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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"

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

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/views/preview/count")
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_count": {
'     "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 = jResp.StringOf("view_count.active")
Dim Fresh As String = jResp.StringOf("view_count.fresh")
Dim Pretty As String = jResp.StringOf("view_count.pretty")
Dim v_Url As String = jResp.StringOf("view_count.url")
Dim Value As String = jResp.StringOf("view_count.value")
Dim View_id As String = jResp.StringOf("view_count.view_id")

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -X POST
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/views/preview/count

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Preview Ticket Count",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/views/preview/count",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "views",
        "preview",
        "count"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns the ticket count for a single preview.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Agents\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/views/preview/count",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "views",
            "preview",
            "count"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"view_count\": {\n    \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"fresh\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"pretty\": \"<string>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\",\n    \"value\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"view_id\": \"<integer>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}