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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")

http.BasicAuth = 1
http.Login = "login"
http.Password = "password"

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/macros/definitions",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' 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 = http.LastStatus
outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' {
'   "definitions": {
'     "type": "object",
'     "properties": {
'       "actions": {
'         "type": "array",
'         "items": {
'           "type": "object",
'           "additionalProperties": true,
'           "properties": {}
'         },
'         "maxItems": 2
'       }
'     }
'   }
' }

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

v_Type = jResp.StringOf("definitions.type")
ActionsType = jResp.StringOf("definitions.properties.actions.type")
ItemsType = jResp.StringOf("definitions.properties.actions.items.type")
AdditionalProperties = jResp.BoolOf("definitions.properties.actions.items.additionalProperties")
MaxItems = jResp.IntOf("definitions.properties.actions.maxItems")

outFile.Close

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -X GET
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/macros/definitions

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "List Macro Action Definitions",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/macros/definitions",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "macros",
        "definitions"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns the definitions of the actions a macro can perform. For example,\none action can set the status of a ticket. The definition of the action\nincludes a title (\"Status\"), a type (\"list\"), and possible values. For a\nlist of support actions, see [Actions reference](/documentation/ticketing/reference-guides/actions-reference).\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/macros/definitions",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "macros",
            "definitions"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"definitions\": {\n    \"type\": \"object\",\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"actions\": {\n        \"type\": \"array\",\n        \"items\": {\n          \"type\": \"object\",\n          \"additionalProperties\": true,\n          \"properties\": {}\n        },\n        \"maxItems\": 2\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}