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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.BasicAuth = True
http.Login = "login"
http.Password = "password"

Dim queryParams As New Chilkat.JsonObject
queryParams.UpdateString("ids","<string>")

http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json")


Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/views/count_many",queryParams)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")

    Exit Sub
End If



' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "view_counts": [
'     {
'       "active": "<boolean>",
'       "fresh": "<boolean>",
'       "pretty": "<string>",
'       "url": "<string>",
'       "value": "<integer>",
'       "view_id": "<integer>"
'     },
'     {
'       "active": "<boolean>",
'       "fresh": "<boolean>",
'       "pretty": "<string>",
'       "url": "<string>",
'       "value": "<integer>",
'       "view_id": "<integer>"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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



Dim active As String
Dim fresh As String
Dim pretty As String
Dim url As String
Dim value As String
Dim view_id As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("view_counts")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    active = jResp.StringOf("view_counts[i].active")
    fresh = jResp.StringOf("view_counts[i].fresh")
    pretty = jResp.StringOf("view_counts[i].pretty")
    url = jResp.StringOf("view_counts[i].url")
    value = jResp.StringOf("view_counts[i].value")
    view_id = jResp.StringOf("view_counts[i].view_id")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -G -d "ids=%3Cstring%3E"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/views/count_many

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Count Tickets in Views",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/views/count_many?ids=<string>",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "views",
        "count_many"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "ids",
          "value": "<string>",
          "description": "(Required) List of view's ids separated by commas."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns the ticket count of each view in a list of views. Accepts up to 20 view ids per request. For the ticket count of a single view, see [Count Tickets in View](#count-tickets-in-view).\n\nOnly returns values for personal and shared views accessible to the user performing the request.\n\nThis endpoint is rate limited to 6 requests every 5 minutes.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/views/count_many?ids=<string>",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "views",
            "count_many"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "ids",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "(Required) List of view's ids separated by commas."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"view_counts\": [\n    {\n      \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n      \"fresh\": \"<boolean>\",\n      \"pretty\": \"<string>\",\n      \"url\": \"<string>\",\n      \"value\": \"<integer>\",\n      \"view_id\": \"<integer>\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n      \"fresh\": \"<boolean>\",\n      \"pretty\": \"<string>\",\n      \"url\": \"<string>\",\n      \"value\": \"<integer>\",\n      \"view_id\": \"<integer>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}