Swift 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)"
}'

Swift Example

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

    //  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/contacts
    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("fullname", value: "Gabby Cannata")
    json.UpdateString("firstname", value: "Gabby")
    json.UpdateString("lastname", value: "Cannata")
    json.UpdateString("emailaddress1", value: "gabby@fourthcoffee.com")
    json.UpdateString("address1_line1", value: "Carrera 1c No 10-01")
    json.UpdateString("address1_city", value: "Bogota")
    json.UpdateString("address1_country", value: "Colombia")
    json.UpdateString("telephone1", value: "408-233-1939")
    json.UpdateString("jobtitle", value: "Purchasing Assistant")
    json.UpdateString("\"parentcustomerid_account@odata.bind\"", value: "/accounts(b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200)")

    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/contacts", 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
    }


}