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VB.NET / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Associating a Contact and a Deal using their external IDs

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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' 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_Deal_ID": "extdeal3",
'       "Contact_Role": "111111000000026002"
'     }
'   ]
' }

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("data[0].External_Deal_ID","extdeal3")
json.UpdateString("data[0].Contact_Role","111111000000026002")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader("X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID,Deals.External_Deal_ID")

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3/Deals",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine(resp.StatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID,Deals.External_Deal_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "External_Deal_ID": "extdeal3",
            "Contact_Role": "111111000000026002"
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3/Deals

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Associating a Contact and a Deal using their external IDs",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID,Deals.External_Deal_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"External_Deal_ID\": \"extdeal3\",\n            \"Contact_Role\": \"111111000000026002\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3/Deals",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "extcontact3",
        "Deals"
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, extcontact3 and extdeal3 are the values of the external fields External_Contact_ID and External_Deal_ID in the Contacts and Deals modules, respectively. We will reference these values to associate the contact with the deal."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}