PowerBuilder / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Updating a record through the value of the external field in the module
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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_SbRequestBody
oleobject loo_Resp
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
destroy loo_Http
MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
return
end if
// 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": [
// {
// "Last_Name": "Test Contact 1"
// }
// ]
// }
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].Last_Name","Test Contact 1")
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loo_Http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID")
loo_SbRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
loo_Json.EmitSb(loo_SbRequestBody)
loo_Resp = loo_Http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcont1234",loo_SbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbRequestBody
return
end if
Write-Debug string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
destroy loo_Resp
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbRequestBody
Curl Command
curl -X PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
-d '{
"data": [
{
"Last_Name": "Test Contact 1"
}
]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcont1234
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Updating a record through the value of the external field in the module",
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "bearer",
"bearer": [
{
"key": "token",
"value": "{{access-token}}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-EXTERNAL",
"value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"data\": [\n {\n \"Last_Name\": \"Test Contact 1\"\n }\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/extcont1234",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2",
"Contacts",
"extcont1234"
]
},
"description": "Let us consider an example of updating a record in the Contacts module. Instead of passing the record ID of the contact in Zoho CRM, you can pass the external field's value in that module and update the record."
},
"response": [
]
}