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.
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)"
}'
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