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Dynamics 365 CE APIs and Azure API Management

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Posted on by Marx2020 175

Hi,

I'm just getting started with Azure API management and our D365 CE instance.  I have APIM up and running and returning all our contacts.

I've having trouble finding information on how to return single records (constructing query strings/filters) with APIM.  I have an alternate key that I'd like to pass to the API request and have the contact record returned for that contact...

Would someone be able to point me in the right direction?

thanks,

Steve.

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    Guido Preite 54,086 Moderator on at

    To configure Azure API Management with Dynamics 365 CE you can follow this guide (probably you already found this link)

    https://nishantrana.me/2021/01/19/manage-dynamics-365-web-api-with-azure-api-management/

    to generate the API requests (including a retrieve by alternate key) you can use my tool Dataverse REST Builder and after you can copy the generated url

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    Inogic 766 on at

    Hi Steve,

     

    If you have alternate keys defined in the CRM then you can use that alternate keys to retrieve the record instead of using unique identifier for the record(GUID of the record).

    Syntax:

    GET [Organization URI]/api/data/v9.2/contacts(firstname=”Steve”)

     

    You can also refer below link for your reference

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/webapi/retrieve-entity-using-web-api#retrieve-using-an-alternate-key

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Thanks!

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    Marx2020 175 on at

    Thanks Sam and Guido for your responses.  I think my issue is with APIM and getting the query into the right form.  I've got to submitting the query string, but the identifier like: /contacts?my_alternate_key=alternate_key_value  rather than /contacts(my_alternate_key = alternate_key_value).  Clearly I don't under APIM policies etc very well.  As I said, just getting started.....:)

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