Rust

Populi Search People

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Demonstrates the Populi searchPeople task. Rust

// 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.
let xml = chilkat::Xml::new();
let _ = xml.load_xml_file("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml").is_ok();
let access_key = xml.get_child_content("access_key").unwrap_or_default();
if !xml.last_method_success() {
    println!("Did not find the access_key");
    return;
}

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// 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.
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
if rest.connect("yourcollege.populi.co", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

rest.set_authorization(&access_key);

let _ = rest.add_query_param("task", "searchPeople");
let _ = rest.add_query_param("search_term", "Robert");
let _ = rest.add_query_param("limit", "10");

let Ok(response_body) = rest.full_request_form_url_encoded("POST", "/api/index.php") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("Request Header: ");
    println!("{}", rest.last_request_header());
    println!("----");
    println!("Response StatusCode = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("Response StatusLine: {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", rest.response_header());
    println!("Response Body:");
    println!("{}", response_body);
    return;
}

let _ = xml.load_xml(&response_body);
println!("{}", xml.get_xml().unwrap_or_default());

// 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>

let mut i: i32 = 0;

i = 0;
let count_i = xml.num_children_having_tag("person");
while i < count_i {
    xml.set_i(i);
    let _ = xml.get_child_int_value("person[i]|id");
    let _ = xml.get_child_content("person[i]|first_name").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = xml.get_child_content("person[i]|last_name").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = xml.get_child_content("person[i]|middle_name").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = xml.get_child_content("person[i]|preferred_name").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = xml.get_child_int_value("person[i]|is_user");
    let _ = xml.get_child_content("person[i]|primary_email").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}