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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    DECLARE @queryParams int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @queryParams OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'ids', 'externalcontact1,externalcontact2'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'fields', 'External_Contact_ID,Last_Name,First_Name,Full_Name,Account_Name,OrgExternal'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @queryParams, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'per_page', '2"'

    -- Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', '<access_token>'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'X-EXTERNAL', 'Contacts.External_ID'

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpParams', @success OUT, 'GET', 'https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts', @queryParams, @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @queryParams
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @queryParams
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


END
GO

Curl Command

curl -G -d "ids=externalcontact1,externalcontact2"
	-d "fields=External_Contact_ID,Last_Name,First_Name,Full_Name,Account_Name,OrgExternal"
	-d "per_page=2%22"
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_ID"
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Using \"ids\" Parameter",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts?ids=externalcontact1,externalcontact2&fields=External_Contact_ID,Last_Name,First_Name,Full_Name,Account_Name,OrgExternal&per_page=2\"",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "ids",
          "value": "externalcontact1,externalcontact2"
        },
        {
          "key": "fields",
          "value": "External_Contact_ID,Last_Name,First_Name,Full_Name,Account_Name,OrgExternal"
        },
        {
          "key": "per_page",
          "value": "2\""
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, Contacts is the base module's API name, External_Contact_ID is the API name of the external field. The \"ids\" parameter fetches the records with the external values externalcontact1 and externalcontact2."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}