(Delphi ActiveX) Populi Search People

Demonstrates the Populi searchPeople task.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
xml: TChilkatXml;
success: Integer;
accessKey: WideString;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
responseBody: WideString;
i: Integer;
count_i: Integer;
id: Integer;
first_name: WideString;
last_name: WideString;
middle_name: WideString;
preferred_name: WideString;
is_user: Integer;
primary_email: WideString;

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

// First load the previously obtained API token.
// See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);
success := xml.LoadXmlFile('qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml');
accessKey := xml.GetChildContent('access_key');
if (xml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Did not find the access_key');
    Exit;
  end;

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

// Connect using TLS.
// A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi 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.
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('yourcollege.populi.co',443,1,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

rest.Authorization := accessKey;

rest.AddQueryParam('task','searchPeople');
rest.AddQueryParam('search_term','Robert');
rest.AddQueryParam('limit','10');

responseBody := rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded('POST','/api/index.php');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Request Header: ');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response StatusCode = ' + IntToStr(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response StatusLine: ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(responseBody);
    Exit;
  end;

xml.LoadXml(responseBody);
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

// Sample response:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
//  <response>
// 	<person>
// 		<id>11111</id>
// 		<first_name>Robert</first_name>
// 		<last_name>McStudent</last_name>
// 		<middle_name>Kensington</middle_name>
// 		<preferred_name>Bobby</preferred_name>
// 		<is_user>1</is_user>
// 		<primary_email>r.mcstudent@myschool.edu</primary_email>
// 	</person>
// 	<person>
// 		<id>2222</id>
// 		<first_name>Robert</first_name>
// 		<last_name>McBoardmember</last_name>
// 		<middle_name/>
// 		<preferred_name/>
// 		<is_user>0</is_user>
// 		<primary_email>robert@gmail.com</primary_email>
// 	</person>
// </response>

i := 0;
count_i := xml.NumChildrenHavingTag('person');
while i < count_i do
  begin
    xml.I := i;
    id := xml.GetChildIntValue('person[i]|id');
    first_name := xml.GetChildContent('person[i]|first_name');
    last_name := xml.GetChildContent('person[i]|last_name');
    middle_name := xml.GetChildContent('person[i]|middle_name');
    preferred_name := xml.GetChildContent('person[i]|preferred_name');
    is_user := xml.GetChildIntValue('person[i]|is_user');
    primary_email := xml.GetChildContent('person[i]|primary_email');
    i := i + 1;
  end;
end;