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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set queryParams = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("criteria","(External_Contact_ID:equals:usercontact2)")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("fields","External_Contact_ID,Email")

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader "X-EXTERNAL","Contacts.External_Contact_ID"

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://domain.com/crm/v2/Contacts/search",queryParams)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(resp.StatusCode)
outFile.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)


outFile.Close

Curl Command

curl -G -d "criteria=%28External_Contact_ID%3Aequals%3Ausercontact2%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 \"equals\" 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:equals:usercontact2)&fields=External_Contact_ID,Email",
      "host": [
        "{{api-domain}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "crm",
        "v2",
        "Contacts",
        "search"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "criteria",
          "value": "(External_Contact_ID:equals:usercontact2)"
        },
        {
          "key": "fields",
          "value": "External_Contact_ID,Email"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Parameter:criteria=(External_Contact_ID:equals:usercontact123)"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}