Create contact

The following example shows you how to create a contact.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Force;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Service service = new Service();

                LoginResponse loginResponse = service.Login("username", "password", "securityToken");
                
                Contact contact = new Contact();
                contact.FirstName = "John";
                contact.LastName = "Smith";
                contact.Email = "john@domain.com";
                contact.Phone = "555-666-777";
                contact.MobilePhone = "555-666-888";
                contact.MailingStreet = "Street 123";
                contact.MailingCity = "Berlin";
                contact.MailingCountry = "Germany";
                contact.MailingPostalCode = "10000";
                
                CreateResponse createResponse = service.Create(contact);

                if (createResponse.Success)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Id: " + createResponse.Id);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Error code: " + createResponse.Error.StatusCode);
                    Console.WriteLine("Error message: " + createResponse.Error.Message);
                }

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (ServiceRequestException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.FaultCode);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.FaultString);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.StatusCode);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Force

Namespace Sample
    Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Try
                Dim service As New Service()

                Dim loginResponse As LoginResponse = service.Login("username", "password", "securityToken")

                Dim contact As New Contact()
                contact.FirstName = "John"
                contact.LastName = "Smith"
                contact.Email = "john@domain.com"
                contact.Phone = "555-666-777"
                contact.MobilePhone = "555-666-888"
                contact.MailingStreet = "Street 123"
                contact.MailingCity = "Berlin"
                contact.MailingCountry = "Germany"
                contact.MailingPostalCode = "10000"

                Dim createResponse As CreateResponse = service.Create(contact)

                If createResponse.Success Then
                    Console.WriteLine("Id: " & createResponse.Id)
                Else
                    Console.WriteLine("Error code: " & createResponse.[Error].StatusCode)
                    Console.WriteLine("Error message: " & createResponse.[Error].Message)
                End If

                Console.Read()

            Catch ex As ServiceRequestException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.FaultCode)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.FaultString)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.StatusCode)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As Exception
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " & ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace