Swift Dynamics CRM: Create an Account

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Creates a new account.

Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/developer/webapi/create-entity-web-api

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts \
  -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 '{
    "name": "Sample Account",
    "creditonhold": false,
    "address1_latitude": 47.639583,
    "description": "This is the description of the sample account",
    "revenue": 5000000,
    "accountcategorycode": 1
}'

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
    }

    let json = CkoJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("name", value: "Sample Account")
    json.UpdateBool("creditonhold", value: false)
    json.UpdateNumber("address1_latitude", numericStr: "47.639583")
    json.UpdateString("description", value: "This is the description of the sample account")
    json.UpdateNumber("revenue", numericStr: "5000000")
    json.UpdateNumber("accountcategorycode", numericStr: "1")

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

    let sbRequestBody = CkoStringBuilder()
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
    let sbResponseBody = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST", uriPath: "/api/data/v9.0/accounts", requestBody: sbRequestBody, responseBody: 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
    }


}