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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"

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("DELETE","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/resource_collections/:resource_collection_id")
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)

' {
'   "job_status": {
'     "id": "<string>",
'     "message": "<string>",
'     "progress": "<integer>",
'     "results": [
'       {
'         "id": "<integer>",
'         "index": "<integer>"
'       },
'       {
'         "id": "<integer>",
'         "index": "<integer>"
'       }
'     ],
'     "status": "<string>",
'     "total": "<integer>",
'     "url": "<string>"
'   }
' }

' 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("job_status.id")
Message = jResp.StringOf("job_status.message")
Progress = jResp.StringOf("job_status.progress")
Status = jResp.StringOf("job_status.status")
Total = jResp.StringOf("job_status.total")
v_Url = jResp.StringOf("job_status.url")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("job_status.results")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    id = jResp.StringOf("job_status.results[i].id")
    index = jResp.StringOf("job_status.results[i].index")
    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.Close

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Delete Resource Collection",
  "request": {
    "method": "DELETE",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/resource_collections/:resource_collection_id",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "resource_collections",
        ":resource_collection_id"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "resource_collection_id",
          "value": "<integer>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Deletes a specified resource collection.\n\nThe response includes a [job\nstatus](/api-reference/ticketing/ticket-management/job_statuses/) for deletion of the collection's resources.\n\n#### Allowed for\n\n* Admins\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "DELETE",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/resource_collections/:resource_collection_id",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "resource_collections",
            ":resource_collection_id"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "resource_collection_id"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"job_status\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"message\": \"<string>\",\n    \"progress\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"results\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"index\": \"<integer>\"\n      },\n      {\n        \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n        \"index\": \"<integer>\"\n      }\n    ],\n    \"status\": \"<string>\",\n    \"total\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"url\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}