j].masterLabel")
        url = jResp.StringOf("externalCredentials[i].relatedNamedCredentials[j].url")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List External Credentials",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "named-credentials",
        "external-credentials"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Get external credentials that the user can authenticate to."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful List External Credentials",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/named-credentials/external-credentials",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "named-credentials",
            "external-credentials"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:46:27 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    \"externalCredentials\": [\n        {\n            \"authenticationProtocol\": \"Custom\",\n            \"authenticationProtocolVariant\": \"NoAuthentication\",\n            \"authenticationStatus\": \"NotConfigured\",\n            \"customHeaders\": [],\n            \"developerName\": \"Test\",\n            \"id\": \"0pt...\",\n            \"masterLabel\": \"Test\",\n            \"parameters\": [],\n            \"principals\": [],\n            \"relatedNamedCredentials\": [\n                {\n                    \"developerName\": \"Test\",\n                    \"id\": \"0XA...\",\n                    \"masterLabel\": \"Test\",\n                    \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/named-credential-setup/Test\"\n                }\n            ],\n            \"url\": \"/services/data/v58.0/named-credentials/external-credentials/Test\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}