C#

X.com Create Post

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Causes the User to create a Post under the authorized account. C#

bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

//  Implements the following CURL command:

//  curl -X POST "https://api.x.com/2/tweets" \
//  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
//  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//  -d '{"text":"Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API."}'

//  Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
//  Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Code to Create JSON

//  The following JSON is sent in the request body.

//  {
//    "text": "Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API."
//  }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("text","Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API.");

//  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
//  Get our access token.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load x.json");
    return;
}

//  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://api.x.com/2/tweets",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

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

//  {
//    "data": {
//      "id": "1346889436626259968",
//      "text": "Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API."
//    }
//  }

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

string Id = jResp.StringOf("data.id");
string Text = jResp.StringOf("data.text");