VB.NET Dynamics CRM: Get Accounts

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This example queries the accounts entity set and uses the $select system query option to return the name property for each account.

Documentation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg334767.aspx#Basic query example

CURL Command

curl -X GET https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts?$select=name \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "OData-MaxVersion: 4.0"  \
  -H "OData-Version: 4.0" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer DYNAMICS_CRM_ACCESS_TOKEN"

VB.NET Example

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim success As Boolean

'  URL: https://my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/accounts?$select=name
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("my-dynamics-domain.api.crm.dynamics.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


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

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/api/data/v9.0/accounts?$select=name",sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

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


Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

Dim i As Integer
Dim count_i As Integer

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

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "@odata.context": "https://mydomain.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v8.2/$metadata#accounts(name)",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817213\"",
      "name": "A. Datum",
      "accountid": "475b158c-541c-e511-80d3-3863bb347ba8"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817214\"",
      "name": "Adventure Works",
      "accountid": "a8a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817215\"",
      "name": "Alpine Ski House",
      "accountid": "aaa19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817216\"",
      "name": "Blue Yonder Airlines",
      "accountid": "aca19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817217\"",
      "name": "City Power & Light",
      "accountid": "aea19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817218\"",
      "name": "Coho Winery",
      "accountid": "b0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817219\"",
      "name": "Consolidated Messenger",
      "accountid": "b2a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817220\"",
      "name": "Fabrikam, Inc.",
      "accountid": "b4a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817221\"",
      "name": "Fourth Coffee",
      "accountid": "b6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817222\"",
      "name": "Graphic Design Institute",
      "accountid": "b8a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817223\"",
      "name": "Humongous Insurance",
      "accountid": "baa19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817224\"",
      "name": "Litware",
      "accountid": "bca19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817225\"",
      "name": "Lucerne Publishing",
      "accountid": "bea19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817226\"",
      "name": "Margie's Travel",
      "accountid": "c0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817227\"",
      "name": "Northwind Traders",
      "accountid": "c2a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817228\"",
      "name": "Proseware, Inc.",
      "accountid": "c4a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817229\"",
      "name": "School of Fine Art",
      "accountid": "c6a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817230\"",
      "name": "Southridge Video",
      "accountid": "c8a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817231\"",
      "name": "Tailspin Toys",
      "accountid": "caa19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817232\"",
      "name": "The Phone Company",
      "accountid": "cca19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817233\"",
      "name": "Trey Research",
      "accountid": "cea19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817234\"",
      "name": "Wide World Importers",
      "accountid": "d0a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817235\"",
      "name": "Wingtip Toys",
      "accountid": "d2a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817236\"",
      "name": "Woodgrove Bank",
      "accountid": "d4a19cdd-88df-e311-b8e5-6c3be5a8b200"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817237\"",
      "name": "Best o' Sales",
      "accountid": "2123455d-be62-e411-80d6-b4b52f567ec8"
    },
    {
      "@odata.etag": "W/\"1817238\"",
      "name": "Microsoft",
      "accountid": "d3ae1b3a-8bd2-e411-80ef-c4346bac7be8"
    }
  ]
}