Unicode C++ 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
}'

Unicode C++ Example

#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkRestW rest;
    bool success;

    //  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(L"my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",rest.get_ConnectFailReason());
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.UpdateString(L"name",L"Sample Account");
    json.UpdateBool(L"creditonhold",false);
    json.UpdateNumber(L"address1_latitude",L"47.639583");
    json.UpdateString(L"description",L"This is the description of the sample account");
    json.UpdateNumber(L"revenue",L"5000000");
    json.UpdateNumber(L"accountcategorycode",L"1");

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

    CkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    success = rest.FullRequestSb(L"POST",L"/api/data/v9.0/accounts",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.responseHeader());
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
    }
    }