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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vJson
    Handle hoJson
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // 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_Quote_ID": "quote1",
    //       "Subject": "Quote 1",
    //       "Product_Details": [
    //         {
    //           "product": {
    //             "External_Product_ID": "12345678900"
    //           },
    //           "book": {
    //             "External_Price_book_ID": "pricebook1"
    //           },
    //           "quantity": 100
    //         }
    //       ]
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "data[0].External_Quote_ID" "quote1" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "data[0].Subject" "Quote 1" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "data[0].Product_Details[0].product.External_Product_ID" "12345678900" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "data[0].Product_Details[0].book.External_Price_book_ID" "pricebook1" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "data[0].Product_Details[0].quantity" 100 To iSuccess

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
    Set ComAuthToken Of hoHttp To "<access_token>"
    Send ComSetRequestHeader To hoHttp "X-EXTERNAL" "Quotes.External_ID"

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpJson Of hoHttp "POST" "https://domain.com/crm/v2/Quotes" vJson "application/json" vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Showln iTemp1
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1


End_Procedure

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Quotes.External_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "External_Quote_ID": "quote1",
            "Subject": "Quote 1",
            "Product_Details": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "External_Product_ID": "12345678900"
                    },
                    "book": {
                        "External_Price_book_ID": "pricebook1"
                    },
                    "quantity": 100
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Quotes

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Creating an inventory module's record with external fields in the line items",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Quotes.External_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"External_Quote_ID\": \"quote1\",\n            \"Subject\": \"Quote 1\",\n            \"Product_Details\": [\n                {\n                    \"product\": {\n                        \"External_Product_ID\": \"12345678900\"\n                    },\n                    \"book\": {\n                        \"External_Price_book_ID\": \"pricebook1\"\n                    },\n                    \"quantity\": 100\n                }\n            ]\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Quotes",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Quotes"
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, we will create a quote by using the external values in the Product_Details section that comprises the associated product and the price book. So, Quotes is the base module's API name, the API names of the external fields in the Products and Price Books modules are External_Product_ID and External_Price_book_ID, respectively."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}