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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("PUT","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/targets/:target_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)

' {
'   "target": {
'     "project_id": "<string>",
'     "resource": "<string>",
'     "target_url": "<string>",
'     "title": "<string>",
'     "token": "<string>",
'     "type": "<string>",
'     "active": "<boolean>",
'     "created_at": "<dateTime>",
'     "id": "<integer>",
'     "message_id": "<string>",
'     "password": "<string>",
'     "todo_list_id": "<string>",
'     "username": "<string>"
'   }
' }

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

Project_id = jResp.StringOf("target.project_id")
Resource = jResp.StringOf("target.resource")
Target_url = jResp.StringOf("target.target_url")
Title = jResp.StringOf("target.title")
Token = jResp.StringOf("target.token")
v_Type = jResp.StringOf("target.type")
Active = jResp.StringOf("target.active")
Created_at = jResp.StringOf("target.created_at")
Id = jResp.StringOf("target.id")
Message_id = jResp.StringOf("target.message_id")
Password = jResp.StringOf("target.password")
Todo_list_id = jResp.StringOf("target.todo_list_id")
Username = jResp.StringOf("target.username")

outFile.Close

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Update Target",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/targets/:target_id",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "targets",
        ":target_id"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "target_id",
          "value": "<integer>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "#### Allowed For\n* Admins\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success response",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/targets/:target_id",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "targets",
            ":target_id"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "target_id"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"target\": {\n    \"project_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"resource\": \"<string>\",\n    \"target_url\": \"<string>\",\n    \"title\": \"<string>\",\n    \"token\": \"<string>\",\n    \"type\": \"<string>\",\n    \"active\": \"<boolean>\",\n    \"created_at\": \"<dateTime>\",\n    \"id\": \"<integer>\",\n    \"message_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"password\": \"<string>\",\n    \"todo_list_id\": \"<string>\",\n    \"username\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}