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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/records/:RECORD_ID/child-relationships/:RELATIONSHIP_NAME",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)

' {
'   "count": 1,
'   "currentPageToken": "1;5;001B000000UnQ2wIAF;Contacts;Contact.Id,Contact.Name;",
'   "currentPageUrl": "/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/records/001B000000UnQ2wIAF/child-relationships/Contacts?fields=Contact.Id%2CContact.Name&page=1&pageSize=5",
'   "nextPageToken": null,
'   "nextPageUrl": null,
'   "previousPageToken": null,
'   "previousPageUrl": null,
'   "records": [
'     {
'       "apiName": "Contact",
'       "childRelationships": {},
'       "eTag": "c3d33add9008aed557a1efa68173aa9b",
'       "fields": {
'         "AccountId": {
'           "displayValue": null,
'           "value": "001B000000UnQ2wIAF"
'         },
'         "Id": {
'           "displayValue": null,
'           "value": "003B00000097MToIAM"
'         },
'         "Name": {
'           "displayValue": null,
'           "value": "Jack Rogers"
'         }
'       },
'       "id": "003B00000097MToIAM",
'       "lastModifiedById": "005B0000003TOI6IAO",
'       "lastModifiedDate": "2017-08-18T14:46:22.000Z",
'       "recordTypeId": "012000000000000AAA",
'       "recordTypeInfo": null,
'       "systemModstamp": "2017-08-18T14:46:22.000Z",
'       "weakEtag": 1503067582000
'     }
'   ]
' }

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



Dim apiName As String
Dim eTag As String
Dim DisplayValue As String
Dim Value As String
Dim IdDisplayValue As String
Dim IdValue As String
Dim NameDisplayValue As String
Dim NameValue As String
Dim id As String
Dim lastModifiedById As String
Dim lastModifiedDate As String
Dim recordTypeId As String
Dim recordTypeInfo As String
Dim systemModstamp As String
Dim weakEtag As Integer

