Classic ASP / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Deleting a record using an external ID
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<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("DELETE","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
%>
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Curl Command
curl -X DELETE
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Deleting a record using an external ID",
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "bearer",
"bearer": [
{
"key": "token",
"value": "{{access-token}}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"method": "DELETE",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-EXTERNAL",
"value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID",
"type": "text"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2",
"Contacts",
"extcontact3"
]
},
"description": "In this example, we will delete the record in the Contacts module with the external value extcontact3 in the external field \"External_Contact_ID\"."
},
"response": [
]
}
