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<?php

include("chilkat.php");
// Use "chilkat_9_5_0.php" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0

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

$http = new CkHttp();

$queryParams = new CkJsonObject();
$queryParams->UpdateString('criteria','(External_Contact_ID:in:usercontact2,usercontact123)');
$queryParams->UpdateString('fields','External_Contact_ID,Email');

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$http->put_AuthToken('<access_token>');
$http->SetRequestHeader('X-EXTERNAL','Contacts.External_Contact_ID');

// resp is a CkHttpResponse
$resp = $http->QuickRequestParams('GET','https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/search',$queryParams);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\n";


?>

Curl Command

curl -G -d "criteria=%28External_Contact_ID%3Ain%3Ausercontact2,usercontact123%29"
	-d "fields=External_Contact_ID,Email"
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/search

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Using the external value and the \"in\" operator in \"criteria\"",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Contacts.External_Contact_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/search?criteria=(External_Contact_ID:in:usercontact2,usercontact123)&fields=External_Contact_ID,Email",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "search"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "criteria",
          "value": "(External_Contact_ID:in:usercontact2,usercontact123)"
        },
        {
          "key": "fields",
          "value": "External_Contact_ID,Email"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Parameter:criteria=(External_Contact_ID:in:usercontact2,usercontact123)"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}