RestfulApi is a Vtiger module which allows to communicate with your CRM using a REST API.
Simply install RestfulApi like a classic Vtiger module.
CRM Settings > Modules > Install from zip
You can easily communicate with your CRM using the REST protocol.
GET: Authentificate an user / Retrieve an entity or a list of entities / Retrieve PickList values
POST: Add an entity
PUT: Update an entity
DELETE: Remove an entity
To communicate with your CRM you must be authentificated.
There are 2 solutions to login an user:
- With login and password
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/auth/LOGIN/PASSWORD
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Auth&login=LOGIN&password=PASSWORD
Replace LOGIN and PASSWORD by your credentials.
- With access Key
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/auth/USER_ACCESS_KEY
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Auth&key=USER_ACCESS_KEY
Replace USER_ACCESS_KEY by the user's access key auto-generated by Vtiger.
Result:
{"success":true,"result":"f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39"}
//Token: f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
You must use the generated token in your other calls.
N.B: With this autentification method the Vtiger ACL are respected.
We must use the generated token for all calls. In the following examples we will use the Accounts module, but you can use RestfulApi with all Vtiger modules.
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success":true,"result":[{"accountname":"MEDIA 3+","account_no":"ACC1","phone":"","website":"","fax":"","tickersymbol":"","otherphone":"","account_id":"0","email1":"","employees":"0","email2":"","ownership":"","rating":"","industry":"","siccode":"","accounttype":"","annual_revenue":"0.00000000","emailoptout":"0","notify_owner":"0","assigned_user_id":"1","createdtime":"2016-10-28 14:40:37","modifiedtime":"2017-09-04 09:29:15","modifiedby":"1","bill_street":"34 all\u00e9e des Fr\u00eanes","ship_street":"34 all\u00e9e des Fr\u00eanes","bill_city":"Champs sur Marne","ship_city":"Champs sur Marne","bill_state":"","ship_state":"","bill_code":"77420","ship_code":"77420","bill_country":"France","ship_country":"France","bill_pobox":"","ship_pobox":"","description":"","campaignrelstatus":"","isconvertedfromlead":"0","record_id":"3","record_module":"Accounts","api_date_now":"2017-09-04 09:29:22"},{"accountname":"MEDIACRM","account_no":"ACC2","phone":"","website":"www.mediacrm.fr","fax":"","tickersymbol":"","otherphone":"","account_id":"0","email1":"","employees":"0","email2":"","ownership":"","rating":"","industry":"","siccode":"","accounttype":"","annual_revenue":"0.00000000","emailoptout":"0","notify_owner":"0","assigned_user_id":"1","createdtime":"2017-09-04 09:28:27","modifiedtime":"2017-09-04 09:28:27","modifiedby":"1","bill_street":"","ship_street":"","bill_city":"","ship_city":"","bill_state":"","ship_state":"","bill_code":"","ship_code":"","bill_country":"","ship_country":"","bill_pobox":"","ship_pobox":"","description":"","campaignrelstatus":"","isconvertedfromlead":"0","record_id":"24","record_module":"Accounts","api_date_now":"2017-09-04 09:29:22"}]}
You can manage pagination through the API. By default only the 100 first entities are returned.
You can use start, length, and orderparams to manage the pagination.
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/start/0/length/2/order/vtiger_account.accountname%20DESC/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&start=0&length=2&order=vtiger_account.accountname%20DESC&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success":true,"result":[{"accountname":"MEDIACRM","account_no":"ACC2","phone":"","website":"www.mediacrm.fr","fax":"","tickersymbol":"","otherphone":"","account_id":"0","email1":"","employees":"0","email2":"","ownership":"","rating":"","industry":"","siccode":"","accounttype":"","annual_revenue":"0.00000000","emailoptout":"0","notify_owner":"0","assigned_user_id":"1","createdtime":"2017-09-04 09:28:27","modifiedtime":"2017-09-04 09:28:27","modifiedby":"1","bill_street":"","ship_street":"","bill_city":"","ship_city":"","bill_state":"","ship_state":"","bill_code":"","ship_code":"","bill_country":"","ship_country":"","bill_pobox":"","ship_pobox":"","description":"","campaignrelstatus":"","isconvertedfromlead":"0","record_id":"24","record_module":"Accounts","api_date_now":"2017-09-04 10:14:38"},{"accountname":"MEDIA 3+","account_no":"ACC1","phone":"","website":"","fax":"","tickersymbol":"","otherphone":"","account_id":"0","email1":"","employees":"0","email2":"","ownership":"","rating":"","industry":"","siccode":"","accounttype":"","annual_revenue":"0.00000000","emailoptout":"0","notify_owner":"0","assigned_user_id":"1","createdtime":"2016-10-28 14:40:37","modifiedtime":"2017-09-04 09:29:15","modifiedby":"1","bill_street":"34 all\u00e9e des Fr\u00eanes","ship_street":"34 all\u00e9e des Fr\u00eanes","bill_city":"Champs sur Marne","ship_city":"Champs sur Marne","bill_state":"","ship_state":"","bill_code":"77420","ship_code":"77420","bill_country":"France","ship_country":"France","bill_pobox":"","ship_pobox":"","description":"","campaignrelstatus":"","isconvertedfromlead":"0","record_id":"3","record_module":"Accounts","api_date_now":"2017-09-04 10:14:38"}]}
Add criteria to the SQL query. You can concatenate several criteria with a semicolon.
