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Objective-C / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Delete Related Records Using External ID

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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];
BOOL success;

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// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "data": [
//     {
//       "Contact_Role": "111111000000026002",
//       "External_Deal_ID": "extdeal3"
//     }
//   ]
// }

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"data[0].Contact_Role" value: @"111111000000026002"];
[json UpdateString: @"data[0].External_Deal_ID" value: @"extdeal3"];

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = @"<access_token>";
[http SetRequestHeader: @"X-EXTERNAL" value: @"Contacts.External_Contact_ID"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbRequestBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[json EmitSb: sbRequestBody];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [http PTextSb: @"DELETE" url: @"https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3/Deals/extdeal3" textData: sbRequestBody charset: @"utf-8" contentType: @"application/json" md5: NO gzip: NO];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%d",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);

Curl Command

curl -X DELETE
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "Contact_Role": "111111000000026002",
            "External_Deal_ID": "extdeal3"
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3/Deals/extdeal3

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Delete Related Records Using External ID",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "DELETE",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"Contact_Role\": \"111111000000026002\",\n            \"External_Deal_ID\": \"extdeal3\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/extcontact3/Deals/extdeal3",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "extcontact3",
        "Deals",
        "extdeal3"
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, extcontact3 and extdeal3 are the values of the external fields External_Contact_ID and External_Deal_ID in the Contacts and Deals modules, respectively. we will reference these values to delink the deal from the contact."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}