(Perl) WhatsApp - Get a User's Account Information

Demonstrates how to retrieve a user account by sending a GET request on the users endpoint.

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

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use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -X GET https://example.com/v1/users/username \
#   -H "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token"

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

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://example.com/v1/users/username",$sbResponseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $http->get_LastStatus();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $http->lastHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

# {
#   "users": [
#     {
#       "ROLES": "ROLE_ADMIN | ROLE_USER",
#       "username": "username"
#     }
#   ]
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...

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