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SMSAPI - Create a Contact

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Create a Contact

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -X POST https://api.smsapi.com/contacts -H "Authorization: Bearer token_api_oauth" \
# -d "phone_number=48500000000&email=bok@smsapi.com&first_name=Name&last_name=Last_name&gender=gender&description=description&city=city&groups=default"

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

$req = New-Object Chilkat.HttpRequest
$req.HttpVerb = "POST"
$req.Path = "/contacts"
$req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
$req.AddParam("phone_number","48500000000")
$req.AddParam("email","bok@smsapi.com")
$req.AddParam("first_name","Name")
$req.AddParam("last_name","Last_name")
$req.AddParam("gender","gender")
$req.AddParam("description","description")
$req.AddParam("city","city")
$req.AddParam("groups","default")

$req.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer token_api_oauth")

$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpReq("https://api.smsapi.com/contacts",$req,$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$resp.GetBodySb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false

$("Response Body:")
$($jResp.Emit())

$respStatusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Header:")
    $($resp.Header)
    $("Failed.")
    exit
}

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

# {
#   "id": "5b802315a788494a04690d1d",
#   "first_name": "string",
#   "last_name": "string",
#   "phone_number": "48500000000",
#   "email": "bok@smsapi.com",
#   "gender": "gender",
#   "city": "city",
#   "date_created": "2018-08-24T17:24:05+02:00",
#   "date_updated": "2018-08-24T17:24:05+02:00",
#   "description": "description",
#   "groups": [
#     {
#       "id": "59a3ca1fa78849062837cd0c",
#       "name": "default",
#       "date_created": "2017-08-28T09:45:35+02:00",
#       "date_updated": "2017-08-28T09:45:35+02:00",
#       "description": "",
#       "created_by": "username",
#       "idx": null,
#       "contact_expire_after": null,
#       "contacts_count": null
#     }
#   ]
# }

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

$date_created = New-Object Chilkat.DtObj
$date_updated = New-Object Chilkat.DtObj

$id = $jResp.StringOf("id")
$first_name = $jResp.StringOf("first_name")
$last_name = $jResp.StringOf("last_name")
$phone_number = $jResp.StringOf("phone_number")
$email = $jResp.StringOf("email")
$gender = $jResp.StringOf("gender")
$city = $jResp.StringOf("city")
$jResp.DtOf("date_created",$false,$date_created)
$jResp.DtOf("date_updated",$false,$date_updated)
$description = $jResp.StringOf("description")
$i = 0
$count_i = $jResp.SizeOfArray("groups")
while ($i -lt $count_i) {
    $jResp.I = $i
    $id = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].id")
    $name = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].name")
    $jResp.DtOf("groups[i].date_created",$false,$date_created)
    $jResp.DtOf("groups[i].date_updated",$false,$date_updated)
    $description = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].description")
    $created_by = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].created_by")
    $idx = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].idx")
    $contact_expire_after = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].contact_expire_after")
    $contacts_count = $jResp.StringOf("groups[i].contacts_count")
    $i = $i + 1
}