Classic ASP / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Updating a record through the value of the external field in the module
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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.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.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": [
' {
' "Last_Name": "Test Contact 1"
' }
' ]
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("data[0].Last_Name","Test Contact 1")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcont1234",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
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 PUT
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
-d '{
"data": [
{
"Last_Name": "Test Contact 1"
}
]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcont1234
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Updating a record through the value of the external field in the module",
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "bearer",
"bearer": [
{
"key": "token",
"value": "{{access-token}}",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"method": "PUT",
"header": [
{
"key": "X-EXTERNAL",
"value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"data\": [\n {\n \"Last_Name\": \"Test Contact 1\"\n }\n ]\n}",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/extcont1234",
"host": [
"{{api-domain}}"
],
"path": [
"crm",
"v2",
"Contacts",
"extcont1234"
]
},
"description": "Let us consider an example of updating a record in the Contacts module. Instead of passing the record ID of the contact in Zoho CRM, you can pass the external field's value in that module and update the record."
},
"response": [
]
}
