DataFlex Dynamics CRM: Lookup Contact ID using Full Name

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Find a contactid given a fullname.

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 "$select=contactid" \
  -d "$filter=fullname eq 'Tomasz Bochenek'" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN"

DataFlex Example

Use ChilkatAx-9.5.0-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iSuccess
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iPort
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Variant vSbResponseBody
    Handle hoSbResponseBody
    Integer iRespStatusCode
    Handle hoJsonResponse
    Integer i
    Integer iCount_i
    String sOdataContext
    String sOdataEtag
    String sContactid
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    //  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 443 To iPort
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com" iPort iBTls iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComConnectFailReason Of hoRest To iTemp1
        Showln "ConnectFailReason: " iTemp1
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "$select" "contactid" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "$filter" "fullname eq 'Tomasz Bochenek'" To iSuccess

    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "OData-MaxVersion" "4.0" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Accept" "application/json" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "OData-Version" "4.0" To iSuccess
    Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "Authorization" "Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN" To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponseBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponseBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponseBody
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComFullRequestNoBodySb Of hoRest "GET" "/api/data/v9.0/contacts" vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iRespStatusCode
    If (iRespStatusCode >= 400) Begin
        Showln "Response Status Code = " iRespStatusCode
        Showln "Response Header:"
        Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "Response Body:"
        Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbResponseBody To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonResponse
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonResponse))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonResponse
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComLoadSb Of hoJsonResponse vSbResponseBody To iSuccess

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonResponse '"@odata.context"' To sOdataContext
    Move 0 To i
    Get ComSizeOfArray Of hoJsonResponse "value" To iCount_i
    While (i < iCount_i)
        Set ComI Of hoJsonResponse To i
        Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonResponse 'value[i]."@odata.etag"' To sOdataEtag
        Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonResponse "value[i].contactid" To sContactid
        Move i + 1 To i
    Loop



End_Procedure

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "@odata.context": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata#contacts(contactid)",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162210\"",
      "contactid": "1fa1e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    }
  ]
}