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VB.NET / Postman API / All Collections

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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

http.SetRequestHeader("X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}")

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.getpostman.com/collections",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)

' {
'   "collections": [
'     {
'       "id": "dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7",
'       "name": "Cloud API",
'       "owner": "631643",
'       "uid": "631643-dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7"
'     },
'     {
'       "id": "f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3",
'       "name": "Sample Collection",
'       "owner": "631643",
'       "uid": "631643-f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3"
'     },
'     {
'       "id": "f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65",
'       "name": "Postman Echo",
'       "owner": "631643",
'       "uid": "631643-f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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



Dim id As String
Dim name As String
Dim owner As String
Dim uid As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("collections")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    id = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].id")
    name = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].name")
    owner = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].owner")
    uid = jResp.StringOf("collections[i].uid")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
https://api.getpostman.com/collections

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "All Collections",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "type": "text/javascript",
        "exec": [
          "pm.test(\"response is ok\", function () {",
          "    pm.response.to.have.status(200);",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"response json data should not have errors\", function () {",
          "    pm.response.to.have.jsonBody();",
          "    pm.response.to.not.have.jsonBody('error');",
          "});",
          "",
          "pm.test(\"response json should contain collections\", function () {",
          "    pm.expect(pm.response.json()).to.have.property('collections').and.be.an('array');",
          "});",
          "",
          "// additional tests to ensure that the relevant environment variables are present",
          "pm.test('\"postman_api_key\" variable should be present', function () {",
          "    pm.expect(pm.variables.get('postman_api_key')).to.be.a('string');",
          "});"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "getpostman",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "collections"
      ]
    },
    "description": "The `/collections` endpoint returns a list of all [collections](https://www.getpostman.com/docs/collections) that are accessible by you. The list includes your own collections and the collections that you have subscribed to.\n\nThe response contains an array of collection information containing the `name`, `id`, `owner` and `uid` of each collection.\n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header or `apikey` URL query parameter."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Valid Response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "getpostman",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "collections"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json",
          "description": {
            "content": "",
            "type": "text/plain"
          }
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"collections\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": \"dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7\",\n            \"name\": \"Cloud API\",\n            \"owner\": \"631643\",\n            \"uid\": \"631643-dac5eac9-148d-a32e-b76b-3edee9da28f7\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": \"f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3\",\n            \"name\": \"Sample Collection\",\n            \"owner\": \"631643\",\n            \"uid\": \"631643-f2e66c2e-5297-e4a5-739e-20cbb90900e3\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": \"f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65\",\n            \"name\": \"Postman Echo\",\n            \"owner\": \"631643\",\n            \"uid\": \"631643-f695cab7-6878-eb55-7943-ad88e1ccfd65\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}