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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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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# 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()
success = http.QuickGetSb("http://<site_url>/rest/v10/Accounts/<record_id>?fields=name,email1,industry",sbResponseBody)
if (success == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.put_EmitCompact(False)

print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.emit())

respStatusCode = http.get_LastStatus()
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Header:")
    print(http.lastHeader())
    print("Failed.")
    sys.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")