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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

http.SetRequestHeader "X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}"

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.getpostman.com/apis/{{apiId}}",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
System.DebugLog(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Int32
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
System.DebugLog("Response Status Code = " + Str(respStatusCode))
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(http.LastHeader)
    System.DebugLog("Failed.")
    Return
End If

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "api": {
//     "id": "387c2863-6ee3-4a56-8210-225f774edade",
//     "name": "Sync API",
//     "summary": "This is a summary",
//     "description": "This is a description.This is a description.",
//     "createdBy": "5665",
//     "createdAt": "2019-02-12 19:34:49",
//     "updatedAt": "2019-02-12 19:34:49"
//   }
// }

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

Dim Id As String
Id = jResp.StringOf("api.id")
Dim Name As String
Name = jResp.StringOf("api.name")
Dim Summary As String
Summary = jResp.StringOf("api.summary")
Dim Description As String
Description = jResp.StringOf("api.description")
Dim CreatedBy As String
CreatedBy = jResp.StringOf("api.createdBy")
Dim CreatedAt As String
CreatedAt = jResp.StringOf("api.createdAt")
Dim UpdatedAt As String
UpdatedAt = jResp.StringOf("api.updatedAt")

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
https://api.getpostman.com/apis/{{apiId}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Single API",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/apis/{{apiId}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "getpostman",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "apis",
        "{{apiId}}"
      ]
    },
    "description": "This call fetches a single API having the specified id.\n\nResponse contains an `api` object with all the details related to the queried API, namely, `id`, `name`, `summary`, `description` etc. \n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header or `apikey` URL query parameter."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get single API",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/apis/{{apiId}}",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "getpostman",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "apis",
            "{{apiId}}"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json",
          "description": {
            "content": "",
            "type": "text/plain"
          }
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n\t\"api\": {\n\t\t\"id\": \"387c2863-6ee3-4a56-8210-225f774edade\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Sync API\",\n\t\t\"summary\": \"This is a summary\",\n\t\t\"description\": \"This is a description.This is a description.\",\n\t\t\"createdBy\": \"5665\",\n\t\t\"createdAt\": \"2019-02-12 19:34:49\",\n\t\t\"updatedAt\": \"2019-02-12 19:34:49\"\n\t}\n}"
    }
  ]
}