PHP ActiveX Dynamics CRM: Get an Account's Contacts

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Returns the full name, email address, and phone number for each of an account's contacts. This example gets the contacts for the Coho Winery account (accountid = b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200).

Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/web-api/contact?view=dynamics-ce-odata-9

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "OData-MaxVersion: 4.0"  \
  -H "OData-Version: 4.0" \
  -d "$select=fullname,emailaddress1,telephone1" \
  -d "$filter=_parentcustomerid_value eq b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN"

PHP ActiveX Example

<?php

$rest = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest");

//  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->ConnectFailReason . "\n";
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddQueryParam('$select','fullname,emailaddress1,telephone1');
$rest->AddQueryParam('$filter','_parentcustomerid_value eq b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200');

$rest->AddHeader('OData-MaxVersion','4.0');
$rest->AddHeader('Accept','application/json');
$rest->AddHeader('OData-Version','4.0');
$rest->AddHeader('Authorization','Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN');

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder");
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodySb('GET','/api/data/v9.0/contacts',$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

$jsonResponse = new COM("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject");
$jsonResponse->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);

$odataContext = $jsonResponse->stringOf('\'@odata.context\'');
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('value');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $odataEtag = $jsonResponse->stringOf('value[i].\'@odata.etag\'');
    $fullname = $jsonResponse->stringOf('value[i].fullname');
    $emailaddress1 = $jsonResponse->stringOf('value[i].emailaddress1');
    $telephone1 = $jsonResponse->stringOf('value[i].telephone1');
    $contactid = $jsonResponse->stringOf('value[i].contactid');
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "@odata.context": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata#contacts(fullname,emailaddress1,telephone1)",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162014\"",
      "fullname": "Cat Francis",
      "emailaddress1": "Cat@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "123-879-9879",
      "contactid": "51a0e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162210\"",
      "fullname": "Tomasz Bochenek",
      "emailaddress1": "tom@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "456-698-4581",
      "contactid": "1fa1e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162593\"",
      "fullname": "Kari Furse",
      "emailaddress1": "kari@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "178-854-4576",
      "contactid": "9ba2e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1162714\"",
      "fullname": "Wilson Pais",
      "emailaddress1": "wilson@cohowinery.com",
      "telephone1": "456-698-4582",
      "contactid": "6fa5e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    }
  ]
}