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)"
}'
var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {
var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_win32');
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_arm');
} else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_linux32');
} else {
var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_linux64');
}
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_macosx');
}
function chilkatExample() {
var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
var success;
// URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
var bTls = true;
var port = 443;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success !== true) {
console.log("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.ConnectFailReason);
console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
return;
}
var 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");
var sbRequestBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/contacts",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success !== true) {
console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
return;
}
var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
console.log("Response Header:");
console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
console.log("Response Body:");
console.log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
return;
}
}
chilkatExample();