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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/:FAVORITE_ID",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)

' {
'   "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 = jResp.IntOf("accessCount")
Dim iconColor As String = jResp.StringOf("iconColor")
Dim iconUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("iconUrl")
Dim id As String = jResp.StringOf("id")
Dim lastAccessDate As String = jResp.StringOf("lastAccessDate")
Dim name As String = jResp.StringOf("name")
Dim objectType As String = jResp.StringOf("objectType")
Dim sortOrder As Integer = jResp.IntOf("sortOrder")
Dim subtitle As String = jResp.StringOf("subtitle")
Dim target As String = jResp.StringOf("target")
Dim targetType As String = jResp.StringOf("targetType")

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get a Favorite",
  "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/:FAVORITE_ID",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "favorites",
        ":FAVORITE_ID"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "FAVORITE_ID",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The ID of a favorite"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Get a favorite."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get a Favorite",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/favorites/:FAVORITE_ID",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "favorites",
            ":FAVORITE_ID"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "FAVORITE_ID",
              "value": "0MV4H0000004qIeWAI",
              "description": "The ID of a favorite"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:04:41 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    \"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}"
    }
  ]
}