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Creating an contact record using the OData endpoint with JavaScript

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Posted on by Rahul G J

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Hi all,

I am trying to create a contact record using the OData endpoint with JavaScript, here is my code:

function CreateNewContact()
{
var contact= {};

contact.lastname= "Test JS Contact";

SDK.REST.createRecord(
contact,
"contact",
function (contact)
{
alert("Account Created with name" + " " + contact.lastname);
},
errorHandler
);

function errorHandler(error) {
writeMessage(error.message);
}
}

I guess this is not creating any contact record in Contact Entity.

What might have gone wrong ?

Thanks.

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Yadnyesh Kuvalekar 4,102 on at

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Hi Rahul,

Try using below code:

function CreateNewContact() { var contact= {}; contact.LastName= "Test JS Contact"; SDK.REST.createRecord( contact, "contact", function (contact) { alert("Account Created with name" + " " + contact.lastname); }, errorHandler ); function errorHandler(error) { writeMessage(error.message); } }

You should use Schema names while using SDK.REST. Please refer below sample code by MSDN.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg334427(v=crm.7).aspx

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Kumar Viju 1,026 on at

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Hi Rahul,

Since you have mentioned CRM 2016 , i would recommend start using Web API for creating ODATA query's.

Microsoft is going to eventually depreciate 2011 endpoints.

And the best tool which i use always for creating ODATA query is CRM Rest Builder. Amazing work by the team ( Jason Lattimer )

https://crmrestbuilder.codeplex.com/

It can construct your queries within seconds, and the possibility of error is negligible ( As we developer knows how frustrating it can be making silly mistake and finding the root cause for Javascript to fail). You can take control of making the query Sync or Async.

FYI. I don't think SDK.REST can make synchronous call.

This is the sample Code I created in one go, using the tool.

Learn More About Web API: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt593051.aspx

===

WEB API

var entity = {};
entity.firstname = "Vijay";
entity.lastname = "Kumar";

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("POST", Xrm.Page.context.getClientUrl() + "/api/data/v8.0/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];
}
else {
alert(this.statusText);
}
}
};
req.send(JSON.stringify(entity));

=====

If you still want use SDK Rest.

var entity = {};
entity.FirstName = "Vijay";
entity.LastName = "Kumar";

SDK.REST.createRecord(
entity,
"Contact",
function (result) {
var newEntityId = result.ContactId;
},
function (error) {
alert(error.message);
}
);

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