Web API in dynamics 365

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Hello community experts,

Could anybody please explain me on what is web API for dynamics 365, how many are there and when to use it?

I would like to learn developing web Api's could anybody please provide me with the links and sources where it will be easy for a beginner to learn

Kindly advise

Best Regards,

Sumaira Noor

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,

Dynamics 365 provided powerful Web Api for developers to work with data.

What is WEB API.

You could get the overview here.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/common-data-service/webapi/overview?view=dynamics-ce-odata-9

How many of them.

There are a lot of kinds of web api here, You can use them to meet almost any business need.

You could call web api for these entities to control data.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/web-api/entitytypes?view=dynamics-ce-odata-9

You could call web api to do these actions.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/web-api/actions?view=dynamics-ce-odata-9

You could call web api to do these retrieves.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/web-api/functions?view=dynamics-ce-odata-9

How to use them.

Normally in D365, we use web api to do CRUD actions on data with code, which may meet our complex and diverse requirements.

D365 also provided developers with JS method to use web api more easily in forms.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/common-data-service/webapi/get-started-web-api-client-side-javascript

And using C# to trigger web api in server side is also supported.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/common-data-service/webapi/get-started-dynamics-365-web-api-csharp

Best Regads,

Leo

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meelamri 13,216 User Group Leader on at

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Hi,

As an example, try this URL in your browser: yourOrganization.crm4.dynamics.com/.../accounts. Don't forget to modify the URL with your organization. Then, you will see all your accounts in JSON format.

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Sumaira Noor 1,085 on at

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Thanks a lot for the help Leo and Mehdi

Best regards,

Sumaira Noor

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