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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

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

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")

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

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

' resp is a Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/groups")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.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)

' {
'   "group": {
'     "name": "<string>",
'     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
'     "default": "<boolean>",
'     "deleted": "<boolean>",
'     "description": "<string>",
'     "id": "<integer>",
'     "is_public": "<boolean>",
'     "updated_at": "<dateTime>",
'     "url": "<string>"
'   }
' }

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

Name = jResp.StringOf("group.name")
Created_at = jResp.StringOf("group.created_at")
Default = jResp.StringOf("group.default")
Deleted = jResp.StringOf("group.deleted")
Description = jResp.StringOf("group.description")
Id = jResp.StringOf("group.id")
Is_public = jResp.StringOf("group.is_public")
Updated_at = jResp.StringOf("group.updated_at")
v_Url = jResp.StringOf("group.url")

outFile.Close

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create Group",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/groups",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "groups"
      ]
    },
    "description": "#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins\n* Agents assigned to a custom role with permissions to manage groups (Enterprise only)\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Created response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/groups",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "groups"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"group\": {\n    \"name\": \"<string>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"default\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"deleted\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"description\": \"<string>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"is_public\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"updated_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}