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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")

' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "compartmentId": "{{compartment_ocid}}",
'   "definedTags": {},
'   "displayName": "aute ex",
'   "freeformTags": {},
'   "source": "NONE"
' }

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("compartmentId","{{compartment_ocid}}")
success = json.UpdateNewObject("definedTags")
success = json.UpdateString("displayName","aute ex")
success = json.UpdateNewObject("freeformTags")
success = json.UpdateString("source","NONE")

http.SetRequestHeader "opc-retry-token","aliqua enim i"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
http.SetRequestHeader "x-content-sha256","{{content_sha256}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Authorization","{{signature}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Date","{{date}}"

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://iaas.{{region}}.oraclecloud.com/20160918/instanceConfigurations","application/json",json)
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)

' {
'   "id": "commodo voluptate elit velit",
'   "compartmentId": "reprehenderit aute sit",
'   "timeCreated": "1949-04-02T09:18:16.268Z",
'   "deferredFields": [
'     "tempor anim fugiat in ullamco",
'     "qui dolor"
'   ],
'   "definedTags": {},
'   "displayName": "cupidatat dolor pariatur anim",
'   "freeformTags": {},
'   "instanceDetails": {
'     "instanceType": {
'       "value": "<Error: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema>"
'     }
'   }
' }

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

id = jResp.StringOf("id")
compartmentId = jResp.StringOf("compartmentId")
timeCreated = jResp.StringOf("timeCreated")
displayName = jResp.StringOf("displayName")
Value = jResp.StringOf("instanceDetails.instanceType.value")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("deferredFields")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    strVal = jResp.StringOf("deferredFields[i]")
    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.Close

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "opc-retry-token: aliqua enim i"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-H "Date: {{date}}"
	-H "Authorization: {{signature}}"
	-H "x-content-sha256: {{content_sha256}}"
	-d '{
    "compartmentId": "{{compartment_ocid}}",
    "definedTags": {},
    "displayName": "aute ex",
    "freeformTags": {},
    "source": "NONE"
}'
https://iaas.{{region}}.oraclecloud.com/20160918/instanceConfigurations

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "CreateInstanceConfiguration",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
        "key": "opc-retry-token",
        "value": "aliqua enim i"
      },
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json"
      },
      {
        "key": "Date",
        "value": "{{date}}",
        "description": "(Required) Current Date",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "key": "Authorization",
        "value": "{{signature}}",
        "description": "(Required) Signature Authentication on Authorization header",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "key": "x-content-sha256",
        "value": "{{content_sha256}}",
        "description": "(Required) Content sha256 for POST, PUT and PATCH operations",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"{{compartment_ocid}}\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "instanceConfigurations"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Creates an instance configuration. An instance configuration is a template that defines the\nsettings to use when creating Compute instances.\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "The instance configuration.",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "etag",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "For optimistic concurrency control. See `if-match`.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"id\": \"commodo voluptate elit velit\",\n \"compartmentId\": \"reprehenderit aute sit\",\n \"timeCreated\": \"1949-04-02T09:18:16.268Z\",\n \"deferredFields\": [\n  \"tempor anim fugiat in ullamco\",\n  \"qui dolor\"\n ],\n \"definedTags\": {},\n \"displayName\": \"cupidatat dolor pariatur anim\",\n \"freeformTags\": {},\n \"instanceDetails\": {\n  \"instanceType\": {\n   \"value\": \"<Error: Too many levels of nesting to fake this schema>\"\n  }\n }\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bad Request",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"code\": \"et exercitation Excepteur\",\n \"message\": \"irure sit\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Unauthorized",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"code\": \"et exercitation Excepteur\",\n \"message\": \"irure sit\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Not Found",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Not Found",
      "code": 404,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"code\": \"et exercitation Excepteur\",\n \"message\": \"irure sit\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Conflict",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Conflict",
      "code": 409,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"code\": \"et exercitation Excepteur\",\n \"message\": \"irure sit\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Internal Server Error",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Internal Server Error",
      "code": 500,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"code\": \"et exercitation Excepteur\",\n \"message\": \"irure sit\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "An error has occurred.",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "A token that uniquely identifies a request so it can be retried in case of a timeout or\nserver error without risk of executing that same action again. Retry tokens expire after 24\nhours, but can be invalidated before then due to conflicting operations (for example, if a resource\nhas been deleted and purged from the system, then a retry of the original creation request\nmay be rejected).\n",
            "key": "opc-retry-token",
            "value": "aliqua enim i"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"compartmentId\": \"commodo exercitation ut\",\n    \"definedTags\": {},\n    \"displayName\": \"aute ex\",\n    \"freeformTags\": {},\n    \"source\": \"NONE\"\n}"
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/instanceConfigurations",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "instanceConfigurations"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Internal Server Error",
      "code": 500,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "opc-request-id",
          "value": "officia sed",
          "description": "Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact\nOracle about a particular request, please provide the request ID.\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"code\": \"et exercitation Excepteur\",\n \"message\": \"irure sit\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}