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Foxpro / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Updating a record through the external value of a lookup record in that module

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loResp

* 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')
loHttp = 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": [
*     {
*       "External_Contact_ID": "extcontact1",
*       "Account_Name": {
*         "External_Account_ID": "extaccount1"
*       }
*     }
*   ]
* }

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("data[0].External_Contact_ID","extcontact1")
loJson.UpdateString("data[0].Account_Name.External_Account_ID","extaccount1")

* Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID, Contacts.Account_Name.External_Account_ID")

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)

loResp = loHttp.PTextSb("PUT","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts",loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? STR(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr
RELEASE loResp

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbRequestBody

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID, Contacts.Account_Name.External_Account_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "External_Contact_ID": "extcontact1",
            "Account_Name": {
                "External_Account_ID": "extaccount1"
            }
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Updating a record through the external value of a lookup record in that module",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID, Contacts.Account_Name.External_Account_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"External_Contact_ID\": \"extcontact1\",\n            \"Account_Name\": {\n                \"External_Account_ID\": \"extaccount1\"\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 and contains an account lookup field Account_Name. To update a record in the Contacts module, you must specify the external field's API name and its value in the Accounts module, and the external field's API name and its value in the Contacts module."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}