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X.com Create Post

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

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // 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."
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    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.
    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to load x.json");
        return;
        }

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header.
    http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://api.x.com/2/tweets",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "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");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}