newEntityId (Id from new record created) returning null upon new record creation

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Hi everyone,

I am new to dynamics 365 and CRM in general and I have been trying to create a new record, using api request, which id I need to use as an input to another function. The problem is that my newEntityId returns null when creating my new record, despite being able to effectively create the new record (I've created the function through Rest Builder). Does anyone have a solution for this? It is problem easy to solve but I am also new to Javascript and I've been searching the internet bu till now without any luck

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Hello,

I a not sure which version of rest builder are you using I would recommend download the rest builder from below -

https://github.com/jlattimer/CRMRESTBuilder/releases

and import the managed solution in your CRM instance.

Here is the step I have followed.

Step1 : Select the attributes to pass while creating record.

Step 2 : Click on Create Request .

Step 3 Here is the id I am getting

Now here is my Code , where I have declare a variable in the first line for entity id and passing this to outside and inside of the method.

function ClickMe() { //local variable for newEntityId var CreatedEntityID = null; //Created from rest builder var entity = {}; entity.firstname = "Goutam"; entity.lastname = "Das"; entity.telephone1 = "8598989878"; var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.open("POST", Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl() + "/api/data/v8.2/contacts", true); req.setRequestHeader("OData-MaxVersion", "4.0"); req.setRequestHeader("OData-Version", "4.0"); req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json"); req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8"); req.onreadystatechange = function () { if (this.readyState === 4) { req.onreadystatechange = null; if (this.status === 204) { var uri = this.getResponseHeader("OData-EntityId"); var regExp = /\(([^)]+)\)/; var matches = regExp.exec(uri); var newEntityId = matches[1]; CreatedEntityID = newEntityId;//Assign the value to the local variable // Pass to other method CreateAnotherRecord(CreatedEntityID); } else { Xrm.Utility.alertDialog(this.statusText); } } }; req.send(JSON.stringify(entity)); // Pass to other method CreateAnotherRecord(CreatedEntityID); }

Hope this helps.

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