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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"

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set queryParams = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("role","end-user")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("role[]","<string>")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("permission_set","<integer>")

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

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/users/count",queryParams)
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)

' {
'   "count": {
'     "refreshed_at": "<string>",
'     "value": "<integer>"
'   }
' }

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

Refreshed_at = jResp.StringOf("count.refreshed_at")
Value = jResp.StringOf("count.value")

outFile.Close

Curl Command

curl  -u login:password -G -d "role=end-user"
	-d "role[]=%3Cstring%3E"
	-d "permission_set=%3Cinteger%3E"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/users/count

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Count Users",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/users/count?role=end-user&role[]=<string>&permission_set=<integer>",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "users",
        "count"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "role",
          "value": "end-user",
          "description": "Filters the results by role. Possible values are \"end-user\", \"agent\", or \"admin\"\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "role[]",
          "value": "<string>",
          "description": "Filters the results by more than one role using the format `role[]={role}&role[]={role}`\n"
        },
        {
          "key": "permission_set",
          "value": "<integer>",
          "description": "For custom roles which is available on the Enterprise plan and above. You can only filter by one role ID per request"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns an approximate count of users. If the count exceeds 100,000, it is updated every 24 hours.\n\nThe response includes a `refreshed_at` property in a `count` object that contains a timestamp indicating when the count was last updated.\n\n**Note**: When the count exceeds 100,000, the `refreshed_at` property may occasionally be null.\nThis indicates that the count is being updated in the background. The `count` object's `value` property is limited to 100,000 until the update is complete.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins, Agents and Light 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/users/count?role=end-user&role[]=<string>&permission_set=<integer>",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "users",
            "count"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "role",
              "value": "end-user",
              "description": "Filters the results by role. Possible values are \"end-user\", \"agent\", or \"admin\"\n"
            },
            {
              "key": "role[]",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "Filters the results by more than one role using the format `role[]={role}&role[]={role}`\n"
            },
            {
              "key": "permission_set",
              "value": "<integer>",
              "description": "For custom roles which is available on the Enterprise plan and above. You can only filter by one role ID per request"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"count\": {\n    \"refreshed_at\": \"<string>\",\n    \"value\": \"<integer>\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ]
}