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Posted on by baltistan115

I have created two tables Car Model and Car Brand and for these two tables i have create pages of API type respectively, now i am stuck how to POST and GET data through API call?

i try it using postman where repeatedly asking for username and password.

Where to write this snip of code and where to find environment name and company Id ??

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Bilal Haider 414 on at

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Hi,

If your version of Dynamics BC is SaaS then basic auth will not work and you cannot access API using username and password.

You need to follow the link to use OAuth to authenticate

docs.microsoft.com/.../authenticate-web-services-using-oauth

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Thanks for you help.

okay i will check that but can you tell me after creating API type pages from where post given in above sereen shot

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Bilal Haider 414 on at

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As I wrote in other answer, you can use Postman or SoapUI or any other software that an consume webservice or API.

If you are a developer in C# you can create a small application to consume the API.

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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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You can still use Basic Authentication for API, you don't need OAuth but basic will be deprecated in 2022. You need to select in the Authorization tab as Basic and enter the username and web service access key as the password.

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To post below data

Below are my Postman Screen shot

post with Environment name "test" and Company Id as given in URL

and post Body with below data

and my vs code screenshot are

I used Basic authentication with user name given in user and web service key as password.

but still get unauthorized status.

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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Username and password is case sensitive so make sure you enter them as they are in BC. Can you see all your custom API ?

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baltistan115 60 on at

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-develop-custom-api

I just followed the above documentation and create those custom API in documentation.

I just copy paste user name and password (Web Services Access Key)

Still getting unauthorized error ?

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