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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 Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

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

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

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

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


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

' {
'   "currentPageToken": null,
'   "currentPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements",
'   "elements": [
'   ],
'   "isModifiedToken": null,
'   "isModifiedUrl": null,
'   "nextPageToken": null,
'   "nextPageUrl": null,
'   "updatesToken": "2:1700651042000",
'   "updatesUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements?updatedSince=2%3A1700651042000"
' }

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




Dim currentPageToken As String = jResp.StringOf("currentPageToken")
Dim currentPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("currentPageUrl")
Dim isModifiedToken As String = jResp.StringOf("isModifiedToken")
Dim isModifiedUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("isModifiedUrl")
Dim nextPageToken As String = jResp.StringOf("nextPageToken")
Dim nextPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("nextPageUrl")
Dim updatesToken As String = jResp.StringOf("updatesToken")
Dim updatesUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("updatesUrl")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("elements")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "News Feed Elements",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    },
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableBodyPruning": true
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": ""
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "chatter",
        "feeds",
        "news",
        "me",
        "feed-elements"
      ]
    },
    "description": "All feed elements from all groups the context user either owns or is a member of, as well as all files, records, and users the context user follows. Use this resource to get information about feed elements and to post feed elements.\n\nFor information about posting a feed element, see Feed Elements, Post and Search.\n\nhttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/connect_resource_feeds_news.htm#cc_news_feed_elements"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful News Feed Elements",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": ""
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/chatter/feeds/news/me/feed-elements",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "chatter",
            "feeds",
            "news",
            "me",
            "feed-elements"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:04:02 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    \"currentPageToken\": null,\n    \"currentPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements\",\n    \"elements\": [],\n    \"isModifiedToken\": null,\n    \"isModifiedUrl\": null,\n    \"nextPageToken\": null,\n    \"nextPageUrl\": null,\n    \"updatesToken\": \"2:1700651042000\",\n    \"updatesUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/chatter/feeds/news/005.../feed-elements?updatedSince=2%3A1700651042000\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}