Visual FoxPro 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)"
}'

Visual FoxPro Example

LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest')

*  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
lnBTls = 1
lnPort = 443
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",lnPort,lnBTls,lnBAutoReconnect)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "ConnectFailReason: " + STR(loRest.ConnectFailReason)
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("fullname","Gabby Cannata")
loJson.UpdateString("firstname","Gabby")
loJson.UpdateString("lastname","Cannata")
loJson.UpdateString("emailaddress1","gabby@fourthcoffee.com")
loJson.UpdateString("address1_line1","Carrera 1c No 10-01")
loJson.UpdateString("address1_city","Bogota")
loJson.UpdateString("address1_country","Colombia")
loJson.UpdateString("telephone1","408-233-1939")
loJson.UpdateString("jobtitle","Purchasing Assistant")
loJson.UpdateString('"parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind"',"/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)")

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

loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
lnSuccess = loRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/contacts",loSbRequestBody,loSbResponseBody)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnRespStatusCode = loRest.ResponseStatusCode
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? loSbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbRequestBody
RELEASE loSbResponseBody