Android™

WhatsApp - Create a User Account

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

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    //  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"
    //  }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("username","username");
    json.UpdateString("password","password");

    //  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("your-auth-token");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://example.com/v1/users",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    //  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

    String username;

    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("users");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        username = jResp.stringOf("users[i].username");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}