VB.NET

GetHarvest - Update Contact

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Updates the specific contact by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged. Returns a contact object and a 200 OK response code if the call succeeded. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl "https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts/CONTACT_ID" \
'   -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \
'   -H "Harvest-Account-Id: ACCOUNT_ID" \
'   -H "User-Agent: MyApp (yourname@example.com)" \
'   -X PATCH \
'   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
'   -d '{"title":"Owner"}'

' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
' Generate Code to Create JSON

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "title": "Owner"
' }

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("title","Owner")

http.SetRequestHeader("User-Agent","MyApp (yourname@example.com)")
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
http.SetRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN")
http.SetRequestHeader("Harvest-Account-Id","ACCOUNT_ID")

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpSb("PATCH","https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts/CONTACT_ID",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


' Sample JSON response:

' {
'   "id": 4706510,
'   "title": "Owner",
'   "first_name": "George",
'   "last_name": "Frank",
'   "email": "georgefrank@example.com",
'   "phone_office": "",
'   "phone_mobile": "",
'   "fax": "",
'   "created_at": "2017-06-26T21:44:57Z",
'   "updated_at": "2017-06-26T21:46:48Z",
'   "client": {
'     "id": 5735776,
'     "name": "123 Industries"
'   }
' }

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

Dim id As Integer
Dim title As String
Dim first_name As String
Dim last_name As String
Dim email As String
Dim phone_office As String
Dim phone_mobile As String
Dim fax As String
Dim created_at As String
Dim updated_at As String
Dim clientId As Integer
Dim clientName As String

id = jResp.IntOf("id")
title = jResp.StringOf("title")
first_name = jResp.StringOf("first_name")
last_name = jResp.StringOf("last_name")
email = jResp.StringOf("email")
phone_office = jResp.StringOf("phone_office")
phone_mobile = jResp.StringOf("phone_mobile")
fax = jResp.StringOf("fax")
created_at = jResp.StringOf("created_at")
updated_at = jResp.StringOf("updated_at")
clientId = jResp.IntOf("client.id")
clientName = jResp.StringOf("client.name")