One criterium pattern : table.column:value
Several criteria pattern : table.column1:value1;table.column2:value2;...;table.columnN:valueN
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/criteria/vtiger_account.accountname:MEDIACRM;vtiger_account.website:www.mediacrm.fr/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&criteria=vtiger_account.accountname:MEDIACRM;vtiger_account.website:www.mediacrm.fr&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success":true,"result":[{"accountname":"MEDIACRM","account_no":"ACC2","phone":"","website":"www.mediacrm.fr","fax":"","tickersymbol":"","otherphone":"","account_id":"0","email1":"","employees":"0","email2":"","ownership":"","rating":"","industry":"","siccode":"","accounttype":"","annual_revenue":"0.00000000","emailoptout":"0","notify_owner":"0","assigned_user_id":"1","createdtime":"2017-09-04 09:28:27","modifiedtime":"2017-09-04 09:28:27","modifiedby":"1","bill_street":"","ship_street":"","bill_city":"","ship_city":"","bill_state":"","ship_state":"","bill_code":"","ship_code":"","bill_country":"","ship_country":"","bill_pobox":"","ship_pobox":"","description":"","campaignrelstatus":"","isconvertedfromlead":"0","record_id":"24","record_module":"Accounts","api_date_now":"2017-09-04 09:47:16"}]}
In the following example we retrieve the account with ID = 3.
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/3/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&id=3&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success":true,"result":{"accountname":"MEDIA 3+","account_no":"ACC1","phone":"","website":"","fax":"","tickersymbol":"","otherphone":"","account_id":"0","email1":"","employees":"0","email2":"","ownership":"","rating":"","industry":"","siccode":"","accounttype":"","annual_revenue":"0.00000000","emailoptout":"0","notify_owner":"0","assigned_user_id":"1","createdtime":"2016-10-28 14:40:37","modifiedtime":"2017-09-04 09:29:15","modifiedby":"1","bill_street":"34 all\u00e9e des Fr\u00eanes","ship_street":"34 all\u00e9e des Fr\u00eanes","bill_city":"Champs sur Marne","ship_city":"Champs sur Marne","bill_state":"","ship_state":"","bill_code":"77420","ship_code":"77420","bill_country":"France","ship_country":"France","bill_pobox":"","ship_pobox":"","description":"","campaignrelstatus":"","isconvertedfromlead":"0","record_id":"3","record_module":"Accounts","api_date_now":"2017-09-04 09:53:04"}}
You can retrieve the values from a PickList of a module. Simply specify the module and the PickList fieldname.
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/picklist/rating/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&picklist=rating&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success":true,"result":{"values":{"Acquired":"Acquired","Active":"Actif","Market Failed":"Market Failed","Project Cancelled":"Project Cancelled","Shutdown":"Shutdown"}}}
You can also retrieve PickList dependencies if exists. Simply add &picklistdep=1 param
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/picklist/rating/picklistdep/1/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&picklist=rating&picklistdep=1&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success":true,"result":{"values":{"Acquired":"Acquired","Active":"Actif","Market Failed":"Market Failed","Project Cancelled":"Project Cancelled","Shutdown":"Shutdown"},"dependencies":{"Acquired":{"accounttype":["Customer","Integrator","Investor","Partner","Press","Prospect","Reseller","Other"]},"__DEFAULT__":{"accounttype":["Analyst","Competitor","Customer","Integrator","Investor","Partner","Press","Prospect","Reseller","Other"]},"Active":{"accounttype":["Analyst","Competitor","Investor","Partner","Press","Prospect","Reseller","Other"]},"Market Failed":{"accounttype":["Analyst","Competitor","Customer","Integrator","Press","Prospect","Reseller","Other"]},"Project Cancelled":{"accounttype":["Analyst","Competitor","Customer","Integrator","Investor","Partner","Reseller","Other"]},"Shutdown":{"accounttype":["Analyst","Competitor","Customer","Integrator","Investor","Partner","Press","Prospect"]}}}}
We must use the generated token for all calls. In the following examples we will use the Accounts module, but you can use RestfulApi with all Vtiger modules.
To create a new entity you must at least specify the mandatory fields of the module. It is not mandatory to add all other fields.
To specify a field you must use its fieldname (you can find it in vtiger_field table).
URL:
http://localhost/vtiger6.5/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Data to post:
accountname=MediaToolBox&email1=mediatoolbox@yopmail.com&phone=+33656896325&bill_street=100 street beta test\r\nBat. B&bill_code=34000&bill_city=Montpellier&bill_country=France
Result:
{"success": true,"result": 25}
//25 is the ID of the new created entity
We must use the generated token for all calls. In the following examples we will use the Accounts module, but you can use RestfulApi with all Vtiger modules.
To update an entity you must specify its ID and the fields values you want to update.
To specify a field you must use its fieldname (you can find it in vtiger_field table).
URL:
http://localhost/vtiger6.5/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/25/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&id=25&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Data to post:
accountname=MediaToolBox2&email1=mediatoolbox2@yopmail.com
Result:
{"success": true,"result": 25}
//25 is the ID of the updated entity
We must use the generated token for all calls. In the following examples we will use the Accounts module, but you can use RestfulApi with all Vtiger modules.
To remove an entity you must specify its ID.
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/Accounts/25/f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
or
http://yourcrm.com/modules/RestfulApi/index.php?module=Accounts&id=25&token=f7171f3d8e13326762a45641c2dd1e39
Result:
{"success": true,"result": true}