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GetHarvest - Create Contact

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Creates a new contact object. Returns a contact object and a 201 Created response code if the call succeeded.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl "https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts" \
//   -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \
//   -H "Harvest-Account-Id: ACCOUNT_ID" \
//   -H "User-Agent: MyApp (yourname@example.com)" \
//   -X POST \
//   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//   -d '{"client_id":8282839,"first_name":"George","last_name":"Frank","email":"georgefrank@example.com"}'

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "client_id": 8282839,
//   "first_name": "George",
//   "last_name": "Frank",
//   "email": "georgefrank@example.com"
// }

$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->UpdateInt('client_id',8282839);
$json->UpdateString('first_name','George');
$json->UpdateString('last_name','Frank');
$json->UpdateString('email','georgefrank@example.com');

$http->SetRequestHeader('User-Agent','MyApp (yourname@example.com)');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/json');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Authorization','Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Harvest-Account-Id','ACCOUNT_ID');

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = new CkJsonObject();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(false);

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

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sample JSON response:

// {
//   "id": 4706510,
//   "title": null,
//   "first_name": "George",
//   "last_name": "Frank",
//   "email": "georgefrank@example.com",
//   "phone_office": "",
//   "phone_mobile": "",
//   "fax": "",
//   "created_at": "2017-06-26T21:44:57Z",
//   "updated_at": "2017-06-26T21:44:57Z",
//   "client": {
//     "id": 5735776,
//     "name": "123 Industries"
//   }
// }

// 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->IntOf('id');
$title = $jResp->stringOf('title');
$first_name = $jResp->stringOf('first_name');
$last_name = $jResp->stringOf('last_name');
$email = $jResp->stringOf('email');
$phone_office = $jResp->stringOf('phone_office');
$phone_mobile = $jResp->stringOf('phone_mobile');
$fax = $jResp->stringOf('fax');
$created_at = $jResp->stringOf('created_at');
$updated_at = $jResp->stringOf('updated_at');
$clientId = $jResp->IntOf('client.id');
$clientName = $jResp->stringOf('client.name');

?>