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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/favorites",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)

' {
'   "favorites": [
'     {
'       "accessCount": 1,
'       "iconColor": "5867E8",
'       "iconUrl": "https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/img/icon/t4v35/standard/account_120.png",
'       "id": "0MV4H0000004qIeWAI",
'       "lastAccessDate": "2023-10-06T10:03:32.000Z",
'       "name": "AllAccountsListView",
'       "objectType": "Account",
'       "sortOrder": 1,
'       "subtitle": "Accounts",
'       "target": "00B58000002ssinEAA",
'       "targetType": "ListView"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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



Dim accessCount As Integer
Dim iconColor As String
Dim iconUrl As String
Dim id As String
Dim lastAccessDate As String
Dim name As String
Dim objectType As String
Dim sortOrder As Integer
Dim subtitle As String
Dim target As String
Dim targetType As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("favorites")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    accessCount = jResp.IntOf("favorites[i].accessCount")
    iconColor = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].iconColor")
    iconUrl = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].iconUrl")
    id = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].id")
    lastAccessDate = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].lastAccessDate")
    name = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].name")
    objectType = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].objectType")
    sortOrder = jResp.IntOf("favorites[i].sortOrder")
    subtitle = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].subtitle")
    target = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].target")
    targetType = jResp.StringOf("favorites[i].targetType")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get Favorites",
  "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/favorites",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "favorites"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Get all of a user’s favorites."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get Favorites",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/favorites",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "favorites"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:03:55 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": "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    \"favorites\": [\n        {\n            \"accessCount\": 1,\n            \"iconColor\": \"5867E8\",\n            \"iconUrl\": \"https://pozil-dev-ed.my.salesforce.com/img/icon/t4v35/standard/account_120.png\",\n            \"id\": \"0MV4H0000004qIeWAI\",\n            \"lastAccessDate\": \"2023-10-06T10:03:32.000Z\",\n            \"name\": \"AllAccountsListView\",\n            \"objectType\": \"Account\",\n            \"sortOrder\": 1,\n            \"subtitle\": \"Accounts\",\n            \"target\": \"00B58000002ssinEAA\",\n            \"targetType\": \"ListView\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}