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

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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

# 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"
#     }
#   ]
# }

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "data[0].Last_Name" "Boyle P"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "data[0].External_Contact_ID" "Boyle123"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "data[0].Email" "p.boyle@abc.com"

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http "<access_token>"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "X-EXTERNAL" "Contacts.External_Contact_ID"

set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpJson $http "POST" "https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/upsert" $json "application/json" $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

puts [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

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": [
  ]
}