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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
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "inputs": [
' {}
' ],
' "options": {}
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateNewObject("options")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/business-rules/expressionset/:expressionSetAPIName","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "aggregationResults": {
' "results": {}
' },
' "executionId": "33045b23-8970-4fbe-a80c-8f4302592566",
' "outputs": [
' {
' "results": {
' "output": 1
' }
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim Output As Integer
Dim executionId As String = jResp.StringOf("executionId")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("outputs")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
Output = jResp.IntOf("outputs[i].results.output")
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-d '{
"inputs": [{}],
"options": {}
}'
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/business-rules/expressionset/:expressionSetAPIName
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Expression Set Invocation",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"inputs\": [{}],\n \"options\": {}\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/business-rules/expressionset/:expressionSetAPIName",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"data",
"v{{version}}",
"connect",
"business-rules",
"expressionset",
":expressionSetAPIName"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "expressionSetAPIName",
"value": "",
"description": "The API name of an expression set is unique within your Salesforce instance."
}
]
},
"description": "[https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.246.0.industries_reference.meta/industries_reference/connect_resources_bre_expression_set.htm](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.246.0.industries_reference.meta/industries_reference/connect_resources_bre_expression_set.htm)\n\n**WATCH OUT**: path **expressionSet** has no dash [gjeffcock@salesforce.com](https://gjeffcock@salesforce.com)\n\n# Expression Set Invocation (POST)\n\nInvokes expression sets in Business Rule Engine.Resource\n\n```\n/connect/business-rules/expressionSet/${expressionSetName}\n\n ```\n\nResource Example\n\n```\nhttps://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/vXX.X/connect\n/business-rules/expressionSet/${expressionSetName}\n\n ```\n\nAvailable version\n\n55.0\n\nRequires Chatter\n\nNo\n\nHTTP methods\n\nPOST\n\nRequest body for POST\n\nJSON example 1\n\n```\n{\n \"inputs\": [\n {\n \"age\": \"25\",\n \"state\": \"CA\"\n \"PatientId\":\"001xx000003GYjnAAG\"\n }\n \n ],\n \"options\": {\n \"effectiveDate\": \"2022-12-03T10:15:30Z\",\n \"useDatesOnly\": \"true\"\n }\n}\n\n ```\n\nJSON example 2\n\n```\n{\n \"inputs\": [\n {\n \"age\": \"25\",\n \"state\": \"CA\"\n \"PatientId\":\"001xx000003GYjnAAG\"\n \"__actionContextCode\":\"001xx000003GYjnAAG\" }\n \n ],\n \"options\": {\n \"effectiveDate\": \"2022-12-03T10:15:30Z\",\n \"useDatesOnly\": \"true\"\n }\n}\n\n ```\n\nNote\n\nYou can use more than one actionContextCode for multiple sets of inputs, passed in a single API call.\n\nProperties\n\n| Name | Type | Description | Required or Optional | Available Version |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| inputs | Map\\[\\] | List of inputs passed to an expression set. An input may contain multiple variables.<br><br>Note<br><br>If the expression set uses a field alias as a variable, append Id to the object alias to which the field alias belongs, and pass the ID of the source object linked to the object alias. | Required | 55.0 |\n| options | [Expression Set Options Input](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.industries_reference.meta/industries_reference/connect_requests_options.htm) | The options for executing an expression set. | Optional | 55.0 |\n\nResponse body for POST\n\n[Business Rules Result](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.industries_reference.meta/industries_reference/connect_responses_business_rules_result.htm)"
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Status500-EmptyBodyButRecordExists",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/business-rules/expressionset/:expressionSetAPIName",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"data",
"v{{version}}",
"connect",
"business-rules",
"expressionset",
":expressionSetAPIName"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "expressionSetAPIName",
"value": "myExpressionSet",
"description": "The API name of an expression set is unique within your Salesforce instance."
}
]
}
},
"status": "Server Error",
"code": 500,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:48:43 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": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "[\n {\n \"message\": \"An unexpected error occurred. Please include this ErrorId if you contact support: 597330588-4312 (-1669188241)\",\n \"errorCode\": \"UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION\"\n }\n]"
},
{
"name": "Status400-InvalidExpressionSetName",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"inputs\": [{}],\n \"options\": {}\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/business-rules/expressionset/:expressionSetAPIName",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"data",
"v{{version}}",
"connect",
"business-rules",
"expressionset",
":expressionSetAPIName"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "expressionSetAPIName",
"value": "blah blah",
"description": "The API name of an expression set is unique within your Salesforce instance."
}
]
}
},
"status": "Bad Request",
"code": 400,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:03:38 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": "Transfer-Encoding",
"value": "chunked"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "[\n {\n \"errorCode\": \"INVALID_INPUT\",\n \"message\": \"Specify a valid expressionSetName and try again.\"\n }\n]"
},
{
"name": "Status201-Success",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"inputs\": [{}],\n \"options\": {}\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/connect/business-rules/expressionset/:expressionSetAPIName",
"host": [
"{{_endpoint}}"
],
"path": [
"services",
"data",
"v{{version}}",
"connect",
"business-rules",
"expressionset",
":expressionSetAPIName"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "expressionSetAPIName",
"value": "myExpressionSet",
"description": "The API name of an expression set is unique within your Salesforce instance."
}
]
}
},
"status": "Created",
"code": 201,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:05:45 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 \"aggregationResults\": {\n \"results\": {}\n },\n \"executionId\": \"33045b23-8970-4fbe-a80c-8f4302592566\",\n \"outputs\": [\n {\n \"results\": {\n \"output\": 1\n }\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
