C# Dynamics CRM: Create an Account

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Creates a new account.

Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/developer/webapi/create-entity-web-api

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
  -H "OData-MaxVersion: 4.0"  \
  -H "OData-Version: 4.0" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Sample Account",
    "creditonhold": false,
    "address1_latitude": 47.639583,
    "description": "This is the description of the sample account",
    "revenue": 5000000,
    "accountcategorycode": 1
}'

C# Example

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("name","Sample Account");
json.UpdateBool("creditonhold",false);
json.UpdateNumber("address1_latitude","47.639583");
json.UpdateString("description","This is the description of the sample account");
json.UpdateNumber("revenue","5000000");
json.UpdateNumber("accountcategorycode","1");

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=utf-8");
rest.AddHeader("OData-Version","4.0");
rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json");
rest.AddHeader("OData-MaxVersion","4.0");
rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/accounts",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}