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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}}/ui-api/nav-items",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)

' {
'   "currentPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=1&pageSize=5",
'   "eTag": "425dfe9232c5bd0e9c6e4b94771c91b8",
'   "navItems": [
'     {
'       "availableInClassic": true,
'       "availableInLightning": true,
'       "color": null,
'       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/4nK/o",
'       "custom": false,
'       "developerName": "standard-AssetStatePeriod",
'       "iconUrl": null,
'       "id": null,
'       "itemType": "Entity",
'       "label": "Asset State Periods",
'       "objectApiName": "AssetStatePeriod",
'       "objectLabel": "Asset State Period",
'       "objectLabelPlural": "Asset State Periods",
'       "pageReference": {
'         "attributes": {
'           "objectApiName": "AssetStatePeriod",
'           "actionName": "home"
'         },
'         "state": {},
'         "type": "standard__objectPage"
'       },
'       "standardType": null
'     },
'     {
'       "availableInClassic": true,
'       "availableInLightning": true,
'       "color": null,
'       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/02i/o",
'       "custom": false,
'       "developerName": "standard-Asset",
'       "iconUrl": null,
'       "id": null,
'       "itemType": "Entity",
'       "label": "Assets",
'       "objectApiName": "Asset",
'       "objectLabel": "Asset",
'       "objectLabelPlural": "Assets",
'       "pageReference": {
'         "attributes": {
'           "objectApiName": "Asset",
'           "actionName": "home"
'         },
'         "state": {},
'         "type": "standard__objectPage"
'       },
'       "standardType": null
'     },
'     {
'       "availableInClassic": true,
'       "availableInLightning": true,
'       "color": null,
'       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cI/o",
'       "custom": false,
'       "developerName": "standard-AuthorizationForm",
'       "iconUrl": null,
'       "id": null,
'       "itemType": "Entity",
'       "label": "Authorization Form",
'       "objectApiName": "AuthorizationForm",
'       "objectLabel": "Authorization Form",
'       "objectLabelPlural": "Authorization Forms",
'       "pageReference": {
'         "attributes": {
'           "objectApiName": "AuthorizationForm",
'           "actionName": "home"
'         },
'         "state": {},
'         "type": "standard__objectPage"
'       },
'       "standardType": null
'     },
'     {
'       "availableInClassic": true,
'       "availableInLightning": true,
'       "color": null,
'       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cK/o",
'       "custom": false,
'       "developerName": "standard-AuthorizationFormConsent",
'       "iconUrl": null,
'       "id": null,
'       "itemType": "Entity",
'       "label": "Authorization Form Consent",
'       "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormConsent",
'       "objectLabel": "Authorization Form Consent",
'       "objectLabelPlural": "Authorization Form Consents",
'       "pageReference": {
'         "attributes": {
'           "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormConsent",
'           "actionName": "home"
'         },
'         "state": {},
'         "type": "standard__objectPage"
'       },
'       "standardType": null
'     },
'     {
'       "availableInClassic": true,
'       "availableInLightning": true,
'       "color": null,
'       "content": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cM/o",
'       "custom": false,
'       "developerName": "standard-AuthorizationFormDataUse",
'       "iconUrl": null,
'       "id": null,
'       "itemType": "Entity",
'       "label": "Authorization Form Data Use",
'       "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormDataUse",
'       "objectLabel": "Authorization Form Data Use",
'       "objectLabelPlural": "Authorization Form Data Uses",
'       "pageReference": {
'         "attributes": {
'           "objectApiName": "AuthorizationFormDataUse",
'           "actionName": "home"
'         },
'         "state": {},
'         "type": "standard__objectPage"
'       },
'       "standardType": null
'     }
'   ],
'   "nextPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=2&pageSize=5"
' }

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



Dim availableInClassic As Boolean
Dim availableInLightning As Boolean
Dim color As String
Dim content As String
Dim custom As Boolean
Dim developerName As String
Dim iconUrl As String
Dim id As String
Dim itemType As String
Dim label As String
Dim objectApiName As String
Dim objectLabel As String
Dim objectLabelPlural As String
Dim ObjectApiName As String
Dim ActionName As String
Dim v_Type As String
Dim standardType As String

