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)"
}'
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")
$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest
# URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
$("ConnectFailReason: " + $rest.ConnectFailReason)
$($rest.LastErrorText)
exit
}
$json = New-Object 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")
$sbRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sbRequestBody)
$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/contacts",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -ne $true) {
$($rest.LastErrorText)
exit
}
$respStatusCode = $rest.ResponseStatusCode
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
$("Response Header:")
$($rest.ResponseHeader)
$("Response Body:")
$($sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
exit
}