(VB.NET) GeoOp - Create a New User

Create a new GeoOp user.

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

' This example also assumes an OAuth2 access token was previously fetched.
' and saved in a JSON file.  

' First get our previously obtained access token.
' {"access_token":"e6dqdG....mzjpT04w==","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":2592000,"owner_id":999236}
Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
Dim success As Boolean = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/geoop.json")

' This example assumes we previously obtained an access token
Dim oauth2 As New Chilkat.OAuth2
oauth2.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

' Connect to GeoOp..
' Note: The same REST object, once connected, can be used for many requests.
' The bAutoReconnect argument allows it to automatically reconnect as required for any subsequent request.

Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("api.geoop.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

' Set the X-Version header.
rest.AddHeader("X-Version","1.0")

' To create a new user, we must build and send the following JSON:
' {
'     "users": [
'         {
'             "account": {
'                 "id": 39409    <--- This account ID must be one that already exists.
'             },
'             "firstName": "Geoff",
'             "lastName": "Wirtz",
'             "companyName": "Sample Company",
'             "phone": "+12349282001",
'             "mobile": "+12349332744",
'             "email": "gwirtz@example2.com",
'             "login": "gwirtz_sample2",
'             "newPassword": "pa$$wordz",
'             "newPasswordConfirm": "pa$$wordz"
'         }
'     ]
' }

Dim jsonUser As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonUser.UpdateInt("users[0].account.id",39409)
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].firstName","Geoff")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].lastName","Wirtz")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].companyName","Sample Company")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].phone","+12349282001")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].mobile","+12349332744")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].email","gwirtz@example2.com")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].login","gwirtz_sample2")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].newPassword","pa$$wordz")
jsonUser.UpdateString("users[0].newPasswordConfirm","pa$$wordz")

' Examine the JSON we're about to send...
jsonUser.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine(jsonUser.Emit())

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

jsonUser.EmitCompact = True
Dim responseBody As String = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/users",jsonUser.Emit())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' If the response status code did not indicate success, then see what happened..
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Request Header: ")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("----")
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusCode = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusLine: " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False
json.Load(responseBody)
' Show the full JSON response..
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit())

' The success JSON looks like this:
' {
'   "result": "success",
'   "users": [
'     {
'       "id": 984244,
'       "firstName": "Geoff",
'       "lastName": "Wirtz",
'       "companyName": "Sample Company",
'       "email": "gwirtz@example2.com",
'       "phone": "+12349282001",
'       "mobile": "+12349332744",
'       "hourlyRate": 0,
'       "active": 1,
'       "deleted": false,
'       "colour": "#000000",
'       "created": "2016-10-26T18:03:59+00:00",
'       "modified": "2016-10-26T18:03:59+00:00",
'       "isAssignable": true,
'       "avatarUrl": "https:\/\/www.geoop.com\/images\/mobithumb_984244.jpg",
'       "role": {
'         "id": 2
'       },
'       "account": {
'         "id": 39409
'       },
'       "status": {}
'     }
'   ],
'   "metadata": {
'     "receivedItemsCount": 1,
'     "validItems": [
'       0
'     ],
'     "invalidItems": [
'     ]
'   }
' }
'