Python Dynamics CRM: Create a Phone Call

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Creates a phone call record regarding the Fourth Coffee account (b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200), regarding the "Faulty product catalog" incident (c49e62a8-90df-e311-9565-a45d36fc5fe8), from the system user Allie Bellew (832698d1-b86a-47b5-a9a3-0cc710eb22e4), to the contact Gabriele Cannata (57a0e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200). A successful response is indicated by a 204 response status code with no response body.

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

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/phonecalls \
  -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 '{
    "subject": "Sample Phone Call 123",
    "phonenumber": "3125551920",
    "description": "Sample phone call created using the Chilkat Rest API",
    "scheduledend": "2018-04-29T11:56:21Z",
    "regardingobjectid_account@odata.bind": "/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)",
    "actualdurationminutes": 25,
    "directioncode": true,
    "phonecall_activity_parties": [
        {   "partyid_systemuser@odata.bind": "/systemusers(832698d1-b86a-47b5-a9a3-0cc710eb22e4)",
            "participationtypemask": 1 },
        {   "partyid_contact@odata.bind": "/contacts(57a0e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)",
            "participationtypemask": 2 },
        {   "partyid_incident@odata.bind": "/incidents(c49e62a8-90df-e311-9565-a45d36fc5fe8)",
            "participationtypemask": 8 }
    ]
}'

Python Example

import sys
import chilkat

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

#  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/phonecalls
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print("ConnectFailReason: " + str(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()))
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.UpdateString("subject","Sample Phone Call 123")
json.UpdateString("phonenumber","3125551920")
json.UpdateString("description","Sample phone call created using the Chilkat Rest API")
json.UpdateString("scheduledend","2018-04-29T11:56:21Z")
json.UpdateString("\"regardingobjectid_account@odata.bind\"","/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)")
json.UpdateNumber("actualdurationminutes","25")
json.UpdateBool("directioncode",True)
json.UpdateString("phonecall_activity_parties[0].\"partyid_systemuser@odata.bind\"","/systemusers(832698d1-b86a-47b5-a9a3-0cc710eb22e4)")
json.UpdateNumber("phonecall_activity_parties[0].participationtypemask","1")
json.UpdateString("phonecall_activity_parties[1].\"partyid_contact@odata.bind\"","/contacts(57a0e5b9-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)")
json.UpdateNumber("phonecall_activity_parties[1].participationtypemask","2")
json.UpdateString("phonecall_activity_parties[2].\"partyid_incident@odata.bind\"","/incidents(c49e62a8-90df-e311-9565-a45d36fc5fe8)")
json.UpdateNumber("phonecall_activity_parties[2].participationtypemask","8")

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()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/data/v9.0/phonecalls",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.responseHeader())
    print("Response Body:")
    print(sbResponseBody.getAsString())
    sys.exit()