Visual Basic 6.0 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"

Visual Basic 6.0 Example

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

'  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim port As Long
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

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

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

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/api/data/v9.0/accounts",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "Response Body:"
    Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jsonResponse As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

Dim i As Long
Dim count_i As Long

Dim odataContext As String
odataContext = jsonResponse.StringOf("""@odata.context""")
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("value")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    Dim odataEtag As String
    odataEtag = jsonResponse.StringOf("value[i].""@odata.etag""")
    Dim accountid As String
    accountid = jsonResponse.StringOf("value[i].accountid")
    i = i + 1
Loop

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"
    }
  ]
}