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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("POST","https://example.zendesk.com/api/v2/users/:user_id/password")
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


outFile.Close

Curl Command

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

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Set a User's Password",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/users/:user_id/password",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "api",
        "v2",
        "users",
        ":user_id",
        "password"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "user_id",
          "value": "<integer>"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "An admin can set a user's password only if the setting is enabled in Zendesk Support under **Settings** > **Security** > **Global**. The setting is off by default. Only the account owner can access and change this setting.\n\n#### Allowed For\n\n* Admins\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Success description",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Basic <credentials>"
          }
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/v2/users/:user_id/password",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "api",
            "v2",
            "users",
            ":user_id",
            "password"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "user_id"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}