Classic ASP / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Inserting an Event record and associating the What_Id through an external field
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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
' 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": [
' {
' "se_module": "Accounts",
' "What_Id": {
' "External_Account_ID": "useraccount1"
' },
' "Event_Title": "Event Kaizen",
' "Start_DateTime": "2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30",
' "End_DateTime": "2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30"
' }
' ]
' }
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("data[0].se_module","Accounts")
success = json.UpdateString("data[0].What_Id.External_Account_ID","useraccount1")
success = json.UpdateString("data[0].Event_Title","Event Kaizen")
success = json.UpdateString("data[0].Start_DateTime","2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30")
success = json.UpdateString("data[0].End_DateTime","2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "X-EXTERNAL","Events.External_ID"
' resp is a Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/crm/v2/Events","application/json",json)
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 POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "X-EXTERNAL: Events.External_ID"
-d '{
"data": [
{
"se_module": "Accounts",
"What_Id": {
"External_Account_ID": "useraccount1"
},
"Event_Title": "Event Kaizen",
"Start_DateTime": "2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30",
"End_DateTime": "2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30"
}
]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Events
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Inserting an Event record and associating the What_Id through an external field",
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "bearer",
"bearer": [
{
"key": "token",
"value": "{{access-token}}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-EXTERNAL",
"value": "Events.External_ID",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"data\": [\n {\n \"se_module\": \"Accounts\",\n \"What_Id\": {\n \"External_Account_ID\": \"useraccount1\"\n },\n \"Event_Title\": \"Event Kaizen\",\n \"Start_DateTime\": \"2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30\",\n \"End_DateTime\": \"2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30\"\n }\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Events",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2",
"Events"
]
},
"description": "In this example, External_Account_ID is the API name of the external field in the Accounts module. What_Id in the Events module takes the Account's name as its value. We will reference this external field in the Accounts module to the What_Id field and insert an event."
},
"response": [
]
}
