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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set queryParams = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = queryParams.UpdateInt("from",-62147425)

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

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/hosts/totals",queryParams)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

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

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

    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' {
'   "total_active": 70097963,
'   "total_up": 11529364
' }

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

total_active = jResp.IntOf("total_active")
total_up = jResp.IntOf("total_up")

outFile.Close

Curl Command

curl -G -d "from=-62147425"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://api.app.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/hosts/totals

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get the total number of active hosts",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/hosts/totals?from=-62147425",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v1",
        "hosts",
        "totals"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "from",
          "value": "-62147425",
          "description": "Number of seconds from which you want to get total number of active hosts."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "This endpoint returns the total number of active and up hosts in your Datadog account.\nActive means the host has reported in the past hour, and up means it has reported in the past two hours."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "OK",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/hosts/totals?from=-62147425",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "hosts",
            "totals"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "from",
              "value": "-62147425",
              "description": "Number of seconds from which you want to get total number of active hosts."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"total_active\": 70097963,\n  \"total_up\": 11529364\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Invalid Parameter Error",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/hosts/totals?from=-62147425",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "hosts",
            "totals"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "from",
              "value": "-62147425",
              "description": "Number of seconds from which you want to get total number of active hosts."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"errors\": [\n    \"Bad Request\",\n    \"Bad Request\"\n  ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Forbidden",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/hosts/totals?from=-62147425",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "hosts",
            "totals"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "from",
              "value": "-62147425",
              "description": "Number of seconds from which you want to get total number of active hosts."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Forbidden",
      "code": 403,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"errors\": [\n    \"Bad Request\",\n    \"Bad Request\"\n  ]\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Too many requests",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "DD-API-KEY",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/hosts/totals?from=-62147425",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v1",
            "hosts",
            "totals"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "from",
              "value": "-62147425",
              "description": "Number of seconds from which you want to get total number of active hosts."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Too Many Requests",
      "code": 429,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"errors\": [\n    \"Bad Request\",\n    \"Bad Request\"\n  ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}