Using NEST Web API with C# to associate Account With Contact

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Posted on by mark66221

I am trying to use C# and the NEXT Web API set for CRM to populate data into CRM.

currently I can add Accounts and Contacts with no issues.

I am having issues trying to find an example of how to associate the account entity with the contact entity.

I have tried both POST & PATCH but keep on getting "BadRequest"

createRequest2 = {Method: PATCH, RequestUri: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx.api.crm.dynamics.com/.../$ref', Version: 1.1, Content: System.Net.Http.StringContent, Headers:
{
Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 127
}}

{{
"@odata.id": " ">xxxxxxxxxxxxx.api.crm.dynamics.com/.../accounts(6314b517-a25b-462c-9c63-1b87947fd2f4)"
}}

httpClient.Send(createRequest2);

is there anyplace where I can get more detailed examples in c# that work with the CRM NEST Web API?

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Hello Mark,

What relation do you want to set? PrimaryContact field on the account or customerid field on the contact? Or something else?

My usual goto in this case is CrmRestBuilder - github.com/.../2.6.0.0

Just install the tool to the Dataverse instance and let the tool do the remaining things.

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I have gotten the following working:

{xxxxxxxxxxxxx.api.crm.dynamics.com/.../$ref}

with a body of:

{"@odata.id": "xxxxxxxxxxx.api.crm.dynamics.com/.../contacts(fcfbf1e0-dbc3-eb11-bacc-000d3a9e1499)"}

What I really need at this time is a place to find a list and descriptions of the different "contact_customer_accounts" so I can plan what needs to be done.

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You can check xxx.crm.dynamics.com/.../$metadata

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Thank you that gives me some insight

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