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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Resp

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// 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": [
//     {
//       "se_module": "Accounts",
//       "What_Id": {
//         "External_Account_ID": "useraccount1"
//       },
//       "Event_Title": "Event Kaizen",
//       "Start_DateTime": "2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30",
//       "End_DateTime": "2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30"
//     }
//   ]
// }

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].se_module","Accounts")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].What_Id.External_Account_ID","useraccount1")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].Event_Title","Event Kaizen")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].Start_DateTime","2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].End_DateTime","2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30")

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loo_Http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("X-EXTERNAL","Events.External_ID")

loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/crm/v2/Events","application/json",loo_Json)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

Write-Debug string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
destroy loo_Resp


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-H "X-EXTERNAL: Events.External_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "se_module": "Accounts",
            "What_Id": {
                "External_Account_ID": "useraccount1"
            },
            "Event_Title": "Event Kaizen",
            "Start_DateTime": "2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30",
            "End_DateTime": "2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30"
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Events

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Inserting an Event record and associating the What_Id through an external field",
  "request": {
    "auth": {
      "type": "bearer",
      "bearer": [
        {
          "key": "token",
          "value": "{{access-token}}",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "X-EXTERNAL",
        "value": "Events.External_ID",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"data\": [\n        {\n            \"se_module\": \"Accounts\",\n            \"What_Id\": {\n                \"External_Account_ID\": \"useraccount1\"\n            },\n            \"Event_Title\": \"Event Kaizen\",\n            \"Start_DateTime\": \"2020-05-10T10:10:10+05:30\",\n            \"End_DateTime\": \"2020-05-10T11:10:10+05:30\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Events",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Events"
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, External_Account_ID is the API name of the external field in the Accounts module. What_Id in the Events module takes the Account's name as its value. We will reference this external field in the Accounts module to the What_Id field and insert an event."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}