Dim currentPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("currentPageUrl")
Dim eTag As String = jResp.StringOf("eTag")
Dim nextPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("nextPageUrl")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("navItems")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    availableInClassic = jResp.BoolOf("navItems[i].availableInClassic")
    availableInLightning = jResp.BoolOf("navItems[i].availableInLightning")
    color = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].color")
    content = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].content")
    custom = jResp.BoolOf("navItems[i].custom")
    developerName = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].developerName")
    iconUrl = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].iconUrl")
    id = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].id")
    itemType = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].itemType")
    label = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].label")
    objectApiName = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].objectApiName")
    objectLabel = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].objectLabel")
    objectLabelPlural = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].objectLabelPlural")
    ObjectApiName = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].pageReference.attributes.objectApiName")
    ActionName = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].pageReference.attributes.actionName")
    v_Type = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].pageReference.type")
    standardType = jResp.StringOf("navItems[i].standardType")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get All Navigation Items",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableBodyPruning": true
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "nav-items"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "formFactor",
          "value": "Small",
          "description": "The form factor for each app that the user has access to (`Large`, `Medium` or `Small`)",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "navItemNames",
          "value": "",
          "description": "A comma delimited list of TabDefinition name values to include in the response.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "page",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The page offset form which to begin returning nav items. The default value is 0, which returns nav items from the first page. For example, for `page=2` and `pageSize=10`, the first nav item returned is the 21st nav item in the list.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "pageSize",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The maximum number of nav items to return on a page. The default value is 25.",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Gets all navigation items (tabs) that the user has access to."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get All Navigation Items",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=1&pageSize=5",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "nav-items"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "formFactor",
              "value": "Small",
              "description": "The form factor for each app that the user has access to (`Large`, `Medium` or `Small`)"
            },
            {
              "key": "navItemNames",
              "value": null,
              "description": "A comma delimited list of TabDefinition name values to include in the response.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "page",
              "value": "1",
              "description": "The page offset form which to begin returning nav items. The default value is 0, which returns nav items from the first page. For example, for `page=2` and `pageSize=10`, the first nav item returned is the 21st nav item in the list."
            },
            {
              "key": "pageSize",
              "value": "5",
              "description": "The maximum number of nav items to return on a page. The default value is 25."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:45:07 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "ETag",
          "value": "\"425dfe9232c5bd0e9c6e4b94771c91b8--gzip\""
        },
        {
          "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    \"currentPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=1&pageSize=5\",\n    \"eTag\": \"425dfe9232c5bd0e9c6e4b94771c91b8\",\n    \"navItems\": [\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/4nK/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AssetStatePeriod\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Asset State Periods\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AssetStatePeriod\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Asset State Period\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Asset State Periods\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AssetStatePeriod\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/02i/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-Asset\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Assets\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"Asset\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Asset\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Assets\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"Asset\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cI/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AuthorizationForm\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Authorization Form\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationForm\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Authorization Form\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Authorization Forms\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationForm\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cK/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AuthorizationFormConsent\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Authorization Form Consent\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormConsent\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Authorization Form Consent\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Authorization Form Consents\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormConsent\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        },\n        {\n            \"availableInClassic\": true,\n            \"availableInLightning\": true,\n            \"color\": null,\n            \"content\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/0cM/o\",\n            \"custom\": false,\n            \"developerName\": \"standard-AuthorizationFormDataUse\",\n            \"iconUrl\": null,\n            \"id\": null,\n            \"itemType\": \"Entity\",\n            \"label\": \"Authorization Form Data Use\",\n            \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormDataUse\",\n            \"objectLabel\": \"Authorization Form Data Use\",\n            \"objectLabelPlural\": \"Authorization Form Data Uses\",\n            \"pageReference\": {\n                \"attributes\": {\n                    \"objectApiName\": \"AuthorizationFormDataUse\",\n                    \"actionName\": \"home\"\n                },\n                \"state\": {},\n                \"type\": \"standard__objectPage\"\n            },\n            \"standardType\": null\n        }\n    ],\n    \"nextPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/nav-items?formFactor=Small&page=2&pageSize=5\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}