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)"
}'
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;
}