Perl 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)"
}'

Perl Example

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$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");

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbRequestBody);
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/contacts",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode();
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}