Tcl 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
}'

Tcl Example

load ./chilkat.dll

set rest [new_CkRest]

#  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts
set bTls 1
set port 443
set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com" $port $bTls $bAutoReconnect]
if {[expr $success != 1]} then {
    puts "ConnectFailReason: [CkRest_ConnectFailReason $rest]"
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    exit
}

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "name" "Sample Account"
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "creditonhold" 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateNumber $json "address1_latitude" "47.639583"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "description" "This is the description of the sample account"
CkJsonObject_UpdateNumber $json "revenue" "5000000"
CkJsonObject_UpdateNumber $json "accountcategorycode" "1"

CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Type" "application/json; charset=utf-8"
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "OData-Version" "4.0"
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Accept" "application/json"
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "OData-MaxVersion" "4.0"
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Authorization" "Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN"

set sbRequestBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkJsonObject_EmitSb $json $sbRequestBody
set sbResponseBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

set success [CkRest_FullRequestSb $rest "POST" "/api/data/v9.0/accounts" $sbRequestBody $sbResponseBody]
if {[expr $success != 1]} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
    exit
}

set respStatusCode [CkRest_ResponseStatusCode $rest]
if {[expr $respStatusCode >= 400]} then {
    puts "Response Status Code = $respStatusCode"
    puts "Response Header:"
    puts [CkRest_responseHeader $rest]
    puts "Response Body:"
    puts [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $sbResponseBody]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
    exit
}


delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody