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Java / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Updating a record through the external value of a lookup record in that module

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "data": [
    //     {
    //       "External_Contact_ID": "extcontact1",
    //       "Account_Name": {
    //         "External_Account_ID": "extaccount1"
    //       }
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("data[0].External_Contact_ID","extcontact1");
    json.UpdateString("data[0].Account_Name.External_Account_ID","extaccount1");

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("<access_token>");
    http.SetRequestHeader("X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID, Contacts.Account_Name.External_Account_ID");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(resp.get_StatusCode());
    System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID, Contacts.Account_Name.External_Account_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "External_Contact_ID": "extcontact1",
            "Account_Name": {
                "External_Account_ID": "extaccount1"
            }
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Updating a record through the external value of a lookup record in that module",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID, Contacts.Account_Name.External_Account_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"External_Contact_ID\": \"extcontact1\",\n            \"Account_Name\": {\n                \"External_Account_ID\": \"extaccount1\"\n            }\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts"
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, Contacts is the base module and contains an account lookup field Account_Name. To update a record in the Contacts module, you must specify the external field's API name and its value in the Accounts module, and the external field's API name and its value in the Contacts module."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}