API V8 Create Account to Contact Relationship

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1

Hi,

Just after an example of creating a Relationship between an Account and Contact(s) using the latest version of the API

I have this, but its not working

this is my url:
/api/v8/modules/Accounts/23fa0f9d-fbdc-406b-0a48-5ab326dda5db/relationships/contacts



{  
   "data":{  
      "id":"",
      "type":"Accounts",
      "attributes":{  
         "id":"23fa0f9d-fbdc-406b-0a48-5ab326dda5db"
      },
      "relationships":{  
         "contacts":{  
            "data":[  
               {  
                  "id":"1ff95909-2f1c-bc37-de48-5ab327409652",
	          "type":"Contact",
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   }
}

Any tips appreciated

Regards
Brendan

2

I also tried the following:


{  
   "data":{  
      "type":"accounts",
      "id":"",
      "relationships":{  
         "contacts":{  
            "data":[
            {  
               "type":"contact",
               "id":"819af9c4-44a2-ccad-55bf-5abc710c17e0"
            },
            {  
               "type":"contact",
               "id":"1ff95909-2f1c-bc37-de48-5ab327409652"
            }            
            ]
         }
      }
   }
}

But this returned the following error:

[SuiteCRM] [API] [Conflict] [ModuleController] [Unable to add relationships (to many)] false

3

Found the way this works

using postman to test. My url looks like:

/api/v8/modules/Accounts/23fa0f9d-fbdc-406b-0a48-5ab326dda5db/relationships/contacts

my json looks like:


{  
   "data":[  
      {  
         "type":"contacts",
         "id":"819af9c4-44a2-ccad-55bf-5abc710c17e0"
      }
   ]
}
4

Bump.

This problem still persists. It appears that the relationship creation API entry point does not work at all. Any pointers?

5

I’ve just been doing this, and it seems to work for me, but my url and body looks a bit different.
I am on 7.11.0 currently.
Try

/Api/V8/modules/Account/23fa0f9d-fbdc-406b-0a48-5ab326dda5db/relationships

And

{  
   "data":{  
         "type":"Contacts",
         "id":"819af9c4-44a2-ccad-55bf-5abc710c17e0"
      }
}
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6

I appreciate the helpful reply.

When referring to the API documentation it appears that the code you specified is the same as what the documentation states is used for deleting a relationship. Is there a distinction between these two that I’m missing?

7

I had to check the actual code I am using, and it does a POST to “module/Accounts/{$accountid}/relationships”
with

$relation = array(
“data” => array(
“type” => “Contacts”,
“id” => $contactid
)
);

which seems to work as intended. (relate a contact to/below an account)

I see what you mean about the doc and delete using the same code, and can only guess it is incorrect, and it should be a DELETE not a POST. I have not tested this.
Please test this thoroughly before you put it in production!

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8

I see that now and in my tests with postman, I can confirm that the distinction is that DELETE does not accept a body, but when the DELETE http method is used the API interprets this correctly as a delete, save for the issue noted where there is a library not included as expected. However, that issue aside I believe this helps to solve the immediate issue of how to use the API.

Again thank you!

Related Issue where delete entry point is not working as expected.
https://github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/issues/6761

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