How to send the API body in a MSXML2.XMLHTTP60 patch call

steveotis

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I've successfully used the code below to place some GET API calls to my companies contracted CMS platform.
I'm now trying to do the same for a patch call. See images below, the patch call requires a "BODY" that a GET call does not.
I'm not sure how to put this in my VBA code. I expect it's something like "req.Open(body)" where BODY is some concated string of my body values
but I can't find a solid example to work off of:

This is my POSTMAN call and it works fine:
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This is what I normally send for a GET request (except "PATCH" is "GET") and it works fine. I now need to know how to put the above body into the code below.
The URL is normally very simple for a get request but I guess the body details cannot be added to the end of the URL.

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The Send method has an optional argument for the request body:

VBA Code:
req.Send ("{""properties"":{...the rest of the request body ...")
Note the use of 2 consecutive double quotes to get 1 double quote within the body string.
 
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Great thank you. This is what I wound up doing and I also seemed to need this line req.setRequestHeader "content-Type", "application/json" or I was getting an error.

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