Passing Data to Epicor Function from External API Call

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If an Epicor function is called externally (as a REST API Endpoint), how can the function read the JSON packet that has been passed to it?

I’ve searched high and low, and I can only find how to access JSON data from an outbound API call response values.

For context, I am trying to send data to an Epicor function that uses logic to update/create entries. I find this to be more scalable for my company than making multiple API calls from our web app.

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You would receive it as a string and then parse it into a dynamic variable. Like:

REST - Receiving data in an Epicor function from an external webhook - ERP 10 - Epicor User Help Forum (epiusers.help)

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Using the below code block as an example, my main issue is what to replace the "{number:1000, str:'string', array: [1,2,3,4,5,6]}" argument within the JObject.Parse method with.

dynamic d = JObject.Parse("{number:1000, str:'string', array: [1,2,3,4,5,6]}");

Console.WriteLine(d.number);
Console.WriteLine(d.str);
Console.WriteLine(d.array.Count);

Does anyone know the correct argument(s) to represent the content of the API call?

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I used the second answer on that StackOverflow page and it worked for me.

dynamic d = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject("{\"message\":\"Hi\"}");

See if that works better for you.

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That’s going to depend on what you’re actually passing into the function.

If you can give me the signature for your function and an example of what you’re passing to it, I should be able to give you some code examples that will work for your specific case.

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The input of the function would be the Json packet which looks something like this:

{
    "orderName": "Test Order",
    "customerID": "003",
    "lineItems":  [
        "900023-003",
        "900043-001"
    ],
    "quantity": [
        "2",
        "3"
    ],
    "unitCost": [
        "45.60",
        "53.31"
    ]
}

And the output would be to create/update a Quote in Epicor. Return value is Epicor Order ID.

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Thanks! I will try this and mark it as the solution if/when it works to make sure it works with my version.

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Aaron’s given us a very good example in this link, hopefully that helps:
Rest API V2 Batch Post - Help Needed - ERP 10 - Epicor User Help Forum (epiusers.help)

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