Postman get_entries

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1

Hi all,

I am trying to make an connection with postman.
So far I am able to login, get the session id, get_entry, get_entry_list.
Only the get_entries I cannot figure out what the correct syntax would be.

url = https://www.mydomain.org/crm/service/v4_1/rest.php
method = get_entries
input_type = JSON
response_type = JSON
rest_data = {“session” : “mysessionid”,“module_name” : “Users”,“ids” : {“id-of-the-user”},“select_fields” : {""},“link_name_to_fields_array” : {""} , “track_view” : “true”}
Using the latest stable version.

With kind regards,

Charles

2

Hello, I’m trying to get_entry_list with postman but the response is null
{“session”:“MySessionId”,

“module_name”:“Contacts”,

“query” :’’,

“order_by”:"",

“offset”:“0”,

“select_fields”:{“id”,“first_name”,“last_name”},

“max_results”:“2”

}
don’t know what i’m doing wrong ?
Do u have any idea
Thanks

3

Hi,
try

{
		"session": "MySessionId",
		"module_name":"Contacts",
		"query":null,
		"order_by": null,
		"offset": null,
		"select_fields": [
			"id", "first_name", "last_name"
		],
		"link_name_to_fields_array": null,
		"max_results": 2
}

instead. From my perspective, the biggest problem was this part:

“select_fields”:{“id”,“first_name”,“last_name”},

→ “select_fields” is an array/list and not an object, therefore [ and ] instead of { }

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4

thanks alot it worked

5

I’m trying to add a query to this function to select a unique name like this : “query” :" first_name=‘chayma’ "
and abviously it’s not correct.
would you have any suggestions
Thanks

6

Hi,
I’m just on my mobile, but it should work like this:

If its not working, I’ll copy a tested example tomorrow from my notebook.

E: tested and working:

{
		"session": "sessionid",
		"module_name":"Contacts",
		"query": "contacts.first_name='someName'",
		"order_by": null,
		"offset": null,
		"select_fields": [
			"id", "first_name", "last_name"
		],
		"link_name_to_fields_array": null,
		"max_result": 2
}
7

Hello back,
yes it’s working
thank you so much

8

Hello again, i’m digging deeper into queries, i wanted to ask how can i use relationships, for example i want to select contact id using the email adresse of that contact…

9

this is my try
{“session”:“MySessionId”,

“module_name”:“Contacts”,

“query” :“contacts JOIN email_adresses.email_adress=‘myadress@gmail.com’”,

“order_by”:null,

“offset”:“0”,

“select_fields”:[“id”],

“link_name_to_fields_array”: null,

“max_results”:“4”

}

i get 500 error code with this response : Database failure. Please refer to suitecrm.log for details.

10

Tricky question, mail addresses are not stored directly in the bean. What I can show you is how to retrieve the related mail address though:

{
		"session": "{{sessionid}}",
		"module_name":"Contacts",
		"query": "contacts.id='someId'",
		"order_by": null,
		"offset": null,
		"select_fields": [
			"id", "first_name", "last_name"
		],
		"link_name_to_fields_array": [
		{
			"name": "email_addresses",
			"value": [
				"id",
				"email_address",
				"opt_out",
				"primary_address"
			]
		}
		],
		"max_result": 1 
}

The problem with the query-parameter: it only contains the “where” statement of the query, so it’s not possible to enter joins directly. Instead, you can retrieve related records by using the “link_name_to_fields_array”.

Technically, it should therefore be possible to retrieve the mail addresses first and then filter for the specific mail to return the contact.
Approach:

{
		"session": "{{sessionid}}",
		"module_name":"EmailAddresses",
		"query": "email_addresses.email_address='demo@example.com'",
		"order_by": null,
		"offset": null,
		"select_fields": [
			"id", "email_address"
		],
		"link_name_to_fields_array": [
		
		],
		"max_result": 2
}

→ would return the specific emailaddresses-object and its ID. The last step is now to load the related contact too, but I wasn’t able to figure out the correct link name. But maybe someone else here is able to help.

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11

I’m trying this query that seems to give me back 200 response code but the entry list is empty.
Ps the adresse mail that i’am passing exist in the db

        {
         
           "session":"{{sessionid}}",

          "module_name":"Accounts",

          "query":" accounts.id IN ( SELECT eabr.bean_id FROM email_addr_bean_rel eabr JOIN 
                    email_addresses ea ON (ea.id =eabr.email_address_id) WHERE eabr.bean_module = 
                    'Accounts' AND eabr.deleted = 0 AND ea.email_address = 'myadresse@gmail.com')",

          "order_by":null,

          "offset":"0",

          "select_fields":["id"],

          "link_name_to_fields_array": null,

          "max_results":"4"  }