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Populi Get Roles

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Demonstrates the Populi getRoles task.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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.
    const xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml.deinit();
    try xml.loadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml");
    const access_key = xml.getChildContent(alloc, "access_key") catch {
        std.debug.print("Did not find the access_key\n", .{});
        return;
    };

    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();

    // 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.
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    rest.connect("yourcollege.populi.co", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    rest.setAuthorization(access_key);

    rest.addQueryParam("task", "getRoles") catch {};

    const response_body = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded(alloc, "POST", "/api/index.php") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // We should expect a 200 response if successful.
    if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("Request Header: \n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastRequestHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("----\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("Response StatusCode = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("Response StatusLine: {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseStatusText(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Response Header:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("Response Body:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{response_body});
        return;
    }

    xml.loadXml(response_body) catch {};
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try xml.getXml(alloc)});

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

    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
    // <response>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>7</id>
    //         <name>Academic Admin</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>19</id>
    //         <name>Financial Aid</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>15</id>
    //         <name>Registrar</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>4</id>
    //         <name>Staff</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    //     <role>
    //         <id>1</id>
    //         <name>Everyone</name>
    //         <inactive>0</inactive>
    //     </role>
    // </response>

    var i: i32 = 0;
    var id: i32 = 0;
    var name: [:0]const u8 = "";
    var inactive: i32 = 0;

    i = 0;
    const count_i = xml.numChildrenHavingTag("role");
    while (i < count_i) {
        xml.setI(i);
        id = xml.getChildIntValue("role[i]|id");
        name = try xml.getChildContent(alloc, "role[i]|name");
        inactive = xml.getChildIntValue("role[i]|inactive");
        i = i + 1;
    }
}