Delphi DLL 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)"
}'

Delphi DLL Example

var
rest: HCkRest;
success: Boolean;
bTls: Boolean;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
json: HCkJsonObject;
sbRequestBody: HCkStringBuilder;
sbResponseBody: HCkStringBuilder;
respStatusCode: Integer;

begin
rest := CkRest_Create();

//  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
bTls := True;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'fullname','Gabby Cannata');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'firstname','Gabby');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'lastname','Cannata');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'emailaddress1','gabby@fourthcoffee.com');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'address1_line1','Carrera 1c No 10-01');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'address1_city','Bogota');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'address1_country','Colombia');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'telephone1','408-233-1939');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'jobtitle','Purchasing Assistant');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'"parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind"','/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)');

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

sbRequestBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkJsonObject_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
sbResponseBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,'POST','/api/data/v9.0/contacts',sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;
respStatusCode := CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbResponseBody));
    Exit;
  end;

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);