(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) WhatsApp - Create a User Account

Demonstrates how to create an account for a user within your business who can access the WhatsApp Business API.

For more information, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/api/users/manage

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Implements the following CURL command:

' curl -X POST https://example.com/v1/users \
'   -H "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" \
'   -d '{
'   "username": "username",
'   "password": "password"
' }'

' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

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

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "username": "username",
'   "password": "password"
' }

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("username","username")
json.UpdateString("password","password")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header.
http.AuthToken = "your-auth-token"

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = Await http.PostJson3Async("https://example.com/v1/users","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 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:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "users": [
'     {
'       "username": "username"
'     }
'   ]
' }

' 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 username As String

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("users")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    username = jResp.StringOf("users[i].username")
    i = i + 1
End While