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SMSAPI - Create a Contact

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Create a Contact

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# 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 = Chilkat::CkHttpRequest.new()
req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_Path("/contacts")
req.put_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 = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.smsapi.com/contacts",req,resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(false)

print "Response Body:" + "\n";
print jResp.emit() + "\n";

respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print resp.header() + "\n";
    print "Failed." + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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 = Chilkat::CkDtObj.new()
date_updated = Chilkat::CkDtObj.new()

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 < count_i
    jResp.put_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
end