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Foxpro / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Upserting a record when the external value is unique

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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
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": [
*     {
*       "Last_Name": "Boyle",
*       "External_Contact_ID": "Boyle1"
*     }
*   ]
* }

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("data[0].Last_Name","Boyle")
loJson.UpdateString("data[0].External_Contact_ID","Boyle1")

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

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert","application/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "Last_Name": "Boyle",
            "External_Contact_ID": "Boyle1"
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Upserting a record when the external value is unique",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"Last_Name\": \"Boyle\",\n            \"External_Contact_ID\": \"Boyle1\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "upsert"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Let us consider an example of an upsert request in the Contacts module. When the external field's value is unique, and if the other duplicate fields are checked, the system inserts the contact."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}