Dim count As Integer = jResp.IntOf("count")
Dim currentPageToken As String = jResp.StringOf("currentPageToken")
Dim currentPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("currentPageUrl")
Dim nextPageToken As String = jResp.StringOf("nextPageToken")
Dim nextPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("nextPageUrl")
Dim previousPageToken As String = jResp.StringOf("previousPageToken")
Dim previousPageUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("previousPageUrl")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("records")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    apiName = jResp.StringOf("records[i].apiName")
    eTag = jResp.StringOf("records[i].eTag")
    DisplayValue = jResp.StringOf("records[i].fields.AccountId.displayValue")
    Value = jResp.StringOf("records[i].fields.AccountId.value")
    IdDisplayValue = jResp.StringOf("records[i].fields.Id.displayValue")
    IdValue = jResp.StringOf("records[i].fields.Id.value")
    NameDisplayValue = jResp.StringOf("records[i].fields.Name.displayValue")
    NameValue = jResp.StringOf("records[i].fields.Name.value")
    id = jResp.StringOf("records[i].id")
    lastModifiedById = jResp.StringOf("records[i].lastModifiedById")
    lastModifiedDate = jResp.StringOf("records[i].lastModifiedDate")
    recordTypeId = jResp.StringOf("records[i].recordTypeId")
    recordTypeInfo = jResp.StringOf("records[i].recordTypeInfo")
    systemModstamp = jResp.StringOf("records[i].systemModstamp")
    weakEtag = jResp.IntOf("records[i].weakEtag")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get Child Records",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/records/:RECORD_ID/child-relationships/:RELATIONSHIP_NAME\n",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "records",
        ":RECORD_ID",
        "child-relationships",
        ":RELATIONSHIP_NAME\n"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "fields",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Specifies the fields to return. If this property is specified, the response is a union of fields and optionalFields.\nIf the context user doesn’t have access to a field, an error is returned.\n\nIf you’re not sure whether the context user has access to a field and you don’t want the request to fail if they don’t, use the optionalFields parameter.\n\nSpecify names in the format ObjectApiName.FieldName. You can get any field that has a named relationship to this record. There is no limit to the number of fields you can specify.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "optionalFields",
          "value": "",
          "description": "A collection of optional field names. If a field is accessible to the context user, it’s included in the response. If a field isn’t accessible to the context user, it isn’t included in the response, but it doesn’t cause an error.\nSpecify names in the format ObjectApiName.FieldName. You can get any field that has a named relationship to this record. There is no limit to the number of fields you can specify.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "page",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The page offset from which to begin returning records. The default value is 0, which returns records from the first page. For example, for page=2 and pageSize=10, the first record returned is the 21st record in the list.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "pageSize",
          "value": "",
          "description": "The maximum number of child records to return on a page. The default value is 5.",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "pageToken",
          "value": "",
          "description": "A token that represents the page offset.",
          "disabled": true
        }
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "RECORD_ID",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Record ID"
        },
        {
          "key": "RELATIONSHIP_NAME\n",
          "value": "",
          "description": "API name of the relationship"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Get child records for a specified record and child relationship name. Relationships are connections between records. On a record detail page, each record in a related list has a child relationship to the parent record."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get Child Records",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/records/:RECORD_ID/child-relationships/:RELATIONSHIP_NAME\n",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "records",
            ":RECORD_ID",
            "child-relationships",
            ":RELATIONSHIP_NAME\n"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "fields",
              "value": "",
              "description": "Specifies the fields to return. If this property is specified, the response is a union of fields and optionalFields.\nIf the context user doesn’t have access to a field, an error is returned.\n\nIf you’re not sure whether the context user has access to a field and you don’t want the request to fail if they don’t, use the optionalFields parameter.\n\nSpecify names in the format ObjectApiName.FieldName. You can get any field that has a named relationship to this record. There is no limit to the number of fields you can specify.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "optionalFields",
              "value": "",
              "description": "A collection of optional field names. If a field is accessible to the context user, it’s included in the response. If a field isn’t accessible to the context user, it isn’t included in the response, but it doesn’t cause an error.\nSpecify names in the format ObjectApiName.FieldName. You can get any field that has a named relationship to this record. There is no limit to the number of fields you can specify.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "page",
              "value": "",
              "description": "The page offset from which to begin returning records. The default value is 0, which returns records from the first page. For example, for page=2 and pageSize=10, the first record returned is the 21st record in the list.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "pageSize",
              "value": "",
              "description": "The maximum number of child records to return on a page. The default value is 5.",
              "disabled": true
            },
            {
              "key": "pageToken",
              "value": "",
              "description": "A token that represents the page offset.",
              "disabled": true
            }
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "RECORD_ID",
              "value": "001B000000UnQ2wIAF",
              "description": "Record ID"
            },
            {
              "key": "RELATIONSHIP_NAME\n",
              "value": "Contacts",
              "description": "API name of the relationship"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:57:35 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    \"count\": 1,\n    \"currentPageToken\": \"1;5;001B000000UnQ2wIAF;Contacts;Contact.Id,Contact.Name;\",\n    \"currentPageUrl\": \"/services/data/v58.0/ui-api/records/001B000000UnQ2wIAF/child-relationships/Contacts?fields=Contact.Id%2CContact.Name&page=1&pageSize=5\",\n    \"nextPageToken\": null,\n    \"nextPageUrl\": null,\n    \"previousPageToken\": null,\n    \"previousPageUrl\": null,\n    \"records\": [\n        {\n            \"apiName\": \"Contact\",\n            \"childRelationships\": {},\n            \"eTag\": \"c3d33add9008aed557a1efa68173aa9b\",\n            \"fields\": {\n                \"AccountId\": {\n                    \"displayValue\": null,\n                    \"value\": \"001B000000UnQ2wIAF\"\n                },\n                \"Id\": {\n                    \"displayValue\": null,\n                    \"value\": \"003B00000097MToIAM\"\n                },\n                \"Name\": {\n                    \"displayValue\": null,\n                    \"value\": \"Jack Rogers\"\n                }\n            },\n            \"id\": \"003B00000097MToIAM\",\n            \"lastModifiedById\": \"005B0000003TOI6IAO\",\n            \"lastModifiedDate\": \"2017-08-18T14:46:22.000Z\",\n            \"recordTypeId\": \"012000000000000AAA\",\n            \"recordTypeInfo\": null,\n            \"systemModstamp\": \"2017-08-18T14:46:22.000Z\",\n            \"weakEtag\": 1503067582000\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}