Swift Dynamics CRM: Lookup Account ID using Account Name

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Gets the accountid by name.

Documentation: http://www.odata.org/getting-started/basic-tutorial/#queryData

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "OData-MaxVersion: 4.0"  \
  -H "OData-Version: 4.0" \
  -d "$select=accountid" \
  -d "$filter=name eq 'Blue Yonder Airlines'" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Swift Example

func chilkatTest() {
    let rest = CkoRest()
    var success: Bool

    //  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var port: Int = 443
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com", port: port, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("ConnectFailReason: \(rest.ConnectFailReason.intValue)")
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    rest.AddQueryParam("$select", value: "accountid")
    rest.AddQueryParam("$filter", value: "name eq 'Blue Yonder Airlines'")

    rest.AddHeader("OData-MaxVersion", value: "4.0")
    rest.AddHeader("Accept", value: "application/json")
    rest.AddHeader("OData-Version", value: "4.0")
    rest.AddHeader("Authorization", value: "Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN")

    let sbResponseBody = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET", uriPath: "/api/data/v9.0/accounts", sb: sbResponseBody)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    var respStatusCode: Int = rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        print("Response Status Code = \(respStatusCode)")
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(rest.ResponseHeader)")
        print("Response Body:")
        print("\(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())")
        return
    }

    let jsonResponse = CkoJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

    var i: Int
    var count_i: Int

    var odataContext: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("\"@odata.context\"")
    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("value").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.I = i
        var odataEtag: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("value[i].\"@odata.etag\"")
        var accountid: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("value[i].accountid")
        i = i + 1
    }


}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "@odata.context": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata#accounts(accountid)",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817216\"",
      "accountid": "aca19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    }
  ]
}