(Excel) WhatsApp - Create a User Account

Demonstrates how to create an account for a user within your business who can access the WhatsApp Business API.

For more information, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/users/manage

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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 Chilkat.Http
Set http = Chilkat.NewHttp

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl -X POST https://example.com/v1/users \
'   -H "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" \
'   -d '{
'   "username": "username",
'   "password": "password"
' }'

' 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.

' {
'   "username": "username",
'   "password": "password"
' }

Dim json As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set json = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
Dim success As Boolean
success = json.UpdateString("username","username")
success = json.UpdateString("password","password")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header.
http.AuthToken = "your-auth-token"


Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://example.com/v1/users","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim sbResponseBody As Chilkat.StringBuilder
Set sbResponseBody = Chilkat.NewStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jResp = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()


respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = "; respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."

    Exit Sub
End If

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

' {
'   "users": [
'     {
'       "username": "username"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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


i = 0

count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("users")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    username = jResp.StringOf("users[i].username")
    i = i + 1
Loop