(Visual Basic 6.0) SugarCRM Getting a Record

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.

For more information, see https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_7.9/Integration/Web_Services/v10/Examples/Bash/How_to_Manipulate_Records_CRUD/#Getting_a_Record

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

' 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>"

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>?fields=name,email1,industry",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print http.LastHeader
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

' 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

Dim id As String
Dim name As String
Dim date_modified As String
Dim industry As String
Dim email1 As String
Dim v_module As String

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")