(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# 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.AuthToken = "your-auth-token"

$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $http.QuickGetSb("https://example.com/v1/users/username",$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false

$("Response Body:")
$($jResp.Emit())

$respStatusCode = $http.LastStatus
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Header:")
    $($http.LastHeader)
    $("Failed.")
    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 -lt $count_i) {
    $jResp.I = $i
    $ROLES = $jResp.StringOf("users[i].ROLES")
    $username = $jResp.StringOf("users[i].username")
    $i = $i + 1
}