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PowerBuilder / Zoho CRM REST APIs / Upserting the external field using the system-defined duplicate check field

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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": [
//     {
//       "Last_Name": "Boyle P",
//       "External_Contact_ID": "Boyle123",
//       "Email": "p.boyle@abc.com"
//     }
//   ]
// }

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].Last_Name","Boyle P")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].External_Contact_ID","Boyle123")
loo_Json.UpdateString("data[0].Email","p.boyle@abc.com")

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

loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert","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: Contacts.External_Contact_ID"
	-d '{
    "data": [
        {
            "Last_Name": "Boyle P",
            "External_Contact_ID": "Boyle123",
            "Email": "p.boyle@abc.com"
        }
    ]
}'
https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Upserting the external field using the system-defined duplicate check field",
  "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 P\",\n            \"External_Contact_ID\": \"Boyle123\",\n            \"Email\": \"p.boyle@abc.com\"\n        }\n    ]\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{api-domain}}/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "upsert"
      ]
    },
    "description": "In this example, a new external value is passed to the external field External_Contact_ID in the Contacts module. Now, the system checks for the system-defined duplicate check field \"Email\". If that email ID exists for a contact, the system updates that contact with the new value for the external field."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}