Android™ Dynamics CRM: Get an Account's Contacts

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Returns the full name, email address, and phone number for each of an account's contacts. This example gets the contacts for the Coho Winery account (accountid = b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200).

Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/web-api/contact?view=dynamics-ce-odata-9

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "OData-MaxVersion: 4.0"  \
  -H "OData-Version: 4.0" \
  -d "$select=fullname,emailaddress1,telephone1" \
  -d "$filter=_parentcustomerid_value eq b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Android™ Example

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "ConnectFailReason: " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()));
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.AddQueryParam("$select","fullname,emailaddress1,telephone1");
    rest.AddQueryParam("$filter","_parentcustomerid_value eq b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200");

    rest.AddHeader("OData-MaxVersion","4.0");
    rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
    rest.AddHeader("OData-Version","4.0");
    rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/api/data/v9.0/contacts",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
        Log.i(TAG, sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    int i;
    int count_i;

    String odataContext = jsonResponse.stringOf("\"@odata.context\"");
    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("value");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.put_I(i);
        String odataEtag = jsonResponse.stringOf("value[i].\"@odata.etag\"");
        String fullname = jsonResponse.stringOf("value[i].fullname");
        String emailaddress1 = jsonResponse.stringOf("value[i].emailaddress1");
        String telephone1 = jsonResponse.stringOf("value[i].telephone1");
        String contactid = jsonResponse.stringOf("value[i].contactid");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "@odata.context": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata#contacts(fullname,emailaddress1,telephone1)",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162014\"",
      "fullname": "Cat Francis",
      "emailaddress1": "Cat@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "123-879-9879",
      "contactid": "51a0e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162210\"",
      "fullname": "Tomasz Bochenek",
      "emailaddress1": "tom@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "456-698-4581",
      "contactid": "1fa1e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162593\"",
      "fullname": "Kari Furse",
      "emailaddress1": "kari@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "178-854-4576",
      "contactid": "9ba2e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162714\"",
      "fullname": "Wilson Pais",
      "emailaddress1": "wilson@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "456-698-4582",
      "contactid": "6fa5e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    }
  ]
}