C# Dynamics CRM: Create an Contact

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Creates a new contact for a specific account. In this example, the account is Fourth Coffee, where the accountid = b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200. Success is indicated by a 204 response status code with an empty response body.

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

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts \
  -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 '{
    "fullname": "Gabby Cannata",
    "firstname": "Gabby",
    "lastname": "Cannata",
    "emailaddress1": "gabby@fourthcoffee.com",
    "address1_line1": "Carrera 1c No 10-01",
    "address1_city": "Bogota",
    "address1_country": "Colombia",
    "telephone1": "408-233-1939",
    "jobtitle": "Purchasing Assistant",
    "parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind": "/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)"
}'

C# Example

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

//  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
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("fullname","Gabby Cannata");
json.UpdateString("firstname","Gabby");
json.UpdateString("lastname","Cannata");
json.UpdateString("emailaddress1","gabby@fourthcoffee.com");
json.UpdateString("address1_line1","Carrera 1c No 10-01");
json.UpdateString("address1_city","Bogota");
json.UpdateString("address1_country","Colombia");
json.UpdateString("telephone1","408-233-1939");
json.UpdateString("jobtitle","Purchasing Assistant");
json.UpdateString("\"parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind\"","/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)");

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/contacts",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;
}