PowerBuilder

Populi Search People

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Demonstrates the Populi searchPeople task. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Xml
string ls_AccessKey
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_BAutoReconnect
string ls_ResponseBody
integer i
integer li_Count_i
integer li_Id
string ls_First_name
string ls_Last_name
string ls_Middle_name
string ls_Preferred_name
integer li_Is_user
string ls_Primary_email

li_Success = 0

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

// First load the previously obtained API token.
// See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
loo_Xml = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Xml.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Xml")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Xml
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_Xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml")
ls_AccessKey = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("access_key")
if loo_Xml.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "Did not find the access_key"
    destroy loo_Xml
    return
end if

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")

// Connect using TLS.
// A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
// The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
// then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("yourcollege.populi.co",443,1,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Rest.Authorization = ls_AccessKey

loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("task","searchPeople")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("search_term","Robert")
loo_Rest.AddQueryParam("limit","10")

ls_ResponseBody = loo_Rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/index.php")
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug "Request Header: "
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastRequestHeader
    Write-Debug "----"
    Write-Debug "Response StatusCode = " + string(loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Response StatusLine: " + loo_Rest.ResponseStatusText
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug "Response Body:"
    Write-Debug ls_ResponseBody
    destroy loo_Xml
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Xml.LoadXml(ls_ResponseBody)
Write-Debug loo_Xml.GetXml()

// Sample response:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
//  <response>
// 	<person>
// 		<id>11111</id>
// 		<first_name>Robert</first_name>
// 		<last_name>McStudent</last_name>
// 		<middle_name>Kensington</middle_name>
// 		<preferred_name>Bobby</preferred_name>
// 		<is_user>1</is_user>
// 		<primary_email>r.mcstudent@myschool.edu</primary_email>
// 	</person>
// 	<person>
// 		<id>2222</id>
// 		<first_name>Robert</first_name>
// 		<last_name>McBoardmember</last_name>
// 		<middle_name/>
// 		<preferred_name/>
// 		<is_user>0</is_user>
// 		<primary_email>robert@gmail.com</primary_email>
// 	</person>
// </response>

i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_Xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("person")
do while i < li_Count_i
    loo_Xml.I = i
    li_Id = loo_Xml.GetChildIntValue("person[i]|id")
    ls_First_name = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("person[i]|first_name")
    ls_Last_name = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("person[i]|last_name")
    ls_Middle_name = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("person[i]|middle_name")
    ls_Preferred_name = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("person[i]|preferred_name")
    li_Is_user = loo_Xml.GetChildIntValue("person[i]|is_user")
    ls_Primary_email = loo_Xml.GetChildContent("person[i]|primary_email")
    i = i + 1
loop


destroy loo_Xml
destroy loo_Rest