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SMSAPI - Create a Contact

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Create a Contact

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import { DtObj, Http, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, JsonObject, StringBuilder } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const http = new 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

  const req = new 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');

  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpReqAsync('https://api.smsapi.com/contacts', req, resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const sbResponseBody = new StringBuilder();
  resp.getBodySb(sbResponseBody);
  const jResp = new JsonObject();
  jResp.loadSb(sbResponseBody);
  jResp.emitCompact = false;

  console.log('Response Body:');
  console.log(jResp.emit());

  const respStatusCode = resp.statusCode;
  console.log(`Response Status Code = ${respStatusCode}`);
  if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    console.log('Response Header:');
    console.log(resp.header);
    console.log('Failed.');
    return;
  }

  // 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

  const dateCreated = new DtObj();
  const dateUpdated = new DtObj();
  let name = '';
  let createdBy = '';
  let idx = '';
  let contactExpireAfter = '';
  let contactsCount = '';

  let id = jResp.stringOf('id');
  const firstName = jResp.stringOf('first_name');
  const lastName = jResp.stringOf('last_name');
  const phoneNumber = jResp.stringOf('phone_number');
  const email = jResp.stringOf('email');
  const gender = jResp.stringOf('gender');
  const city = jResp.stringOf('city');
  jResp.dtOf('date_created', false, dateCreated);
  jResp.dtOf('date_updated', false, dateUpdated);
  let description = jResp.stringOf('description');
  let i = 0;
  const countI = jResp.sizeOfArray('groups');
  while (i < countI) {
    jResp.i = i;
    id = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].id');
    name = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].name');
    jResp.dtOf('groups[i].date_created', false, dateCreated);
    jResp.dtOf('groups[i].date_updated', false, dateUpdated);
    description = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].description');
    createdBy = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].created_by');
    idx = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].idx');
    contactExpireAfter = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].contact_expire_after');
    contactsCount = jResp.stringOf('groups[i].contacts_count');
    i++;
  }
}