PowerBuilder 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)"
}'

PowerBuilder Example

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_Success
integer li_BTls
integer li_Port
integer li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_SbRequestBody
oleobject loo_SbResponseBody
integer li_RespStatusCode

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Rest
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
li_BTls = 1
li_Port = 443
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",li_Port,li_BTls,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "ConnectFailReason: " + string(loo_Rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("fullname","Gabby Cannata")
loo_Json.UpdateString("firstname","Gabby")
loo_Json.UpdateString("lastname","Cannata")
loo_Json.UpdateString("emailaddress1","gabby@fourthcoffee.com")
loo_Json.UpdateString("address1_line1","Carrera 1c No 10-01")
loo_Json.UpdateString("address1_city","Bogota")
loo_Json.UpdateString("address1_country","Colombia")
loo_Json.UpdateString("telephone1","408-233-1939")
loo_Json.UpdateString("jobtitle","Purchasing Assistant")
loo_Json.UpdateString("\"parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind\"","/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)")

loo_Rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=utf-8")
loo_Rest.AddHeader("OData-Version","4.0")
loo_Rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
loo_Rest.AddHeader("OData-MaxVersion","4.0")
loo_Rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN")

loo_SbRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")

loo_Json.EmitSb(loo_SbRequestBody)
loo_SbResponseBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbResponseBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/contacts",loo_SbRequestBody,loo_SbResponseBody)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_SbResponseBody
    return
end if

li_RespStatusCode = loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode
if li_RespStatusCode >= 400 then
    Write-Debug "Response Status Code = " + string(li_RespStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug "Response Body:"
    Write-Debug loo_SbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_SbResponseBody
    return
end if



destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbRequestBody
destroy loo_SbResponseBody