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VB6 / Support API / Verify Subdomain Availability

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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

http.BasicAuth = 1
http.Login = "login"
http.Password = "password"

Dim queryParams As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = queryParams.UpdateString("subdomain","<string>")

http.SetRequestHeader "Accept","application/json"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/accounts/available",queryParams)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

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 = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "success": "<boolean>"
' }

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

Dim success As String
success = jResp.StringOf("success")

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -G -d "subdomain=%3Cstring%3E"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/accounts/available

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Verify Subdomain Availability",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/accounts/available?subdomain=<string>",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "accounts",
        "available"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "subdomain",
          "value": "<string>",
          "description": "(Required) Specify the name of the subdomain you want to verify. The name can't contain underscores, hyphens, or spaces.\n"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Zendesk Support credentials are not required to access this endpoint. You can use any Zendesk Support subdomain.\n\nReturns \"true\" if the subdomain is available.\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/accounts/available?subdomain=<string>",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "accounts",
            "available"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "subdomain",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "(Required) Specify the name of the subdomain you want to verify. The name can't contain underscores, hyphens, or spaces.\n"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"success\": \"<boolean>\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}