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Android / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Associating a lookup record through an external field

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // 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": [
    //     {
    //       "Last_Name": "ext contact 1",
    //       "Account_Name": {
    //         "External_Account_ID": "externalaccount1"
    //       }
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("data[0].Last_Name","ext contact 1");
    json.UpdateString("data[0].Account_Name.External_Account_ID","externalaccount1");

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

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts","application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "Last_Name": "ext contact 1",
            "Account_Name": {
                "External_Account_ID": "externalaccount1"
            }
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Associating a lookup record through an external field",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"Last_Name\": \"ext contact 1\",\n            \"Account_Name\": {\n                \"External_Account_ID\": \"externalaccount1\"\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's API name where Account_Name is a lookup field's API name in the Contacts module. External_Account_ID is the API name of the external field in the Accounts module. We will reference the external field's value in the Accounts module to create a record in the Contacts module."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}