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Error while creating contact using dynamic crm api

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Hi,

I am new to Dynamic CRM. I am trying to create a contact which works fine as long as I pass firstname, lastname fields with api as payload but when i add email in the json payload it start throw exception.

Can someone please let me know if there is any documentation available for field name mapping for api.

Tx,

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    Community Member on at

    Here is the stack trace of error:

    An unexpected 'PrimitiveValue' node was found when reading from the JSON reader. A 'StartObject' node was expected.\\\",\\\"innererror\\\":{\\\"message\\\":\\\"An unexpected 'PrimitiveValue' node was found when reading from the JSON reader. A 'StartObject' node was expected.\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"Microsoft.Crm.CrmHttpException\\\",\\\"stacktrace\\\":\\\"   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.OData.CrmODataUtilities.ValidateInputParameters(ModelStateDictionary controllerModelState)\\\\r\\\\n   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.OData.EntityController.PostEntitySetImplementation(String& entitySetName, EdmEntityObject entityObject)\\\\r\\\\n   at Microsoft.D365.ServicePlatform.Context.ActivityLoggerExtensions.Execute[TResult](ILogger logger, EventId eventId, ActivityType activityType, Func`1 func)\\\\r\\\\n   at Microsoft.D365.ServicePlatform.Context.ActivityLoggerExtensions.Execute[TResult](ILogger logger, ActivityType activityType, Func`1 func)\\\\r\\\\n   at lambda_method(Closure , Object , Object[] )\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor.ActionExecutor.<>c__DisplayClass10.<GetExecutor>b__9(Object instance, Object[] methodParameters)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor.ExecuteAsync(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 arguments, CancellationToken cancellationToken)\\\\r\\\\n--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd(Task task)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult()\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ApiControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionAsyncCore>d__0.MoveNext()\\\\r\\\\n--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd(Task task)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult()\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ActionFilterResult.<ExecuteAsync>d__2.MoveNext()\\\\r\\\\n--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd(Task task)\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult()\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.<SendAsync>d__1.MoveNext()\\\"}}}\"","name":"StatusCodeError","stack":"StatusCodeError: 400 - \"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"code\\\":\\\"0x0\\\",\\\"message\\\":\\\"An unexpected 'PrimitiveValue' node was found when reading from the JSON reader. A 'StartObject' node was expected.\\\",\\\"innererror\\\":{\\\"message\\\":\\\"An unexpected 'PrimitiveValue' node was found when reading from the JSON reader. A 'StartObject' node was expected.\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"Microsoft.Crm.CrmHttpException\\\",\\\"stacktrace\\\":\\\"   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.OData.CrmODataUtilities.ValidateInputParameters(ModelStateDictionary controllerModelState)\\\\r\\\\n   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.OData.EntityController.PostEntitySetImplementation(String& entitySetName, EdmEntityObject entityObject)\\\\r\\\\n   at Microsoft.D365.ServicePlatform.Context.ActivityLoggerExtensions.Execute[TResult](ILogger logger, EventId eventId, ActivityType activityType, Func`1 func)\\\\r\\\\n   at Microsoft.D365.ServicePlatform.Context.ActivityLoggerExtensions.Execute[TResult](ILogger logger, ActivityType activityType, Func`1 func)\\\\r\\\\n   at lambda_method(Closure , Object , Object[] )\\\\r\\\\n   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor.ActionExecutor.<>c__DisplayClass10.<GetExecutor>b__9(Object instance, Object[] methodParameters)

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    RaviKashyap 55,410 Moderator on at

    Hi Sachin,

    You can use CRM REST Builder tool to generate the web api request and even executye it there. This will ensure you have the right code and avoid any mapping issue if any.

    github.com/.../CRMRESTBuilder

    www.toplinestrategies.com/.../crm-rest-builder-useful-tool-working-crm-2016%E2%80%99s-web-api

    Hope this helps.

  • Mahendar Pal Profile Picture
    Mahendar Pal 45,095 on at

    In addition to that you can also share your code here for checking,

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    Community Member on at

    Thanks Ravi. I managed to resolve the issue. There was some issue with my code but links you provided would definitely help me.

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