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Trello Create New Board

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Create a new board.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

' curl --request POST \
'   --url 'https://api.trello.com/1/boards?name=name&defaultLabels=true&defaultLists=true&keepFromSource=none&prefs_permissionLevel=private
'           &prefs_voting=disabled&prefs_comments=members&prefs_invitations=members&prefs_selfJoin=true&prefs_cardCovers=true&prefs_background=blue&prefs_cardAging=regular'

' First get our previously obtained access token.
Dim jsonToken As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/trello.json")

Dim oauth1 As New ChilkatOAuth1
oauth1.ConsumerKey = "TRELLO_CONSUMER_KEY"
oauth1.ConsumerSecret = "TRELLO_CONSUMER_SECRET"
oauth1.Token = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token")
oauth1.TokenSecret = jsonToken.StringOf("oauth_token_secret")

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Connect using TLS.
' A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Trello REST API calls.
' The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
' then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("api.trello.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = rest.SetAuthOAuth1(oauth1,0)

success = rest.AddQueryParam("name","Football & Rugby")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("defaultLabels","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("defaultLists","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("keepFromSource","none")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_permissionLevel","private")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_voting","disabled")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_comments","members")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_invitations","members")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_selfJoin","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_cardCovers","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_background","blue")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("prefs_cardAging","regular")

success = rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/1/boards")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' We should expect a 200 response if successful.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Request Header: "
    Debug.Print rest.LastRequestHeader
    Debug.Print "----"
    Debug.Print "Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print responseBody
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.Load(responseBody)
json.EmitCompact = 0
Debug.Print json.Emit()
Debug.Print "Success."

' A sample JSON response:
' (See the parsing code below...)
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON

' 
' {
'   "id": "5cc606a1e2441a8a8fe3dc48",
'   "name": "Football",
'   "desc": "",
'   "descData": null,
'   "closed": false,
'   "idOrganization": null,
'   "pinned": false,
'   "url": "https://trello.com/b/eadpS1Pe/football",
'   "shortUrl": "https://trello.com/b/eadpS1Pe",
'   "prefs": {
'     "permissionLevel": "private",
'     "voting": "disabled",
'     "comments": "members",
'     "invitations": "members",
'     "selfJoin": true,
'     "cardCovers": true,
'     "cardAging": "regular",
'     "calendarFeedEnabled": false,
'     "background": "blue",
'     "backgroundImage": null,
'     "backgroundImageScaled": null,
'     "backgroundTile": false,
'     "backgroundBrightness": "dark",
'     "backgroundColor": "#0079BF",
'     "backgroundBottomColor": "#0079BF",
'     "backgroundTopColor": "#0079BF",
'     "canBePublic": true,
'     "canBeEnterprise": true,
'     "canBeOrg": true,
'     "canBePrivate": true,
'     "canInvite": true
'   },
'   "labelNames": {
'     "green": "",
'     "yellow": "",
'     "orange": "",
'     "red": "",
'     "purple": "",
'     "blue": "",
'     "sky": "",
'     "lime": "",
'     "pink": "",
'     "black": ""
'   },
'   "limits": {}
' }

Dim id As String
Dim name As String
Dim desc As String
Dim descData As String
Dim closed As Long
Dim idOrganization As String
Dim pinned As Long
Dim url As String
Dim shortUrl As String
Dim prefsPermissionLevel As String
Dim prefsVoting As String
Dim prefsComments As String
Dim prefsInvitations As String
Dim prefsSelfJoin As Long
Dim prefsCardCovers As Long
Dim prefsCardAging As String
Dim prefsCalendarFeedEnabled As Long
Dim prefsBackground As String
Dim prefsBackgroundImage As String
Dim prefsBackgroundImageScaled As String
Dim prefsBackgroundTile As Long
Dim prefsBackgroundBrightness As String
Dim prefsBackgroundColor As String
Dim prefsBackgroundBottomColor As String
Dim prefsBackgroundTopColor As String
Dim prefsCanBePublic As Long
Dim prefsCanBeEnterprise As Long
Dim prefsCanBeOrg As Long
Dim prefsCanBePrivate As Long
Dim prefsCanInvite As Long
Dim labelNamesGreen As String
Dim labelNamesYellow As String
Dim labelNamesOrange As String
Dim labelNamesRed As String
Dim labelNamesPurple As String
Dim labelNamesBlue As String
Dim labelNamesSky As String
Dim labelNamesLime As String
Dim labelNamesPink As String
Dim labelNamesBlack As String

id = json.StringOf("id")
name = json.StringOf("name")
desc = json.StringOf("desc")
descData = json.StringOf("descData")
closed = json.BoolOf("closed")
idOrganization = json.StringOf("idOrganization")
pinned = json.BoolOf("pinned")
url = json.StringOf("url")
shortUrl = json.StringOf("shortUrl")
prefsPermissionLevel = json.StringOf("prefs.permissionLevel")
prefsVoting = json.StringOf("prefs.voting")
prefsComments = json.StringOf("prefs.comments")
prefsInvitations = json.StringOf("prefs.invitations")
prefsSelfJoin = json.BoolOf("prefs.selfJoin")
prefsCardCovers = json.BoolOf("prefs.cardCovers")
prefsCardAging = json.StringOf("prefs.cardAging")
prefsCalendarFeedEnabled = json.BoolOf("prefs.calendarFeedEnabled")
prefsBackground = json.StringOf("prefs.background")
prefsBackgroundImage = json.StringOf("prefs.backgroundImage")
prefsBackgroundImageScaled = json.StringOf("prefs.backgroundImageScaled")
prefsBackgroundTile = json.BoolOf("prefs.backgroundTile")
prefsBackgroundBrightness = json.StringOf("prefs.backgroundBrightness")
prefsBackgroundColor = json.StringOf("prefs.backgroundColor")
prefsBackgroundBottomColor = json.StringOf("prefs.backgroundBottomColor")
prefsBackgroundTopColor = json.StringOf("prefs.backgroundTopColor")
prefsCanBePublic = json.BoolOf("prefs.canBePublic")
prefsCanBeEnterprise = json.BoolOf("prefs.canBeEnterprise")
prefsCanBeOrg = json.BoolOf("prefs.canBeOrg")
prefsCanBePrivate = json.BoolOf("prefs.canBePrivate")
prefsCanInvite = json.BoolOf("prefs.canInvite")
labelNamesGreen = json.StringOf("labelNames.green")
labelNamesYellow = json.StringOf("labelNames.yellow")
labelNamesOrange = json.StringOf("labelNames.orange")
labelNamesRed = json.StringOf("labelNames.red")
labelNamesPurple = json.StringOf("labelNames.purple")
labelNamesBlue = json.StringOf("labelNames.blue")
labelNamesSky = json.StringOf("labelNames.sky")
labelNamesLime = json.StringOf("labelNames.lime")
labelNamesPink = json.StringOf("labelNames.pink")
labelNamesBlack = json.StringOf("labelNames.black")