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Causes the User to create a Post under the authorized account.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

; Implements the following CURL command:

; curl -X POST "https://api.x.com/2/tweets" \
; -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
; -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
; -d '{"text":"Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API."}'

; 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.

; {
;   "text": "Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API."
; }

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("text","Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API.")

; Adds the "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
; Get our access token.
$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/x.json")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to load x.json" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header.
$oHttp.AuthToken = $oJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://api.x.com/2/tweets",$oJson,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oResp.GetBodySb($oSbResponseBody)

$oJResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJResp.LoadSb($oSbResponseBody)
$oJResp.EmitCompact = False

ConsoleWrite("Response Body:" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oJResp.Emit() & @CRLF)

Local $iRespStatusCode = $oResp.StatusCode
ConsoleWrite("Response Status Code = " & $iRespStatusCode & @CRLF)
If ($iRespStatusCode >= 400) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Response Header:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.Header & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Sample JSON response:
; (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

; {
;   "data": {
;     "id": "1346889436626259968",
;     "text": "Hello, X.com! This is my first post using the API."
;   }
; }

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

Local $sId = $oJResp.StringOf("data.id")
Local $sText = $oJResp.StringOf("data.text")