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SugarCRM Getting a Record

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Gets a record from the Sugar instance using the //:record endpoint. In this example we get an Account record by it's ID, but only request the Name, Email, and Industry fields.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -H OAuth-Token:<access_token> -H Cache-Control:no-cache http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>?fields=name,email1,industry

$http->SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache");
$http->SetRequestHeader("OAuth-Token","<access_token>");

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $http->QuickGetSb("http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>?fields=name,email1,industry",$sbResponseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $http->get_LastStatus();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $http->lastHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# {
#   "id": "ab2222df-73da-0e92-6887-5705428f4d68",
#   "name": "Test Record",
#   "date_modified": "2016-04-06T15:03:21-04:00",
#   "industry": "",
#   "email1": "test@sugar.com",
#   "_acl": {
#     "fields": {}
#   },
#   "_module": "Accounts"
# }

# Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
# Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$id = $jResp->stringOf("id");
$name = $jResp->stringOf("name");
$date_modified = $jResp->stringOf("date_modified");
$industry = $jResp->stringOf("industry");
$email1 = $jResp->stringOf("email1");
$v_module = $jResp->stringOf("_module");